QC Manager

QC Manager
Manchester and West Yorkshire (multi site role)
Permanent
£40k-£50k (plus package)
We are working with a chemical company who are hiring for a leadership role in Quality to report into the CTO. You will take on a multi site role with teams in Manchester and also in West Yorkshire and oversee all aspects of quality for the business.
What you’ll do:
You will join an established company, with an international presence and enviable market position. The teams in place have been in their roles for several years and overall you will take on a team of 7 across the two sites.
The Core duties of this role will be centred on planning, processing, procedure and reporting.
Leadership of the laboratories and their performance regards to laboratory and quality control processes.
Ensuring test methodologies are kept available, validated, and optimised
Oversight of testing of raw materials, and finished goods
Using test results, supplier performance data and recurring failure trends to drive corrective actions and sustained quality improvement
Ensure compliance with BSI and other quality standards
Ensure QC data is recorded accurately across teams, driving strong KPI data
Lead investigations into customer quality complaints, internal and external non conformances, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventative actions.
Your background:
We are keen to locate a candidate with experience of managing quality teams in chemistry, who can operate a non-GMP analytical chemistry based (HPLC and physical testing) quality testing programme. The role will report to board level and be responsible for line managing 7 people.
A Chemistry background and experience leading QC teams, knowledge of quality standards (BSI, ISO…) analytical chemistry understanding (methodologies, validation, best practice), trending and KPI experience and leadership skills.
The role also calls for a work approach in conceptual thinking, innovation, adaptability, and results orientation while understanding impact of actions on the wider team.
A key element of what will make the person successful in this role is their listening skills, working inclusively with the team and finding out what people think, a challenge while working across two sites, but achievable with an inclusive approach.
Candidates must have right to work in the UK, we will review each CV within 1 working day of the application and use no AI in our CV review. With this being said due to high application volume we cannot always respond to each CV received if you have not h...