Excellent Senior Quality Manager role available in Cork, with a Medical Devices manufacturing company.

This role will suit someone with excellent people management and Senior Stakeholder management skills.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Manage day-to-day quality processes to ensure issues are appropriately evaluated
• Establish annual budgets and quarterly forecasts. Make necessary changes with appropriate management involvement
• Communicate and collaborate with Quality Assurance, R&D, Service, Global Supply, Finance, Sales, and Marketing departments to ensure corporate goals and strategies are met
• Develop teams to ensure timely resolution of in process and supplier product technical issues to avoid disruption and ensure continuity of supply
• Serve as a site leader for GQO quality processes
• Provide guidance, recommendations, and implementation plans for adherence to new regulatory requirements or expectations
• Establish standard process to ensure appropriate resolution and management of the responsible task owner
• Chair meetings required to drive closure of quality issues
• Manage and provide updates for quality metrics. Implement appropriate enhancements
• Represent quality processes during internal and external audits
• Define targets, KPIs, performance objectives, etc. for individuals within functional role, and manage direct reports to meet or exceed these targets
• Recruit, select, and on-board top talent
• Develop talent within team to increase performance. Actively address performance issues on team
• Maintain a high level of team engagement

Preferred:

• BS in a science, engineering or related Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years experience, 7 years of supervisory experience preferred
• Masters Degree or equivalent preferred
• Experience working in a regulated environment
• Good understanding of manufacturing process technologies, and the ability to understand complex processes
• Experience with delivering results through 6 sigma and lean methods
• Strong analytical ability, relevant ERP knowledge (preferably SAP, Oracle or JD Edwards) and experience and strong PC skills (MS Excel, Access, etc.,)