At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and develop the Quality function in a major manufacturing organisation.
- Company: Join a leading engineering and manufacturing company in Northern Ireland.
- Benefits: Highly competitive salary, significant bonuses, car allowance, strong pension, and private medical.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity for ambitious leaders to influence a major operation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on quality standards and drive meaningful improvements.
- Qualifications: Extensive senior-level Quality experience in engineering or manufacturing.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
Location: Northern Ireland
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Industry: Engineering / Manufacturing
Level: Executive Leadership
Executive Package: Highly competitive executive basic salary plus significant annual bonus, car allowance, strong pension, private medical.
Company and Role of Head of Quality:
Vickerstock are recruiting for a Head of Quality on behalf of a major engineering and manufacturing organisation in Northern Ireland. This is a significant senior leadership appointment with responsibility for the overall direction, performance and continued development of Quality across a substantial manufacturing operation. The successful individual will have the authority and senior-level exposure to influence how Quality operates across the organisation, developing the people, systems and culture required to deliver consistently high standards of manufacturing performance. This is not simply a Quality Systems position. We are looking for a commercially aware Quality leader who is comfortable operating at senior management level while remaining sufficiently close to manufacturing to understand problems, challenge performance and drive meaningful improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and strategic direction for Quality across the organisation
- Lead, develop and strengthen the Quality function and its people
- Develop and continually improve the overall Quality strategy
- Ensure effective Quality Management Systems and controls are maintained across the business
- Drive improvements in product, process and manufacturing quality
- Develop a culture of quality ownership and accountability throughout the organisation
- Use quality performance data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement
- Lead the resolution of significant quality and customer issues
- Ensure effective root cause and corrective action processes are embedded across the business
- Oversee internal, external and customer quality audits
- Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and senior leadership
- Support new product and business activity from a Quality perspective
- Develop strong relationships with customers, suppliers and key stakeholders
- Drive continuous improvement and change across Quality and wider operational processes
Essential Criteria:
- Significant senior-level Quality experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment
- Previous responsibility for leading and developing a Quality function
- Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and manufacturing quality
- Proven experience improving quality performance within a complex manufacturing environment
- Strong people leadership and team development capability
- Experience with quality audits, compliance, root cause analysis and corrective action
- Strong customer and supplier management experience
- Ability to influence at senior management level and drive change across an organisation
- Strong commercial awareness alongside technical Quality expertise
- A degree or professional qualification within Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality or a related discipline would be advantageous, although significant relevant leadership experience will also be considered.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality professional seeking a genuine senior leadership appointment, a top-level executive package and the opportunity to have a significant influence on the performance and future development of a major manufacturing organisation.
To apply for this position, please submit your CV or contact Hugh Nugent at Vickerstock for a confidential discussion. All approaches will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
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