Posted on: 3/10/2023
Quality Manager, Crown Packaging-UK, Dubai, UAE
As the world leader in metal packaging technology, Crown designs and manufactures a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions. Our customers are some of the world’s largest and most-respected companies.
Your work environment :
We currently have a fantastic opportunity to hire a Quality Manager, reporting to the General Manager and functionally to the EHS, Quality and World-Class Performance Director EMEA, based at Dubai (UAE).
The main purpose of the role is to ensure that the Cans and Ends Plant continually meets customer needs and improves performance with regards to product quality, food safety, cost effectiveness and delivery.
Your mission in Crown
The successful candidate will lead and develop all aspects of site quality. You will ensure that the highest quality and customer service standards are met and maintained, whilst developing and driving improvements in this area and across the Plant. You ensure a customer-focused, quality mind-set that ensures the delivered quality of finished goods and incoming raw materials whilst developing and driving improvements in this area and across the plant. You represent / translate the "Voice of the Customer" to the other functions of the site. You lead Risk Analyses and FMEA covering all the departments to guarantee seamless processes and the highest quality standards.
You lead and develop a team of people to support the organisation and its customers in ensuring only the highest standard of product quality and compliance. You are a key player in the site customer liaison and internal/external supplier relationships. You manage the Quality and Food Safety System and Standards (ISO9001 and BRC). You drive Quality & Food Safety initiatives and reduction of cost of non-quality through the site continuous improvement process. You manage product specifications and changes and promote and identify internal training required to meet and improve site standards.
About you
The successful candidate will have an Engineering qualification in Production, Mechanical at University Degree level (or equivalent) preferably with certification in Quality Management, with 5 to 7 years quality management experience, preferably gained within the manufacturing sector, in a fast production environment, out of which 2 years ideally should be in quality department of the can- making industry .
You will also have experience of achieving change in a fast paced, demanding environment and demonstrable results from working within plant management team. You have a sound knowledge of standards (ISO, BRC, AIB, etc). You have pragmatic skills in process capability analysis (Statistical Process Controls) and you are familiar with quality management software. You have experience of auditing and/or managing audit processes. You possess excellent communication, influencing, interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills. We are looking for a team player, with a safety mind-set, with working knowledge of continuous improvement tools, excellent IT skills and a positive mind-set. You are fluent in English.
What Crown can offer you?
the opportunity to build a career in a multi-cultural environment
to be rewarded fairly and promoted based on merit and performance
professional and personal development through training and work experiences
strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees
Join us and become part of an international team of professionals who are passionate about sustainable packaging.
Equal opportunity
Crown is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.