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Quality Compliance Manager - Ex- Military Welcome

Job Function & Key Tasks

 

• Supporting with the identification of necessary and beneficial QMS improvements to improve operational efficiency and ensure compliance
• Responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of robust quality management systems IATF 16949:2016, ensuring the company’s statutory and contractual duties are fulfilled and exceeded. Ensure systems and services are monitored and reviewed in order to continually improve quality.
• In collaboration with Service Managers, have overall responsibility for writing, revising, reviewing, updating and developing policies and procedures. Ensure policies and procedures are developed and applied in a consistent manner across all services. To be responsible for the dissemination and adoption of best practice.
• To ensure in-house managers are fully compliant with company policies and procedures and maintain a system of monitoring regular audit checks to ensure compliance at all times.
• To ensure action plans, targets and deadlines are issued where gaps are identified through the audit process to ensure compliance.
• Managing the internal and supplier audit schedule and ensuring the deadlines are maintained
• To provide professional guidance and up to date advice on all regulatory and legislative changes.
• To work in conjunction with Managers review and reporting on services performance against key performance indicators (KPI’s).
• To perform any other duties required from time to time that fall within the scope of this job description (but not limited to the job description)
• Supplier audits. Work with the Purchasing team to assess new suppliers and re-assess existing suppliers to ensure their continued suitability to meet requirements.
• Supporting with all 3^rd Party Audits (certification and customer)
• This position involves travelling to various locations.

 

 

Principle Responsibilities

 

• Staying up to date with IATF requirements sanctioned interpretations to ensure constant compliance
• Staying up to date with customer supplier requirements to ensure compliance
• Ensuring a risk based approach to auditing for maximum effectiveness of the process
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders to agree relevant audit agendas
• Reviewing of audit outputs and identifying systemic failures or patterns to ensure a proactive approach to improvements
• Ensuring audit readiness for any 3^rd party customer audits and supporting with the visits
• Ensuring audit readiness for all surveillance and recertification audits from the certification body

 

 

Health and Safety Responsibilities

All employees have a responsibility for Health and Safety whilst at work. As an employee, you are responsible for;

• Ensuring the health, safety and welfare of yourself and that of other persons whom may be affected by your actions
• Co-operating with the company on all matters relating to health, safety and welfare by observing all relevant policies, procedures, safety systems of working and safety signs
• Ensuring the use of all safety related guards, control measures, and wearing of personal protective equipment at all times (where appropriate)
• Reporting of all accidents, incidents and reporting any failings as necessary, or bring to the attention of the Health & Safety Manager

 

Skills and Experience

 

• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in quality or compliance manager role
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a quality or compliance manager role working within IATF 16949
• Ability to define and manage own workloads
• Strong PC skills (office, intranet based systems)
• Confident communicator to all levels of a business (internal and external stakeholders)
• Is flexible & adaptable
• Ability to multitask on various projects.
• Has good organisational skills
• Has the ability to work under pressure
• Has an exceptional attention to detail
• A team player is essential
• Fluency in English is essential.
• Ability to problem solve

 

Education, Experiences & Qualifications

 

• CQI qualification preferable
• Lead Auditor Qualification (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949)
• VDA 6.3 Qualified Auditor (not essential but desirable)
• AS9100 knowledge/awareness would be beneficial but not imperative

KPI’s

 

• Internal audit schedule adherence
• Audit actions close out and effectiveness
• 3^rd Party audit results
• Adherence to latest standards

Location: Portsmouth | Salary: 47500 - 55000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 01/01/0001