Supplier Quality Manager

Stevenage

A fantastic opportunity to become a senior leader within the MBDA Supply Chain Quality team. Driving robust process control, Quality assurance and continuous improvement across a variety of defence projects.

Circa £60,000 depending on experience

2 days per week on-site at MBDA (Including physical travel to supply chain where applicable)

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
  -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on

Are you a Senior Quality Professional with a passion for Supply Chain Quality strategy and continuous improvement?

• Opportunity to become a senior leader within the growing Supply Chain Quality Team ponsible for a team of Principal Supplier Quality Assurance Engineers supporting various defence programmes (Reporting to Head of Quality Assurance - Supply Chain UK)
• Ensuring that the team has the skills, capabilities and focus to provide robust supply chain Quality Assurance techniques throughout the lifecycle of the programmes
• Primary interface for Supply chain Quality activities. Co-ordinating the delivery of Quality Assurance across our supply chain to prevent programme quality risks.
• Responsible for transversal Supply Chain Quality surveillance, Supply Chain Quality Strategy, establishing and assuring supplier Quality / customer requirements, Non-Conformance and Quality Risk management
• Supports the Head of Quality Assurance - Supply Chain in the deployment of short, medium and long term objectives with respect to Quality targets and milestones

• Leadership / Quality management experience involving improvement of product & processes throughout the area of responsibility
• Ability to provide technical product and process support to the wider supply chain Quality team and programmes
• Strong communication skills in line with MBDA values
• Strong Project Management Experience from a Quality perspective
• Supports cross training of other quality team members
• Proactive and driven work ethic with a passion for Quality and continuous improvement
• Strong people management, soft skills & leadership experience

• Ability to implement wider team objectives and support transversal projects across MBDA
• Drives the deployed leading Quality indicators and supports other functions as appropriate to ensure team objectives met

• Experienced in the identification of Quality risks, critical issues and mitigation solutions to assure achievement of supplier Quality performance
• Ability to work with suppliers to develop robust process in line with the defined quality tools and techniques
• Ability to assure compliance to process requirements and contractual standards
• Practitioner of current QA problem solving methods & core quality skills
• Qualified auditor to AS9100 standard & capable of managing transversal supplier Audit schedule
• Implementation of APQP tools to new development and to mass production products
• Strong NPI & Product development experience
• Experience in Supplier Quality management, supporting cross functional teams
• Experienced in the management of Quality surveillance audits and Quality assurance techniques
• We welcome applicants from the Automotive, Aviation, Defence & Manufacturing sectors

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