Head of Quality

Ford & Stanley Executive Search (Part of the Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group) are a leading Executive search and talent advisory firm specialising in the following sectors:

Rail & Transportation
Civils & Construction
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Technology & Cyber Security
Logistics & Intermodal Freight
Defence
Our search directors, search consultants and in-house research team specialise in retained opportunities at the highest level of organisational leadership and management.

Our success is based upon a blend of trust-driven relationships, robust market knowledge, and working practices that ensure the best possible alignment of organisational need with experience and personal ambition.

Working with business leaders on bespoke assignments for over a decade, we understand exactly what our customers expect from an executive search and talent advisory service – whether there is a pressing business need for an executive interim or that of a long-term permanent appointment - Ford & Stanley Executive Search provide the solution.

We have been exclusively appointed on a retained search for a Head of Quality.

This brief is designed to give candidates a deeper insight into the opportunity inherent within the role, the challenges the role presents, and provide access to the details that sit behind the job specification.

Client Opportunity Statements:
“We have embarked upon a journey of modernisation to ensure that we remain head and shoulders above our competition over the coming years, transitioning from full vehicle overhaul to specialising in our OEM sub-system capability. A critical part of this journey is hiring a UK Quality Leader who can not only build relationships internally but can also be client-facing with a relationship-led approach, understanding what’s keeping our clients awake  is vital that we secure a Leader who can lead from the front defining and implementing Quality excellence.”

“It’s of paramount importance that our new leader recognises the importance of the difference between fixing quality problems and leading the team. We have a highly capable quality team that needs mentoring, developing and provided clear direction.”

“In addition to our business-wide objectives that will see us continue to grow as an organisation, there is a targeted initiative within the function to ensure we develop and mature our quality management capability to ensure it remains at a high standards as the business grows and develops”

Client Company Overview:
A leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on over 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether its freight, transit, mining, industrial or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people – together – are accelerating the future of transportation.

Our people, with their extraordinary collective talent, vision and experience, are our biggest asset. Our dynamic leadership team has a proven strategy to empower over 27,000 employees in over 50 countries around the world.

Our Offering  

Passenger, freight and road vehicle overhaul, upgrade and maintenance provision:

-DMU, EMU and passenger coach overhaul, refurbishment, upgrade, life extension, maintenance, C6 and C4 exams - Rail and freight locomotive – new, rebuild, repower, overhaul and maintenance - Industrial locomotive and shunting locomotive – new and overhaul - Road and rail vehicle.
System and component provision:

- Passenger power/trailer and underground car bogie and gearbox– overhaul - Freight bogie – new and overhaul - Freight and passenger wheel – new, overhaul and maintenance - Engine, transmission and cooler group – overhaul and upgrade - Traction motor – overhaul and upgrade - HVAC – overhaul and maintenance - Door, step and ramp - Brake, coupler and buffer - CCTV, passenger information and panto graph.

Service provision:

- Fleet spares management including obsolescence management and reverse engineering - Freight vehicle on depot service provision - Passenger vehicle on depot service provision.
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