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Quality Manager

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Job Title: Quality Manger

Location: Melksham, UK

Business Unit: Avon Protection

About Avon Technologies:

We are a world leader in protective equipment, with a reputation for innovative design, high-performance quality and specialist materials expertise. Our two brands, Avon Protection and Team Wendy, supply our respiratory and head protection portfolio to customers across the globe from our manufacturing sites in the UK and North America. With over 900 talented people our shared purpose and core beliefs are to be #FIERCE about Protecting Lives. It's why we come to work - and it's what motivates us, every day, to do the best work we can.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
  • Medical and health cash-back scheme
  • Pension matched up to 7.5%
  • Share incentive scheme.

Purpose of Position:

Reporting to the Hampton Park West Site Leader, this position will fulfill operational requirements as part of the Management team, will manage and lead the QMS best practices to fulfil certification and customer requirements locally and globally and will implement changes as necessary to advance the HPW businesses to meet the ever-increasing service levels demanded by our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identification and help manage of appropriate Quality and Business Management System OKR's throughout the business and working with functional heads to establish appropriate plans and management reviews of OKR's
  • Continual review of current business processes and practices against required regulatory standards, identify, and facilitate improvements in effectiveness and efficiency through functional heads.
  • Effective communication of the CTQ (critical to quality) engineering requirements throughout the supply chain
  • Execute supplier audits from a customer OEM perspective.
  • Develop and execute successful Global internal audit programs and lead Avon's success in third party system compliance audits

(ISO/CE/SEI/CSA/TUV/NIOSH/BSI)

  • Provide consultation and coaching on best practice of QFD through FMEA's, Control Plans and SOP'
  • Collect, review, and manage data for monthly BPM and MOR reviews
  • Complete customer and supplier surveys and questionnaires, including contract requirements, and on-line system requirements.
  • Develop and create Quality Plans, Configuration Plans and Procedures to meet bid or contract requirements
  • Mentor and develop Quality team members
  • Support, facilitate, team lead CI activities such as Kaizen and implementing lean into processes and production

Requirements:

  • Six Sigma Quality Tools
  • Mentor on QMS/BMS
  • Audit experience and training
  • Lead internal and external audits
  • Interpret data and statistics
  • Problem solving and analytical skills
  • Knowledge of quality tools and techniques

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserve the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Do not apply via the links below. Interested applicants should apply by sending their CV to: recruitmenthpw@avon-protection.com

Quality Manager

Avon Protection
Melksham, UK
Full-Time

Published on 22/12/2024

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