Senior Manager-Quality

Senior Manager-Quality

Salary up to 70K (subject to skills and experience) fantastic benefits including company bonuses car cash allowance private medical cover and generous pension scheme.

We can offer you a lot in return!

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing access to career growth and development opportunities a diverse and inclusive workplace and a strong culture of innovation. With a genuine commitment to creating better tomorrows were driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious healthy and sustainable lives.

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands Mira Showers Rada and Recoup - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment; investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Whether you arrive at our facilities in Cheltenham Worcester or Hull have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team youll instantly see that no matter our department or location we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira.

From day one youre part of the Kohler Mira community a collaborative forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers develop innovative products and services and inspire our people.

Were looking for a Senior Manager Quality to lead our Quality Assurance function at our Cheltenham manufacturing site. Find out more below!

As a key member of the Manufacturing Senior Leadership Team you will provide strategic leadership and direction to the Quality Assurance function across our Cheltenham site. This senior leadership role is accountable for driving quality excellence ensuring compliance fostering a culture of continuous improvement and delivering robust quality standards that support our operational and business objectives.

Accountable for Quality Assurance focused on:

Supporting the Business Manufacturing Strategy over a 3-year rolling timeline

Deliver Senior Leadership focused initiatives and strategic improvements.

Pro-active compliance and development of operational capability to achieve Safety Quality Cost Delivery and People (SQCDP).

Achieving and maintaining targeted Quality service levels and strategic improvements.

Building a high performing quality assurance improvement culture through the coaching and development of the team (circa 19 Quality associates).

Work crossfunctionally with NPD Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing Supply Chain and Production teams.

General Responsibilities

Responsibility for leading the supplier and internal quality assurance teams in accordance with established policies procedures and objectives. Specifically:

Quality Assurance Leadership

To act as strategic business leader for quality across all areas with specific focus on customer supply chain and manufacturing quality.

To own and take leadership in developing and implementing plans to reduce the company Cost of Quality.

Act as focal point to represent Operations on quality issues and best practice quality development.

Lead Operations quality strategy. Work with relevant stakeholders to identify gaps in the current business quality processes and implement prioritized plans and policies targeting improvement.

Acts a focus point for Quality in the business. Represent the business to ensure our voice is heard on quality. Lead and lobby our business case as required.

Own and develop the company quality system and the related external third-party systems accreditations.

Work with Kohler Quality teams to ensure our compliance with global corporate quality standards and policies. Work with Compliance Teams and internal/external stakeholders to ensure compliance with new and evolving Quality requirements.

Lead our plans to reduce our Cost of Poor Quality across all business areas. Monitor and report on our quality performance and quality system compliance status and undertake corrective and improvement action as necessary.

Own manufacturing and supplier quality improvement activity working with relevant stakeholders. Set improvement targets monitor quality issues and drive improvements.

Work to ensure quality requirements are fully considered as part of our internal and external processes including management of change training and supply chain processes.

Communicate project status risks and readiness clearly to senior stakeholders.

Define equipment tooling fixtures and control system requirements for suppliers..

Define and control capital expenditure associated with quality assurance function.

Support and/or lead continuous improvement and Kaizen activity.

Support site reviews leadership walkthroughs and global engagement as required.

Management & Development - People

Lead inspire coach and develop the skills of direct reports.

Manage reports in line with company standards and policies.

Set objectives and monitor performance of direct reports in line with the Kohler Co Maximizing Performance process.

Represent Kohler working groups; contribute to these and facilitate discussion locally on possible implications of new initiatives.

Ensure appropriate resourcing aligned to project complexity and portfolio demand.

Skills/Requirements

Proven competence and previous success in a quality or engineering leadership role typically 8yrs experience within a manufacturing/assembly environment.

Experience and application of six sigma quality systems lean principles manufacturing processes automation capital planning operations finance and working within gated NPD frameworks.

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Ability to assess risk and make balanced decisions under time and cost pressure.

Confident decision maker with strong delivery focus.

Strong leadership and people management skills.

Comfortable operating between strategic intent and handson execution.

Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence across functions.

Bachelor and/or Masters Degree aligned to operations or related technical field would be desirable.

About Us

In the UK Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands: Mira Showers Rada Controls and Recoup Where our brands differ in market position they are equal in their commitment to design innovation and providing a single level of quality regardless of price.

Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates consumers partners and global communities. As an equal opportunities employer it is Kohler Miras policy to recruit hire and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If as an individual with a disability you require adjustments during the recruitment process please contact

Note for Recruitment Agencies: The Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our Talent Acquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.

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