Quality Manager in Fareham

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Role: Quality Manager - Department Manager Salary: £60,000 to £65,000 per annum plus Bonus, Pension, Private Medical, 26 days holidays bank holidays, on-site Gym Hours: 8am till 4pm, Monday to Friday - flexible start/finish times Location: Commutable from Fareham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Waterlooville, Havant, Chichester and surrounding areas Company We are recruiting for a reputable Manufacturer who are looking for a Quality Manager (department manager) who is resilient, patient, committed, and wanting a genuine challenge to get their teeth into. We require a great leader, someone who has strong people management skills that can get the team working together towards a common goals and objectives. If you thrive on a challenge and have any experience with change management, this would be the perfect role and opportunity for you! To see the challenges as opportunities to bring forward your ideas and required improvements, implementing them slowly into the business. This role is a Quality Manager (Technical Manager) and department manager. You will be the go-to for all and anything quality and carries a high degree of responsibility. Managing a team of up to 12 quality staff. If you're a department manager, could be working as a Quality Manager or Technical Manager in Food or FMCG manufacturing and be familiar with BRC standards, and looking for a career change, don't delay and apply now! This is a great career opportunity! Responsibilities The Quality Manager will be responsible for a Quality Team of 12 staff members, improving quality systems and processes, compliance and standards management, overseeing quality KPIs and short/medium/long term objectives and being the first point of call for all customers and client related issues and problems. To act as the companys primary Quality liaison, competently and professionally representing the company with customers, suppliers and external bodies as required. Ensuring all complaints (external, internal non-conformances and suppliers as required) are effectively managed to root cause, with preventative and corrective actions implemented and monitored through the TPM structure. To implement and drive continuous improvement activities for the site, through the TPM structure. Working to agreed site KPIs, identifying trends and risk, developing sustainable solutions whilst ensuring the commitment and buy-in of all relevant personnel and continual monitoring. To been seen as a driver of change by motivating and inspiring all personnel in quality matters, instilling a quality culture to be proud of. To train, develop and coach personnel, ensuring their own personal development, and that their competencies develop in line with business needs. Work with the Compliance Manager on all aspects of site compliance, ensure standards are upheld including BRC, ISO9001, ISO14001 and FSC/PEFC standards which ensures product quality, safety and legality. Conduct traceability exercises and mock product recalls in line with the company standards. To work closely with the Technical team (Product & Design Manager, Design and NPD teams) to ensure that new product launches (including trials) meet product quality, safety and legality expectations and are introduced into production in a streamlined efficient manner. Requirements Experienced Quality Manager or Technical Manager - department manager - who is looking for a challenging career move. Must have experience of working in a similar role, ideally in Manufacturing most considered including FMCG, Food, Dairy, Packaging, Manufacturing Leadership / management experience of a team of any size. Familiar with Quality Standards and Compliance and Audits. Must have experience of BRC - this is essential Strong root cause analysis and continuous improvement experience. Ideally experience dealing with customer complaints and improvements. Resilient and approachable - strong people manager is absolutely essential If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Wesley at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Wesley for further information. We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard back within 5 working days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.

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