Senior Quality Manager

ALPLA INC.; Warrington; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in quality packaging solutions is seeking a Senior Quality Manager in Warrington. In this role, you will oversee quality processes across manufacturing operations, lead a team, and implement continuous improvements. A strong background in manufacturing, alongside experience in quality management systems, root-cause analysis, and team leadership, is essential. The position offers a salary up to £75,000 depending on experience and a generous benefits package including pension contributions and employee discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension contributions

Bonus

Life Assurance

Employee Christmas vouchers

PerkBox discounts

Subsidised onsite canteen

Qualifications

• Strong background in a manufacturing environment, preferably Plastics, Food, or Pharmaceutical.
• Experience in managing and improving Quality Management Systems.
• Proven experience in team management, coaching, and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Quality Team, ensuring high performance.
• Drive continuous improvement of quality processes aligned with ISO standards.
• Manage quality inspection activities and reporting.
• Conduct risk-based assessments like FMEA.
• Lead internal audit programs and participate in customer audits.

Skills

Leadership capability

Root-cause analysis

Lean manufacturing tools

Communication

Quality management experience

Education

Degree in Science, Quality Management, or related field

Lean Six Sigma qualification (in progress)

Job description

Golborne / Warrington / United Kingdom /Quality/Full time

We are seeking a Senior Quality Manager to lead, oversee and continually enhance our Quality functions. This is a senior level role responsible for driving Quality performance across the business, championing continuous improvement, and embedding robust quality processes throughout manufacturing operations. This role will have 3 direct reports and 20 indirect reports.

• Leading and developing the Quality Team, providing coaching, mentoring and support to ensure high performance and capability across QA and QC functions.
• Driving continuous improvement of quality processes, systems, and tools, ensuring alignment with applicable standards such as ISO 9001 -FSSC 22000.
• Overseeing the Integrated Management System, ensuring changes are communicated and embedded across relevant stakeholders.
• Managing quality inspection activity, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Investigating Customer Complaints and NCRs, identifying root causes and ensuring corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurrence.
• Leading internal audit programmes and participating in third-party and customer audits.
• Conducting risk-based assessments (e.g., FMEA) to identify and mitigate potential process failures.
• Analysing Quality performance data, identifying trends, and recommending improvement actions.
• Promoting collaboration, open communication and best practice sharing across the organisation.
• Ensure robust corrective actions (RCA) are implemented, provide quality management training and support across the organisation.
• Forms close working relationships with local and regional OPEX teams, regional Quality teams to ensure corporate systems and processes are embedded into daily work.

What makes you great

• Strong background in a manufacturing environment ideally from a Plastics, Food or Pharmacutical background– this is essential and central to the role with a Blend of Quality Assurance and Quality Control experience.
• Proven leadership capability, including team management, coaching and mentoring
• Experience managing and improving Quality Management Systems.
• Experience in root-cause analysis, lean manufacturing tools, internal audits, and risk-based quality methodologies (e.g., FMEA)
• Degree Qualified in either a Science, Quality Management, or technical related degree.
• Ideally you will hold or are working towards a lean six sigma qualification.

What you can expect working with us

Up to £75,000 dependant on experience. Benefits package; Generous pension contributions, Bonus, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, PerkBox – High Street brand discounts, Long service awards, Subsidised onsite canteen.

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.

Our new perk box offering a wealth of benefits such as:

• Money off purchases such as food, drink, cinema, tickets, clothing, and homeware and so much more
• A number of freebies across the perk box site, such as free coffees
• Online access to free exercise and yoga classes with 24/7 access to qualified therapists

Unit 9 Stonecross Business Park, Yew Tree Way