Job Purpose:
The job of a quality control manager involves various functions to ensure only products that meet set quality and standards are produced and sold.
Responsibilities:
- Establish quality procedures, standards, and specifications
- Collaborate with National QC Manager to ensure raw materials from external suppliers meet quality requirements
- Set and enforce standards for health and safety during work operations
- Carry out research to identify ways to reduce waste and maximize resources
- Ensure manufacturing processes are in compliance with both national and international standards of production
- Conduct surveys to identify customer requirements and ensure they are being met by established quality standards
- Suggest recommendations to company management on ways to improve on existing quality processes
- Collect, compile, and analyse relevant quality statistical data to obtain information regarding quality performance
- Supervise technicians, inspectors, and other company staff to ensure they perform their duties in line with established quality procedures
- Monitor product development processes to identify deviations from quality policies
- Conduct tests to verify the quality of raw materials and finished products
- Review existing process and product specification to identify the need for improvement or upgrade
- Approve compliant products and reject defective ones
- Prepare and present reports to update upper management on quality activities
- Maintain proper records of quality test, procedures and standards.