Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Oldham Greater Manchester
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Are you an experienced Quality Manager seeking a new challenge?
We have an exciting new role at our paper converting site based in Royton, Oldham.
Northwood Hygiene products is a leading manufacturer of away-from-home paper hygiene products. As Quality Manager you will play an important role in helping us to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away-from-home tissue industry, delivering high quality products to our customers.
About the Role
As Quality Manager you will be responsible for ensuring that the site meets its quality objectives in line with the wider group. You will ensure that the Oldham site is compliant with group policies and meets the requirements of ISO9001, BRCGS Consumer Products, FSC, and individual customer requirements/standards.
Role requirements include, but are not limited to:
Provide Quality leadership for the site
Guarantees that products meet required technical specification
Delivery of the Quality Policy, ensuring that procedures and systems are maintained
Employ a continuous improvement methodology, demonstrating improvements with key KPI's
Enforce with all personnel the adherence to quality standards, leading by example
Investigate suspected breaches of the quality management system including customer complaints
Conduct, define and monitor training of the QMS
Actively support during external audits of the QMS including ISO9001, BRCGS, CHSA, FSC and Customer audits
Completion of the external audit corrective action plans in a timely manner
Define, conduct and monitor required testing and inspections of incoming materials
Auditing of external suppliers where needed
Produce reports for Management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, support Town Hall by presenting quality KPI's and initiatives
Essential Skills
Essential competencies of the Quality Manager include:
Excellent communicator with the ability to influence across all levels, effectively managing both internal and external stakeholders.
Strong problem solving skills
Leadership and influencing skills
Strong organisational skills
Experience in conflict management
Innovation Propensity
Proven ability in supporting external certification body audits
Strong IT skills (MS Office)
Experience in working with SharePoint
Desirable Skills
Exposure to BRCGS standards and audits
ISO 9000 Lead Auditor trained would be beneficial