Director of Quality

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Quality Director - Global

Stockport

This role is responsible for developing a global vision for the Laser Quantum Quality System which focuses on customers, continuous improvement, growth and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Successfully represent Laser Quantum when addressing key customer quality issues, ensuring effective, timely communication and complete problem resolution.
• Developing and implementing a quality organisation structure that supports strategic initiatives, organic and inorganic growth.
• Ensuring that procedures for process control, process improvement, test and inspection exist and are followed.
• Training and managing root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify effective corrective actions and process improvements.
• Establishing collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect the improvement of product quality.
• Ensuring that customers’ product specifications are analysed to establish efficient, cost-effective requirements for ease of manufacture and reproducibility.
• Leading the Supplier Management Program as Chair of the Supplier Management Board (SMB), ensuring advancement of supply chain quality.
• Overseeing calibration and testing programs.
• Ensuring that both internal and external quality audits and performed professionally and necessary follow up actions are completed on time.
• Ensuring all ISO certifications (9001, 14001, 45000, 13485) are maintained and achieve ISO certification for acquisitions.
• Educating and training all employees as to their impact on the quality management system.
• Interacting with customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establishing feedback with manufacturing and development colleagues.
• Driving metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound product quality decisions.

Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or manufacturing engineering required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Proven experience in QA system implementation and management, with Quality, or Operations Management experience in a medium-size manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proven track record of leveraging continuous improvement and Kaizen methodologies to deliver business results.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Travel Requirements

• UK and international business travel as required by the role.

As an inclusive employer, Novanta wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore encourage you to inform your Talent Acquisition Partner of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.