Quality and Compliance Manager

Quality and Compliance Manager

Location: Andover

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 + Pension + Bonus

Days Based Mon-Fri 8.30am - 5pm

Reference: Jo7248/MP

The Company

My client is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of precision measuring instruments and equipment solutions to a wide variety of industries. The company has been established for over 50 years.

The Role

My client is seeking an experienced and proactive Quality Manager to lead and develop our quality assurance and compliance activities and oversee our HR and Health & Safety functions.

This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, maintaining management systems, driving continuous improvement, and fostering a positive culture across the organisation.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and Company-wide operational teams to ensure that Quality standards and Health & Safety performance remain at the highest level.

Key Responsibilities

* ISO 9001:2015 - QMS Maintenance & Improvement: Overseeing the establishment, implementation, and continual improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS),

* Audit: Planning and leading effective audit programmes, conducting root-cause analyses for non-conformities, and driving corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

* Compliance Management: ensure Compliance activities are followed and all Company Policies are maintained

* Risk & Interested Parties: Helping the organisation assess quality risks and identifying the expectations of stakeholders.

* External Liaison: Acting as the primary point of contact for customer complaints, supplier quality issues, and third-party certification bodies.

* Performance Evaluation: Tracking quality metrics and reporting to senior management so they can effectively evaluate QMS performance and commitment.

* Health & Safety: To oversee the Health and Safety requirements both internal and of our customers.

* HR: Work closely with Senior Management and external consultants to ensure compliant HR policies and processes.

About You

* Experience of Quality management or Quality engineering, understand customer expectations and regulatory requirements. Able to balance business objectives with quality and compliance needs and view quality from the customer's perspective.

* Strong communication and relationship-building skills to explain quality requirements clearly to different audiences and influence stakeholders. Build a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility, motivate teams to maintain standards and improve performance.

* Analytical thinker, with a process-oriented mindset to problem solve and have a process-oriented mindset to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.

* Create concise reports, procedures and processes.

* Self-motivated and organized.

* Full driving licence with willingness to travel on occasions.

KEY SKILLS

* Quality Management Experience

* ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17025:2017 experience

* Experience planning and leading audits, conducting RCA and driving CAPA

If you are interested in this role, please send a copy of your current CV using the details provided, interviews will be held locally, and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.

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