Quality Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION, PROFILE AND SCOPE OF ROLE: Quality Manager Our client is a world-class, award-winning, long-established global manufacturing business with strong, sustained investment in capital, plant technology, and people. Operating advanced continuous production lines, they serve demanding high-spec international sectors, including automotive Tier-1 supply chains. Due to organisational succession planning, they are seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead daily site Quality Control operations, manage the laboratory function, and drive continuous improvement and compliance across their Quality Management Systems. KEY DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting directly to the Quality Director, the Quality Manager will play a pivotal hands-on leadership role across the site, ensuring full site compliance and global quality standardisation. Core Leadership and Management: Daily Lab Management: Oversee the daily operations of the QC Laboratory, line-managing the QC Co-ordinator and Laboratory Technicians (appraisals, training checklists, and capability development). Audit Oversight: Lead and manage site external IATF 16949 and customer audits, including pre-audit checklists and corrective actions. QMS and SOP Administration: Maintain and evolve the site Quality Management System (policy, scope, procedures) and site SOPs. Statistical Systems and Integrity: Manage Gage RandR, Measurement System Analysis (MSA) studies, Round Robin testing, calibration, and overall ..... full job details .....