Why Join? This is an excellent opportunity to join a specialist business supporting the automotive paints and coatings industry, where quality, compliance, customer standards, and operational excellence are critical to success. You will play a visible leadership role in strengthening the site s quality systems, audit readiness, customer quality outcomes, and continuous improvement culture, while working closely with technical, operational, and customer-facing teams.
About the Opportunity Our client is a leading provider of high-performance paints and coating products designed to meet the rigorous demands of the global automotive industry. They are now seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead site quality standards, strengthen QMS compliance, improve customer quality outcomes, and support a proactive quality culture across a highly regulated manufacturing environment. This is a key leadership role, acting as the main quality liaison between Operations, Process Engineering, Technical, Account Management, customer-facing teams, and R D on quality-related enquiries, investigations, audits, and improvement initiatives. Role & Responsibilities As Quality Assurance Manager, you will take ownership of site quality standards, compliance, audits, quality systems, and continuous improvement activity. Your responsibilities will include: - Maintaining and improving the site Quality Management System, certifications, processes, and documentation - Ensuring QMS requirements are embedded within the product realisation process - Integrating customer-specific requirements, supplier quality manuals, and quality standards into the QMS - Measuring, reporting, and communicating site quality performance - Leading internal and external quality investigations, including customer complaints, SCARs, non-conforming product issues, and corrective actions - Ensuring corrective actions are implemented effectively and issues are resolved in a sustainable way - Driving data-led quality improvement program to improve yield, productivity, customer complaints, and cost of non-conformance - Owning the site internal audit program and document control system - Facilitating customer and supplier quality visits - Supporting and troubleshooting quality-related data systems, including SAP, LIMS, and ETQ Reliance - Collaborating with Technical, R D, Operations, Process Engineering, and customer-facing teams to improve first-right capability - Acting as quality gatekeeper for site-level MOC activity and new product launches - Providing quality training, leadership, coaching, and guidance across the site - Promoting a proactive and accountable quality culture This role will hold Decision Authority responsibility for: - Product release decisions - Fit, form, and function change approval requests - Non-conforming product disposition - Quality-related escalation, investigation outcomes, and corrective action effectiveness
Key Requirements You will be an experienced quality leader with a strong background in quality management, manufacturing quality systems, audit program, corrective actions, and continuous improvement. Essential skills and experience will include: - Bachelor s degree or higher in Quality, Engineering, or a related discipline - Minimum 5 years quality management experience, ideally within automotive or advanced manufacturing - Minimum 3 years people management or supervisory experience - Certified Lead Auditor experience, ideally IATF and/or VDA - Minimum Six Sigma Green Belt certification - Strong knowledge of automotive core tools, including FMEA, SPC, Control Plans, and APQP - Experience maintaining and improving QMS frameworks, certifications, and customer-specific requirements - Experience leading quality investigations, SCARs, customer complaints, non-conforming product issues, and corrective actions - Working knowledge of quality and operational systems such as SAP, LIMS, and ETQ Reliance - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English - Ability to lead audits, manage documentation, coach teams, and promote a strong quality culture
About the Opportunity Our client is a leading provider of high-performance paints and coating products designed to meet the rigorous demands of the global automotive industry. They are now seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead site quality standards, strengthen QMS compliance, improve customer quality outcomes, and support a proactive quality culture across a highly regulated manufacturing environment. This is a key leadership role, acting as the main quality liaison between Operations, Process Engineering, Technical, Account Management, customer-facing teams, and R D on quality-related enquiries, investigations, audits, and improvement initiatives. Role & Responsibilities As Quality Assurance Manager, you will take ownership of site quality standards, compliance, audits, quality systems, and continuous improvement activity. Your responsibilities will include: - Maintaining and improving the site Quality Management System, certifications, processes, and documentation - Ensuring QMS requirements are embedded within the product realisation process - Integrating customer-specific requirements, supplier quality manuals, and quality standards into the QMS - Measuring, reporting, and communicating site quality performance - Leading internal and external quality investigations, including customer complaints, SCARs, non-conforming product issues, and corrective actions - Ensuring corrective actions are implemented effectively and issues are resolved in a sustainable way - Driving data-led quality improvement program to improve yield, productivity, customer complaints, and cost of non-conformance - Owning the site internal audit program and document control system - Facilitating customer and supplier quality visits - Supporting and troubleshooting quality-related data systems, including SAP, LIMS, and ETQ Reliance - Collaborating with Technical, R D, Operations, Process Engineering, and customer-facing teams to improve first-right capability - Acting as quality gatekeeper for site-level MOC activity and new product launches - Providing quality training, leadership, coaching, and guidance across the site - Promoting a proactive and accountable quality culture This role will hold Decision Authority responsibility for: - Product release decisions - Fit, form, and function change approval requests - Non-conforming product disposition - Quality-related escalation, investigation outcomes, and corrective action effectiveness
Key Requirements You will be an experienced quality leader with a strong background in quality management, manufacturing quality systems, audit program, corrective actions, and continuous improvement. Essential skills and experience will include: - Bachelor s degree or higher in Quality, Engineering, or a related discipline - Minimum 5 years quality management experience, ideally within automotive or advanced manufacturing - Minimum 3 years people management or supervisory experience - Certified Lead Auditor experience, ideally IATF and/or VDA - Minimum Six Sigma Green Belt certification - Strong knowledge of automotive core tools, including FMEA, SPC, Control Plans, and APQP - Experience maintaining and improving QMS frameworks, certifications, and customer-specific requirements - Experience leading quality investigations, SCARs, customer complaints, non-conforming product issues, and corrective actions - Working knowledge of quality and operational systems such as SAP, LIMS, and ETQ Reliance - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English - Ability to lead audits, manage documentation, coach teams, and promote a strong quality culture
Job ID: 521294443
Originally Posted on: 5/15/2026
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