We are currently supporting a successful, global manufacturing business, operating in the Automotive sector in their search for a driven and ambitious Quality Manager with natural leadership ability. The company are a leading name within their industry and boast some of the most prestigious OEM’s as their customers. The company believe in empowering their management team and therefore you will be given autonomy and accountability to lead and direct the Quality Function.
As Quality Manager, you will lead day-to-day Quality and Health & Safety activities, ensuring compliance with industry standards, customer requirements and legal obligations. You will work cross-functionally to drive improvement initiatives, customer and supplier quality performance, and support new product introduction and project activity.
As the Quality Manager you will be responsible for:
- Lead site Quality and Health & Safety activities ensuring compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 45001, ISO 14001
- Champion a strong safety culture and drive best‑practice EHS behaviours
- Ensure legal H&S compliance, overseeing risk assessments, investigations and training with EHS support
- Manage customer and supplier quality issues using structured root cause and corrective action methods
- Own PPAP submissions and maintain Control Plans aligned to PFMEA and corrective actions
- Monitor manufacturing quality performance and process capability metrics
- Support continuous improvement, NPI, PFMEA and engineering change activity
- Conduct supplier capability reviews and audits
- Manage containment activities and deliver clear quality performance reporting to management
We are looking for someone who:
- Previous experience in the automotive manufacturing sector (Tier 1) will be essential as we need someone with extensive knowledge and experience in IATF16949 (Lead Auditor ideally, Internal as a minimum)
- IOSH Managing Safely
- We are looking for a hands-on, driven, and motivated individual who will naturally strive to achieve exceptional service levels for their customers
- Strong leadership skills with previous demonstrable experience in a Quality Manager / Quality Supervisor / Quality Lead / QHSE / SHEQ / QUESH Management level role
- Experience working in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement environments
- Strong technical knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, 8D
Confident working cross‑functionally and engaging directly with customers and suppliers
The application process:
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