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Larbert, Scotland, Gb

Member of Senior Management Team responsible for the effective operation of Chassis Plant, specifically;- Build Quality - right first time and on time delivery to customer body sites.- Management and reduction of zero hour failures at customer body plants. - Supplier Quality Assurance - management and improvement of supplied part conformance and vendor performance.- Effective implementation of New Product Introductions to the business ensuring lessons learned and robust processes for ongoing conformance. - Field reliability improvement.- Business Management System - responsible for ongoing certification to ISO9001, realising value add and improvement of the Business Management System for the chassis site. - Ensure legal and regulatory compliance is maintained through robust and repeatable processes. - Provide leadership and influence across the business to improve and achieve the objectives of the organisation at a site, group and parent company level. X17 reports X3 direct, x14 indirect.

Larbert, Scotland, Gb

Lead role managing team of Quality Engineers within the following areas:Major Weld Assembly QualificationFabrication Vendor ImprovementSupport SQA activitySystems Management for ISO9001 and ISO14001System AuditingManage New Product Introduction –QA activitiesParticipate in Reliability Improvement ActivitiesSupport Group Commodity sourcing with input on new supplier selection.Faro arm and laser tracker trained to aid problem solving investigations on welded assemblies

Tasked with updating and aligning a QMS and EMS to ISO standards and promoting ownership of Quality through the entire business. Realised a "step change" in QMS approach and structure and introduced and improved organisational performance through continuous improvement activities such as Kaizen meetings and data sharing.Managed day to day running of Quality Department including a team of x1 inspector, x2 Quality Techs and a Quality Process Engineer. Implemented improved systems to deal with customer concerns and returns and data collation relating to scrap and NC material. Customer and supplier liaison over Concerns, Change Projects, Problem Solving and 8D, Homologation and Product Conformity.

Stuttgart, Bw, De

Responsible for the administration and reduction of all Automotive OEM warranty liabilities, working closely with Production Operations and Design and Development over product and process failures that result in field returns.

Management and continued improvement of QMS to ISO/TS16949.Also responsible for management and oversight of Automotive Product Development projects to launch with Global OEMs.

Msc, Strategic Quality Management

Bsc (Hons), Media Technology With Business