Functieomschrijving

Responsible for the quality management within the plant, the Quality & CI Manager will be in charge of the following missions:

· determines, implements and adjusts quality standards and policies,

· initiates and implements systems of quality control, mainly of : the raw materials and the products manufactured by the plant

· makes the appropriated proposals to improve products or processes

· prepares all the internal and external quality audits and manages the follow-up

· responsible for all other operational aspects related to quality: taking of samples, training and coaching people, ...

· maintains ISO9001 and other certifications of quality

· creates and maintains articles in SAP

· regular international contacts with other quality responsibles

· involved in the different projects led in the Group

· manages a team of laboratory workers

· attends to the management meeting, quality meeting, etc.

· making sure that 5S process is well implemented and respected and organizes audit in accordance with the planning

· Takes care that all laboratory equipment is present, enough for the needed analyzes and in good status

Responsible for the CI within the plant, the Quality & CI Manager will be in charge of the following missions:

· To continuously improve plant performance in line with business strategy requirements and reducing overall maintenance lifecycle cost.

· Ensuring plant always produces product to customer specifications.

· Setting internal operational standards and measurement of process capability through KPIs.

· Reporting of operational performance and adherence to both internal and customer specifications.

· Undertake root cause analysis of any out of specification result and recommend effective corrective & preventive actions to avoid reoccurrence in line with the applicable CI techniques.

· Optimisation of plant performance – quality, safety, cycle times, costs etc….

· Ensure Operational readiness for internal & external audits and technical reviews.

· Lead plant teams implementation of Continuous Improvement within the Operational function to deliver the 3 year Business Plan strategy.