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Regional Quality Manager - UK & Northern Europe

Location: Site based UK/Denmark/Sweden

Ball Beverage Packaging is part of the Ball Corporation, the largest producer of recyclable metal cans in the world with over 100 locations and 17,500 employees.

The Regional Quality Manager will lead the execution of Quality Strategy and Quality KPI’s, providing practical support and direction to site-based quality teams in 4 plants in the UK (Milton Keynes & Wakefield), Denmark and Sweden, necessitating 75% travel time between sites. Your work will involve a combination of ensuring the plants have the necessary tools to undertake critical problem solving and continuous improvement to delight customers, while ensuring successful new project introduction through the use of Advanced Quality Planning through close liaison with Engineering and Technical Groups. Your challenging brief will include:

Practically leading the development and deployment of Quality Training at Plant and Region level incl. Kaizen, 8D, SPC, FMEA, and Advanced Root Cause Analysis tools
Ensuring the application of appropriate problem-solving methodologies and risk management governance to resolve quality issues and proactively mitigate quality risks
Ensuring plants are equipped with the best combination of state-of-the art, effective for customer protection and cost-efficient inspection systems
Leading the sharing and deployment of best practice across plants
Ensuring compliance with European Quality Procedures and Food Safety requirements
Ensuring direct and frequent communication with all departments and across plants on quality, product approval, and compliance
Ensuring the implementation of governance that allows the escalation of problems from plant to Group Level, including PDCA reviews, at Plant and Production Group Level
Personally leading and/or supporting quality improvement projects in manufacturing facilities
Positively challenging the status quo through objective change management and behavioural based quality training.

Educated to Degree level in a Technical/Engineering discipline, applicants must have proven quality management experience, ideally gained in a multi-site, high volume manufacturing environment, preferably across different geographies. A strong understanding of ISO and QMS and Auditor Certification are required. Previous experience in the packaging, automotive, food, FMCG or similar high-quality, volume manufacturing environment is required. Fluent English is essential.

All applications and contact from third parties must be made via our retained Consultants – McCourt Newton. To apply please forward your CV and supporting application letter, including details of current remuneration to mail@mccourtnewton.co.uk quoting Ref 03824

If you have not been invited for interview within 7 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Closing date: 13th March 2020.

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