Head of Quality

The world around us is experiencing significant change — the greatest in generations. At Motion Applied, we accelerate the response to that change. Our vision is that our people and technologies will pioneer a better future, and our mission is to achieve breakthroughs in performance.

Operating at the cutting edge of innovation across motor sport and automotive transportation, we engineer solutions that drive efficiency, enhance performance, and improve sustainability. Our technologies in electrification, telemetry, control, and analytics enable lightweight electric powertrains, next-generation motor sport systems, advanced connectivity solutions, and high-value insight for transport fleets.

By applying our expertise, we deliver real benefits and pioneer a better future.

The Head of Quality is the strategic leader and owner of the full quality ecosystem across Motion Applied. This role defines, oversees, and continually improves Internal Quality, Customer Quality, and Supplier Quality spanning both the Motorsport and Electrification business units.

You will drive a culture of operational excellence, ensuring that products, processes, and partners consistently meet world-class standards. The role is accountable for the development of the Quality Management System, quality strategy, and organisational capability, ensuring that Motion Applied delivers High performance, exceptional customer experience, and robust supplier assurance.

• Develop and own the enterprise-wide Quality Strategy covering internal, customer, and supplier quality for Motorsport and Electrification divisions.
• Define quality KPIs, governance, and performance expectations for the business, aligning with corporate vision and regulatory standards.
• Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives, embedding a proactive and preventative mindset across engineering, operations, programmes, and supply chain.

• Support the Head of Certification with the operation of the Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring alignment to ISO 9001, IPC Class 3, and internal engineering/production standards.
• Drive a culture of right-first-time through process optimisation, robust change control, and effective quality assurance.

• Champion customer quality and satisfaction through ownership of field return data, customer-driven investigations, and management of customer-specific quality requirements.
• Act as the senior escalation point for all customer quality issues, ensuring structured root cause analysis (8D, fault tree, problem-solving tools).
• Present quality performance, risk, and improvement roadmaps to customers and senior stakeholders.

• Lead the Supplier Quality Function and own the supplier approval, development, and risk management model.
• Ensure robust qualification of new suppliers and scalability of supply chain partners through audit programmes, scorecards, and improvement plans.
• Oversee resolution of supplier non-conformances, including MRB, NCM process governance, and long-term corrective actions.
• Partner with Programme Management to identify and mitigate quality risks across NPI, production, and service support.
• Support critical programmes by ensuring quality readiness, PPAP/FAI validation, and supplier quality assurance.
• Ensure quality considerations are embedded early in design, sourcing, and manufacturing decisions.

• Build and lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary quality organisation.
• Coach Quality Engineers, SQEs, and internal stakeholders on standards, tools, and best practices.
• Foster a culture of openness, accountability, and continuous improvement across the business.
• Produce and present consolidated Supplier Quality, Internal Quality, and Customer Quality metrics.
• Lead system-wide continuous improvement initiatives supporting the company goal.
• Use strong data analytics to drive decisions and justify strategic or operational actions.

• Proven experience leading end-to-end quality organisations across supplier, internal, and customer quality domains.
• Strong…