Are you an experienced Quality Manager seeking a new challenge?

We have an exciting new role at our paper converting site based in Royton, Oldham.

Northwood Hygiene products is a leading manufacturer of away-from-home paper hygiene products. As Quality Manager you will play an important role in helping us to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away-from-home tissue industry, delivering high quality products to our customers.

About the RoleAs Quality Manager you will be responsible for ensuring that the site meets its quality objectives in line with the wider group. You will ensure that the Oldham site is compliant with group policies and meets the requirements of ISO9001, BRCGS Consumer Products, FSC, and individual customer requirements/standards.

Role requirements include, but are not limited to:

Provide Quality leadership for the siteGuarantees that products meet required technical specification Delivery of the Quality Policy, ensuring that procedures and systems are maintainedEmploy a continuous improvement methodology, demonstrating improvements with key KPI'sEnforce with all personnel the adherence to quality standards, leading by exampleInvestigate suspected breaches of the quality management system including customer complaintsConduct, define and monitor training of the QMSActively support during external audits of the QMS including ISO9001, BRCGS, CHSA, FSC and Customer auditsCompletion of the external audit corrective action plans in a timely mannerDefine, conduct and monitor required testing and inspections of incoming materialsAuditing of external suppliers where neededProduce reports for Management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, support Town Hall by presenting quality KPI's and initiativesEssential SkillsEssential competencies of the Quality Manager include:

Excellent communicator with the ability to influence across all levels, effectively managing both internal and external stakeholders.Strong problem solving skillsLeadership and influencing skillsStrong organisational skillsExperience in conflict managementInnovation PropensityExposure to BRCGS standards and auditsProven ability in supporting external certification body auditsStrong IT skills (MS Office)Experience in working with SharePointDesirable SkillsISO 9000 Lead Auditor trained would be beneficial.