Supply Chain Quality Manager
Location: Filton (minimum 60% onsite)
Contract Length: Until 30 June 2026
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week (4.5 days, between 7am–7pm)
Pay Rate: Up to £37.02 per hour (Umbrella)
Up to £27.68 per hour (PAYE)
Security Clearance: BPSS+ (completed by Our Client)
IR35: Inside of IR35
The Opportunity
Our Client is currently seeking an experienced Supply Chain Quality Manager to join a high‑performing supply chain and quality team. This is a pivotal role supporting on‑time and on‑quality delivery across complex manufacturing programmes, working closely with a global supplier base.
You will manage a portfolio of structural suppliers, ensuring compliance, performance, and continuous improvement, while acting as a key interface between suppliers and internal multi‑functional teams.
This is a challenging, customer‑facing role suited to someone who thrives in a fast‑paced, evolving environment and enjoys influencing across organisational boundaries.
Key Responsibilities
* Build strong working relationships with suppliers to ensure on‑time and on‑quality delivery of parts to final assembly lines and plants
* Manage supplier performance, compliance, and product quality against defined requirements
* Support supplier development activities and capability improvement initiatives
* Act as the supply chain quality voice within multi‑functional teams, collaborating with engineering, programme, procurement, and customer services
* Identify, manage, and mitigate supply chain and quality risks
* Apply practical problem‑solving methodologies (e.g. 8D, 9S, Ishikawa, 5 Why) to resolve issues effectively
* Operate with autonomy while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
* Engage with external partners and gain exposure to a variety of manufacturing technologies
Essential skills & experience:
* Proven experience in supply chain management
* Exposure to quality principles within a manufacturing or industrial environment
* Strong problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis capability
* Confident stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills
* Ability to influence, negotiate, and challenge appropriately
* Project management awareness
* Curious, adaptable, and willing to learn
* Able to work independently and manage supplier relationships effectively
If you think this could be a new and exciting career opportunity for you and you would like to learn more or just for an initial, no-obligation conversation please contact me on 07732 694 243 or you can apply directly by following the Easy Apply link and I will contact you as soon as I receive your contact details.