Operations Quality Manager
- Bar Hill
- Posted 26th Jan 2012
-
-
Posted by:
Polytec Personnel
-
Salary:
£15k-£40k
-
Job Type:
Permanent
-
Address:
Orwell House
Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0PP
-
Reference:
24473
-
This job has been viewed
46 times
since it was posted.
Sorry, this job has expired and cannot be applied for. We still have a large selection of jobs on the
site. Why not try an alternative search?
Job Description
Our client, based in Cambridge is looking to recruit an Operations Quality Manager. The successful applicant will be educated to degree level and have at least 5 years experience in a supplier development, quality or manufacturing environment.
You will be able to demonstrate experience in developing suppliers and show your understanding and use of appropriate tools including Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing methods, metrology and process capability studies
The key role of the Operations Quality Manager is to manage a small team to ensure suppliers deliver product fit for purpose and to ensure product reliability issues are captured and resolved expediently. You will be driven by the desire to provide manufacturing with error free parts and provide customers with products of high reliability.
Main Duties of team:-
Establishing suitable measurement and improvement systems for incoming quality from current supply base.
Liaise with Manufacturing to understand and resolve current quality and rework issues.
Corrective Action system management with suppliers - carry out root cause analysis and ensure solutions are implemented by suppliers for problems in supplied quality affecting manufacturing.
Support Manufacturing in the identification of immediate Quality issues and provide satisfactory customer protection.
Develop and implement system for ensuring adequate incoming quality checks according to risk.
Develop suitable supplier control plans and support supplier visits where necessary.
Establishment of working methods and systems for the systematic review of Quality data available from internal and global manufacturing sites as well as field customer responses.
Representation where required at in-company and key customer / distributor meetings on Quality issues.
Evaluation of Warranty Field Returns for suggesting improvements.
Implement 'back to back' warranty claims on suppliers and manage returns of parts.
Support Purchasing in Supplier Business Reviews and provide performance data.
Support Purchasing in the establishment and assessment of alternative suppliers.
Ensure introduction of new supplier parts is done in a structured and controlled way using PPAP.
Ensure that the work carried out by our client and their suppliers conform to company given standards
Identify and audit suppliers with the necessary core competencies to complement our clients product portfolio into the future.
Drive down cost through Supplier Development and Lean implementation.
The objective of the above is to improve supplier quality and reliability, leverage supplier capabilities and therefore drive down the cost of manufacturing and test.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Reporting to the Group Manufacturing Engineering Director, this is a Management role that involves interaction with personnel at all levels. You will have a Degree and at least five years relevant experience in a supplier development, quality or manufacturing environment. You will be able to demonstrate experience in developing suppliers and show your understanding and use of appropriate tools including six sigma, Lean Manufacturing methods, metrology and process capability studies.
You will be a good communicator, with the gravitas and confidence to be able to influence at senior levels and persuade at all levels, exercising a high degree of tact and diplomacy as required.
You will be flexible, a level thinker and capable of solving wide ranging quality problems. A firm character and the ability to work as part of a team or alone as the situation demands are essential qualities.
Bookmark with: