Kent
£50k
We are supporting a growing manufacturing organisation based in Kent to help them recruit a Supplier Quality Manager.
This is a newly created greenfield opportunity so a fantastic chance to build process and systems to drive Supplier Quality for the business.
Your responsibility will include:
- Develop and implement robust supplier quality processes, ensuring incoming materials and components consistently meet Group requirements.
- Lead on specification development, supplier quality standards, NCR management and corrective action to drive measurable improvements in supplier capability, consistency and reliability.
- Consolidate existing specifications and work with internal functions and suppliers to develop clear, controlled and practical specifications that define quality expectations and support effective incoming inspection.
- Build and maintain a structured specification database that provides clear acceptance criteria for incoming QC inspections and clear quality requirements for suppliers.
- Support production efficiency through reducing defects, improving material quality and supporting the transition of capable suppliers towards certificate of conformity based supply.
- Work closely with Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Product Development / Engineering, Production and Warehousing, the role supports a more proactive, data driven and best practice approach to supplier quality management.
Suitable candidate will be based in Kent or South East London and will be able to work 4/5 days onsite. You must also have UK right to work.
