Hiring Now: Quality Manager - Manufacturing / Factory or Automated Distribution Centre
Location: Leicestershire
Salary: £35-£40 per hour | Outside IR35
Hours: Mon-Fri (0700-1700)
Contract: 6-Month Initial Contract | Strong Potential for Extension
Role: Onsite Role - Be at the Heart of Innovation
Drive Quality Excellence in a Fast-Moving, High-Tech Environment
Are you ready to play a pivotal role in one of the UK's most advanced automated FMCG distribution centres? We're looking for a Quality Manager who thrives in complex, high-volume environments and knows how to ensure supplier excellence and system reliability at every level.
You'll join a forward-thinking, high-tech operation that plays a critical role in national supply chain logistics - driving quality, performance, and innovation from suppliers through to production lines.
What You'll Be Doing
1. Lead supplier development, audits, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, automated environment.
2. Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Design teams to ensure robust end-to-end processes.
3. Manage supplier audits and non-conformances, driving root cause analysis and corrective actions.
4. Improve supplier manufacturing processes, identifying opportunities for cost, speed, and efficiency gains.
5. Apply quality tools such as PFMEA, DFMEA, Control Plans, First Article Inspections, and PSWs.
6. Support new product and process introductions, ensuring suppliers are capable and compliant.
7. Drive operational excellence using ISO9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001 standards.
8. Monitor line-side quality, reduce defects, and support high-throughput performance.
9. Use real-time data and dashboards to support quality decisions.
What You'll Bring
* Experience in supplier quality within automated or high-volume manufacturing.
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