Job description
- Promote and improve business processes to ensure robust delivery of quality. This could be supported with Key Performance Indicators and Metrics.
- Identify risks for product quality and formulate plans to mitigate risks identified.
- Work to ensure that internally and externally effective change control processes are in place to deliver quality.
- Support continuous improvement and lean initiatives internally and work with suppliers to initiate improvement opportunities.
- Support the New Value Innovation (‘NVI’) process to represent Product Quality where required and work with “swim lane” owners to deliver NVI objectives.
- Conduct internal audits as necessary to support quality assurance and quality system requirements.
- Conduct supplier quality and performance audits to ensure suppliers and their products and service delivery are capable and to minimize and eliminate waste.
- Support Procurement to assess and rank suppliers for cost, quality, capability and “on time” delivery performance.
- Communicate with Procurement and suppliers to resolve non-conformance issues with supplied materials, follow up with suppliers for completion of corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPAs).
- A “can-do” attitude with a focus on quality. Able to communicate at all levels in the company and lead and work in teams to achieve the best outcomes for product quality and effectiveness.
- A Degree or technical qualifications would be an advantage.
- Relevant experience working on quality and / or improvement activities required.
- Knowledge of lean best practice, product quality and system quality an advantage.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in muti-disciplinary teams.
- Ability to gain commitment from colleagues to work towards improve quality.
- A sense of humour and ability to think outside the box on occasion
- Your career will take off with a comprehensive induction programme. We then continue to support and develop our employees by improving their skills, knowledge and performance by in-house, on-the-job training, and external training.
- We value entrepreneurship and commitment by offering real career possibilities.
- You become part of a growing company where you can shape the future of our work processes.
- Flexi-time (core hours 10.00am - 12.00pm and 2.00pm - 3.00pm) to help you to achieve a good work-life balance.