Quality Analyst

Responsibilities

As a quality manager, you'll need to:

• devise and establish a company's quality procedures, standards and specifications
• review customer requirements and make sure they are met
• work with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers
• set standards for quality as well as health and safety
• make sure that manufacturing or production processes meet international and national standards
• look at ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency
• define quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff
• set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures
• monitor performance by gathering relevant data and produce statistical reports
• review existing policies and make suggestions for changes and improvements and how to implement them
• measure performance and identify any areas of weakness, recommending and implementing improvements
• liaise with other managers and staff and provide training, tools and techniques to enable others to achieve quality standards
• assess the effectiveness of changes made
• make sure the company is working as effectively as possible to keep up with competitors
• lead initiatives in continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and Six Sigma practices.
• ensure compliance with emerging standards (such as the international standard and sustainability regulations.
• train and manage a team of quality control technicians.