We are seeking a Senior Product Quality Specialist to join our team at QHQ Ltd.
Estimated Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum.
About the Role
This is a strategic role covering Home, Footwear and Accessories, requiring previous experience in these categories.
The ideal candidate will have extensive multi-product technical experience, with a strong understanding of factory workings and manufacturing processes.
* Responsible for co-creating and delivering the Client's Quality Strategy.
* Ensure the Technical team KPIs are aligned with the client's quality objectives.
* Team leadership and ways of working, ensuring the Technical team has a best-in-class reputation internally and externally.
The successful candidate will also have experience of leading Technical teams and working with multi-product offshore factories.
Key Responsibilities
Six Key Areas of Responsibility:
1. Client Quality Strategy: Responsible for co-creating and delivering the Client's Quality Strategy.
2. Technical Team Management: Ensure the Technical team KPIs are aligned with the client's quality objectives.
3. Team Leadership: Team leadership and ways of working, ensuring the Technical team has a best-in-class reputation internally and externally.
4. Supplier Management: Help onboarding all new suppliers so they are clear of the client's quality requirements and ways of working.
5. Conformance Responsibilities: Commercial approvals – responsible for commercial approvals on major product failures and management of supplier non-compliance on products that fall below required standards.
6. Candidate Requirements: Extensive multi-product technical experience at a similar level. Experience of leading Technical teams is a must.
The Senior Product Quality Specialist will be accountable for ensuring the correct processes are in place to manage all new and key line suppliers.