Senior Quality Assurance Supervisor

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Our client are a world leading medical technology company, together with customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products to improve patient and hospital outcomes.They are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Supervisor to provide quality engineering leadership and technical guidance in quality assurance, control, and preventative activities with a focus on continuous improvement of internal products and processes.The Senior Quality Assurance Supervisor will advocate and lead the execution of initiatives and projects to enhance quality performance within the business and for customers. Mentor and provide technical direction across multiple areas of expertise. Ensure compliance to regulation and standards.Responsibilities: Working in the Quality Operations structure, in a supervisory capacity, has responsibility for, but not limited to the following:Lead teams to support products in development, production or customer experience including issue investigation, corrective action, preventive action, supplier management (as appropriate), and risk management.Work closely with operations and the business functions to ensure quality performance of product and processes.Collaborate with Divisional QA, cross-functional and supplier teams to address top quality issues.Provide leadership direction to team on problem solving and process improvements, address obstacles, provide resources and interact with other areas of the company to assist the team in overcoming problems and streamlining the work process.Plan, conduct and supervise assignments.Review progress and evaluate results.Support continuous improvement activities.Define targets, KPIs, performance objectives, etc. for individuals within functional role, and manage direct reports to meet or exceed targets.Maintain KPIs for monitoring of process and/or product quality, perform analysis, and interpret trends, identifying and activating on appropriate actions as necessary.Recruit, select, and on-board talent.Develop talent within team to increase performance.Maximise employee engagementOwn or support identified internal and supplier non-conformances and manage the timely closure of NC's and CAPA's.Support execution and analysis of manufacturing related complaints and product field actions.Support and Drive Human Factor practices, familiarity in the science of Human Factor identification, reduction, and mitigation.Communicate & collaborate with suppliers regarding non-conformances, escalating supplier corrective action requests as required.Engage in the development and improvement of internal manufacturing processes for existing products.Performs critical assessment of internal and supplier proposed change management activities.Participates and may lead in the creation and/or review of new or modified procedures.Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to identify and execute opportunities for supplier part certification.Develop understanding of risk management practices and concepts and applies knowledge to manufacturing operations.Support the creation and maintenance of inspection methods and sampling.Engage and interface in internal and external audits providing subject matter expertiseSupport the development and review of process and equipment validation/qualification and MSA of internal processes.Execute internal quality deliverables associated with engineering changes, manufacturing transfers and supplier-initiated changes.Support manufacturing transfers to/from other plants/facilities, executing appropriate quality activities.Drive continuous improvement actions to reduce manufacturing defects.Knowledge/Skills: Ideally Degree education or equivalent vocational qualifications/experienceQuality Assurance/Engineering and Supervisory/Management experienceExperience in either Medical, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Medical/Pharma, Automotive or regulated manufacturing environment preferredDemonstrated knowledge and application of regulatory requirementsExperience in interacting with regulatory agencies To find out more about Real please visit www.realstaffing.comReal Staffing, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy| Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales