Quality Systems and Business Planning Manager

For over 110 years Aston Martin has made the most exquisitely addictive performance sports cars.

But no one builds an Aston Martin on their own. Behind these legends and landmarks are hundreds of dreamers darers and doers who make extraordinary happen every single day. Thats why the name of everyone who has ever worn our famous wings is inscribed on the wall of our factory.

As we embark on an exciting new era for the business we need the very best people to write their own chapter on our journey to become the worlds most desirable ultraluxury British performance brand.

Join us.

Job Purpose:

This role has the specific responsibility to finalise the implementation of Aston Martin ERP upgrade representing the whole of the Quality Department. This implementation will then be managed as part of a continuously evolving and improving network of systems where it will be necessary to network effectively both internally and companywide to agree prioritisation impact and successful updates. The careful management of critical data during this implementation is key and effective organisation and communication between area representatives to develop testing run trials take feedback and implement solutions. As part of the management of data the strategy of how we collect organise report and use data to provide clear measurement and direction.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Champion the successful implementation and ongoing management of Quality ERP systems
  • Business process ownership Solution Development User Acceptance Testing Stakeholder alignment Role Ownership Training and Materials
• Coordinate and develop a set of reports that are maintained and issued regularly including agreed KPIs for the business
• Work alongside Quality Leadership to define and drive the Aston Martin Quality Strategy
• Project manage Quality improvement projects to deliver the Quality Strategy
• Manage the Quality Committee agenda slide pack KPIs (scorecards) and resulting action tracking
• Own business problem solving process governance
• Provide admin provision to Quality department for pool cars travel and divisional PO management ensuring they are coordinated in a timely cost efficient manner

Qualification & Experience:

• Knowledge of Aston Martin Business Systems
• Ability to think strategically to develop and implement strategies
• Experience in managing a team to support departmental targets
• Coordinating a team without direct reporting lines
• Experience in managing projects or programmes to demonstrate capability to deliver against constraints such as time budget resource etc.
• Ability to manage individuals through 1:1 reviews and appraisal process
• Proven experience in defining and delivering new procedures and processes
• Knowledge of benchmarking tools and techniques
• Knowledge of Quality tools and techniques
• Experienced in Problem solving tools and methodologies
• Knowledge of the product creation process
• Knowledge of Quality Business Systems
• High degree of numeracy and literacy
• Experience of creating reports/dashboards
• Technical experience of vehicle systems and processes
• Proficient in MS Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint and Power BI
• BEng Hons in Engineering or Scientific discipline

Behaviours:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with and lead teams of various sizes from all areas of the business to deliver the objectives of the department.
• A confident presenter with excellent communication skills.
• Be able to build relationships across all areas of the business.

Belong at Aston Martin

We understand that the incredible beauty craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different. Please speak to us if there is anything you need to support making an application with us.

The post holder will be required to comply with all policies and procedures issued by and on behalf of Aston Martin Lagonda ltd