Quality Manager

Your work environment : 
We currently have a fantastic opportunity to hire a Quality Manager, reporting to the Plant Manager, based at Korinthos (Greece). 

Your mission in Crown:
The successful candidate will be a member of the Plant Management team and 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 FSSC). 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 at Diploma or University Degree level (or equivalent) with 5 to 10 years quality management experience, preferably gained within the manufacturing sector. 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 quality standards (ISO, FSSC, 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 and you possess excellent communication, influencing, interpersonal, organizational 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. Besides Greek, you are fluent in English.