Publication Date: 27-Mar-2021
Location: Camberley, uk
Company: Ecotone
We are looking to recruit our EU Senior Supplier Quality Manager to maintain an effective and efficient quality assurance system for ecotone.
Responsibilities :
Co-ordinates external supplier assurance management (50%) :
- Develops and maintains a centralised risk-based supplier assurance system to manage factory RM/PM + MSO Finished Product audit system to ensure due diligence
- Ensures application of a standardised supplier assurance system across ecotone
- Co-ordinates due diligence supplier audits by organising available resources effectively
- Co-ordinates the update of the supplier quality booklet (PQB)
- Takes an active role and conducts a minimum of 10 audits per year, as required
- Maintains relationships with external audit providers, to fill audit shortfalls of quality team.
- Develops/maintains a transparent suppliers audit grading system (NC’s, rules for timely NC’s closure, CA and KPI’s).
- Assesses ‘audit reports’ and SLC specifications to ensure data integrity/consistency (spot check).
- Develops an auditors networks and hosts at least on meeting per year to calibrate quality auditors, i.e. ensures auditor’s interpretation/application of NC’s.
- Delivers regular supplier performance updates, based on defined criteria (KPI’s), e.g. CST annually & quarterly.
- Captures and shares supplier best practice and participates to horizon scanning and emerging risks assessments.
Quality IT Systems (20%) :
- Takes an active role in the continuous improvement of the IT tools that are necessary to enable the management of the Ecotone Quality systems (IT)
- Supports the quality function with innovative IT systems for smarter working (drives standardisation of processes by identifying IT solutions)
- Structures, maintains and facilitates KPI reports for the quality group from an IT perspective
Project Mgr/Trainer (10%) :
- Supports the quality function on change projects through its project management expertise
- Ensures Ecotone auditors pool capability is standardised and regularly calibrated
- Ensures quality auditors team knowledge on the latest GFSI requirements is maintained
- Ensures quality managers are regularly trained against the ‘supplier quality booklet’
KPI Reporting & SharePoint (10%) :
- Supports with KPI reporting for the quality team
- Maintains the EU Quality SharePoint site
Raw Material Management + Raw Material Introduction in Factory – 10% (future):
- Establishes role of quality in New/Existing Product Development process, with regard RM introduction in the factory - from trial to launch (avoid disruption to factory) & ensure product quality (no complaints); embed system
- Ensures RM specifications for allergens and micro are assessed prior introduction into the factory.
Travel Requirements : once a month - only in Europe
Location : wherever ecotone has sites
Experience & qualifications :
- Total Quality Assurance experience for +10 years in food industry
- Factory process/technology expertise
- Knowledge of HACCP and GFSI related certifications,
- IT systems & SharePoint knowledge
- Excellent project management skills
- Fluent & written English, an additional language such as German, Italian, Spanish, French would be an advantage.
- Experience of leading and participating in cross functional & international teams
If you are interested in this opportunity, do not hesitate to apply directly on our job platform !