Quality Manager

Salary £40,000 - £45,000 DOE

Location Steeton

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We are looking for a Quality Manager at our head office in Steeton, West Yorkshire. The purpose of the role is to lead and integrate comprehensive quality, environmental, and safety management systems across the site and supply chain to ensure total product compliance and continuous improvement.

Salary : £40,000 - £45,000 (Depending on Experience)

Working Hours : Monday - Friday (40 hours)

Why join Acorn?

Comprehensive induction and training
Investors in People accredited employer
Healthcare and pension schemes
Free on-site parking & great transport links to Leeds, Bradford & Skipton
Subsidised on-site canteen
Cycle to work scheme
Gym membership discounts
Company events
Monthly reward scheme – Acorn Achievers
Refer-a-friend bonus – earn up to £100!

Key Responsibilities :

Develop and implement quality standards and SOPs in order to ensure all products and processes consistently meet customer expectations and organizational benchmarks.
Execute comprehensive audit programs and document control in order to maintain full compliance with regulatory requirements and integrated Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) systems.
Manage the end-to-end inspection and testing of raw materials and finished goods in order to guarantee that only compliant, high-specification products are released to the market.
Monitor scrap, rework, and key quality KPIs in order to identify inefficiencies and drive continuous improvement in manufacturing cost-effectiveness.
Oversee vendor qualification and rating systems in order to improve supplier performance and minimize risks associated with incoming materials and third-party services.
Lead cross-functional teams through root cause analysis and CAPA processes in order to resolve systemic issues and prevent the recurrence of quality failures.
Mentor the quality inspection team and support departmental integration in order to foster a high-performance culture.

Skills and Experience:

University degree in a relevant engineering field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar quality or engineering role.
Experience building and maintaining ISO 9001 quality systems.
Practical knowledge of Lean tools and continuous improvement methods.
Ability to use Root Cause Analysis to solve quality issues.
Strong leadership skills and ability to communicate standards to others.
Proficient in Microsoft Office for data tracking and reporting.
Six Sigma Green Belt or MCQI CQP membership is a plus.

Must be able to display the Acorn Values

OUR VALUES

⭐Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide

⭐Unity Working together as one team

⭐Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises

⭐Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community

⭐Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve

We Recognise Your Efforts

Acorn Achievers: Monthly awards scheme with £100 vouchers for winners and £50 vouchers for runners-up.

Recommend a Friend: Earn up to £100 if your referral joins Acorn.

Please, apply now if you want to be considered for this role.

All recruitment communications will come solely from our internal Recruitment Team at Acorn Stairlifts.

Please note: this position may close early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications. To ensure ample consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.

The Company

Acorn is a world-leading company, producing over 70,000 stairlifts annually and trading in more than 80 countries. A one-stop-shop for stairlifts, Acorn manufactures, sells direct to the public, installs and maintains home stairlifts. It has built its global reputation on quality, reliability, customer service and industry-leading response times, especially for curved stairlifts.

Employing over 1,500 people worldwide, Acorn offers a wide range of career opportunities in all sectors of its growing business. It is committed to placing the right people in roles which match their abilities and ambitions, then helping them develop still further to reach their full potential as part of the Acorn team.