What to Expect
We are recruiting for a Quality Compliance Manager to join our Quality in Woking. As the Quality Compliance Manager your role is crucial for ensuring that all products meet regulatory standards like COP, ELV, and RRR, as well as maintaining IATF 16949 certification. The position involves strategic planning, budgeting, and overseeing a team to manage compliance activities. As a Business Process Owner, the role requires collaboration with management to ensure adherence to processes and risk mitigation, facilitating the seamless transition of vehicles to sales.
What You'll Do
- Managing a team of effective compliance engineers and coordinators, whilst developing and maintaining the necessary skills within the compliance team.
- Managing the Compliance headcount and operational budgets (define, forecast, assess, monitor)
- BPO of effective and efficient COP, ELV, RRR and QMS processes
- Developing effective process and business KPI’s that demonstrate status, drive action from all stakeholders in the process and ensures transparency and objectivity
- Establishing and maintaining effective ‘consultancy based’ system to support all areas of the business and ensure compliance of all products and QMS
- Adequately communicating is established with the relevant authorities to effectively manage all activities associated with product compliance
- Effective process for assessing the COP Control Plan for all variants in series production (ensure is appropriately maintained)
- Effective communication with Product Development, Engineering, Purchasing and Quality departments for planning and coordinating activities required to ensure consistent product compliance (COP, ELV/RRR and QMS).
- Successful compliance related audits (COP and ELV/RRR) by the certification authorities (Europe, China, Taiwan etc.)
- Regular ELV/RRR compliance assessments and coordinate follow-up activities to ensure all products remain compliant in series production.
- Internal auditing process – you will ensure effective business assessment against the IATF standard to drive best business practices are incorporated in the key processes of the QMS.
- Ensuring the COP / ELV / RRR systems within SAP is consistently maintained to ensure correct functionality, including data management
What You'll Bring
- Previous experience in automotive industry is essential (product knowledge)
- Proven ability to manage aspects of complex operations/processes and people
- Proven ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority
- Experience in analysing and interpreting product related data
- Proven communication skills
- Proficient in Continuous Improvement approaches
- Understanding of the Total Quality Management methodology and principles
- Project management skills are desirable
- Knowledge of COP and ELV / RRR regulatory requirements applicable to passenger cars is essential
- Understanding of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals), SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) and GADSL (Global Automotive Declarable Substance List) is essential
- Qualified ISO/TS Lead Auditor is beneficial
- Applicable knowledge and experience of the ISO/TS 16949 automotive standard is beneficial
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:
Who Are We?
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