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Head of Quality Assurance

Location: Cambridge Salary: £100000 - £120000 per annum
Sector: Medical Devices Specialism:
Type: Permanent Contact: Matt Henocq

Head of Quality Assurance

We're looking for a highly experienced, driven, Head of Quality. You will have a passion for detail and excellence to help us execute world-class manufacturing.

If you're a motivated leader, who enjoys driving a team to achieve high priority objectives and goals, this could be the right opportunity for you. You'll need to be a forward thinker who will thrive in a fast paced, developing and ever-changing high-tech environment.

Reporting to the operations director you will prove vision, leadership, support, collaboration and direction that ensures our systems and instruments are delivered to the highest standard. Your collaborative nature and logical approach will enable you to confidently manage a range of stakeholders across the global business, to ensure successful outcomes and achieved, and innovations embraced.

You will take a hands-on approach to leading the quality assurance, quality control, supplier quality and process improvement functions, working closely with the manufacturing and supply chain team, and will have the skills to:

  • Implement the global quality strategy to achieve strategic operational goals to exceed customer expectations.
  • Guarantee the continual compliance of quality standards for products and processes to ensure reliability, consistency and safety.
  • Monitor and report key performance indicators across all areas of the quality function through tracking metrics.
  • Collaborate with other teams and functions across the business to drive best practice in the approach to quality

Responsibilities:

Every day will be different and that's the beauty of joining our rapidly growing team! As we grow roles will also change and evolve, and as a result, we'd expect you to be willing to turn your hand to anything within the quality remit that helps the team deliver high quality product off the line. Some of your primary responsibilities will include:

  • Ensuring the Quality function is driving excellence through our manufacturing and supply chain functions
  • Managing quality teams and projects across the business
  • Leading the development of the Quality Management System
  • Creating and implementing best practice quality vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance
  • Driving efficiency improvements in the application of quality engineering principles throughout the business from R&D to manufacturing, including the full design release and engineering change cycles
  • Leading and preparing the company for audits, assessments and inspections from all accreditation bodies and customers
  • Evaluating quality process and results, re-calibrating initiatives to embrace changing needs
  • Contributing to the annual budget process
  • Mentoring the team and assisting with recruitment of high-quality candidates for the team.
  • Clearly communicating the company's vision and values.

Required skills and experience:

  • Leadership and management experience at a senior level: coaching/mentoring/growing/shrinking teams; managing upwards and horizontally
  • Proven track record for driving up quality in a cost-sensitive, medium volume mechanical product with a complex supply chain
  • Substantial experience in a multinational highly regulated industry (automotive, aerospace), including full responsibility for QA
  • Working knowledge of medical device related standards / regulations
  • Good working knowledge of GMP and how it applies to medical devices

You must have at least 2 of the following

  • MBA or similar qualification
  • International quality system experience (China, South Korea, Japan, Brazil)
  • Sterile product QA experience
  • Proven track record of driving up quality culture and compliance within a company through design, development and manufacturing

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