Quality Manager

FRS Recruitment

Louth

Quality Manager. Role Type: Permanent. Location: Co Louth, commutable from north Dublin and Meath. The Quality Manager will manage the Quality Team and liaise directly with the Production and Engineering Managers to assure all products are manufactured in accordance with a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Quality Management System and in compliance with European Union Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. This would suit someone looking to work in a progressive growing and fast paced organisation with a global market presence. My client is seeking candidates with a strong level of technical ability experience managing a lab (micro testing of product) and managing a high care environment (food industry) and/or pharmaceutical environment. Must have experience managing a team and ideally experience in a start- up situation building the Quality function up as opposed to just carrying on what's already in place. Role deliverable. • Lead the activities of the Quality Assurance Department including documentation management and activities related to material release. • Manage several quality systems including investigations, corrective actions and change control. • Responsible for appropriately staffing and developing the Quality Assurance organisation to meet business needs. • Provide leadership and direction to the Quality and Site Management Teams to ensure business, quality and compliance goals are met. • Provide technical support in the identification of non-compliance's / deviations from the quality system and implement corrective actions and procedures to prevent re occurrence. • Investigating customer complaints and implementing corrective actions. • Measure close out of technical issues, NC's, CAPAs, Supplier issues, Hygiene, Documentation. • Identify areas for improvement & work with teams to strive for a best in industry standard. • Actively participate in quality improvement plans to enhance product quality, line efficiency, reducing raw material waste, line downtime and ultimately reduced consumer complaints. • Ensure production planning is compliant with legislation, standards & customer requirements. • Ensure Quality KPI's are achieved and maintained. • Ensure the QMS is implemented, maintained and improved on where necessary. • Monitor and report on Quality performance on a daily, weekly and monthly basis at the relevant forums. • Prepare for, participate in and in some cases, lead customer visits & 3rd party audits. • Give operational direction to the QA group in the execution of their duties. • Coach, develop, train and up skill employees in to enhance knowledge and understanding. Experience and Qualifications: • 8 years relevant quality operations experience in GMP manufacturing environment. • Degree qualified in an Engineering/Science Discipline. • Experience in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 22716:2007. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have demonstrated the ability to lead in a previous role. • Experience in people management and development. • Strong team building skills with proven abilities in decision making and sound personal judgement. • Good organisation and investigation skills are required. Proven ability to influence. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

2549 days ago