Assignment Type: 6-month initial contract
Working Environment: office based on site
Pay type: Competitive hourly pay rate
Our client
The world's pre-eminent super-luxury automotive brand based in Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, which comprises its global headquarters and Global Centre of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence.
Main Accountabilities
Supplier Quality Assurance: Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes and standards for suppliers to ensure delivered products meet quality requirements.
Supplier Audits and Assessments: Plan and conduct supplier quality audits and assessments to evaluate their manufacturing processes, quality systems, and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
Supplier Development: Collaborate with suppliers to identify quality issues, drive corrective actions, and improve supplier processes to enhance product quality and reliability.
Incoming Quality Control: Monitor and analyse incoming material quality data, perform inspections or sample testing as needed, and ensure that non-conforming materials are identified and managed appropriately.
Root Cause Analysis and CAPA: Lead root cause investigations of supplier-related quality issues and coordinate corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
Quality Planning and Risk Management: Support supplier quality planning activities including FMEA, control plans, and risk assessments to mitigate potential quality risks early in the supply chain.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics teams to ensure supplier quality aligns with overall project and production goals.
Supplier Performance Monitoring: Track and report on supplier quality performance metrics, escalate issues when necessary, and support continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers.
Documentation and Reporting: Ensure all quality documentation related to suppliers is accurate, complete, and compliant with standards and regulatory requirements.
Challenges regarding innovation and change
Management of the introduction of multiple features at one time.
Quality and standard setting for high value, low volume features whilst maintaining costs.
Monitoring and steering of multiple projects at multiple suppliers to achieve quality, cost and delivery project requirements.
Development of suppliers who work outside of the automotive industry.
Education required
Qualified to NVQ Level 5 or equivalent (Degree, HND or equivalent).
Working experience required
Minimum 5 years in the automotive industry.
Experience in a supplied quality or supplier development role.
Capability to understand and relate technical drawings / specification to actual parts.
Special knowledge / technical skills
Experience/knowledge of supplier quality systems and processes.
Good technical understanding of vehicle component manufacturing technologies.
ISO9001:2018 Lead auditor qualification.
Experience of project management and an understanding of the new product development processes.
Experience/knowledge of APQP.
Good problem-solving ability required to overcome problems arising from specific cost, quality, time and logistics issues.
An understanding of business/technical German would be an advantage.
Good interpersonal skills with an ability to influence key stake holders.
Willingness to be flexible and to support the wider bespoke team.
Benefits:
Competitive hourly rate along with an annual performance-related bonus
Access to a subsidised restaurant
Hays Go1 training platform which offers a library of over 70,000 courses
Access to Ben – Offers support across a wide range of topics such as mental health well-being, financial or legal matters
Local retail and restaurant discounts
35 days annual leave (Including bank holidays)
What next?
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