Global Quality and Compliance Director

Job Summary:

Successful candidate will take full accountability for quality assurance, environmental sustainability, and regulatory standards across our global facilities. They will lead the deployment and continuous evolution of our Global Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring absolute compliance with AS9100, AS9120, ISO14001, and international legislations. This role requires a minimum of 50% onsite at our Brierley Hill, UK facility, with approximately 25% global travel.

Responsibilities:

• Protecting customers from non-quality, by ensuring that the practices comply with regulations, customer requirements and Apollo standards by promoting a culture of prevention and anticipation
• Driving continuous improvement, by capitalizing on factual data and feedback and providing the necessary support for all company functions
• Supporting the deployment of the Quality Management System across the Business through the implementation and follow-up of internal audits, ensuring compliance with processes and procedures
• Liaison with all areas of the business on all matters relating to quality systems, procedures, direction, processes, including Quality Assurance implementation and maintenance.
• Providing support for customer and regulatory (external) audits as required, to ensure process and procedural compliance to AS9100, AS9120, ISO14001 and any other applicable standards.
• Supporting the provision of coaching on quality improvement and relevant tools (PDCA, Root cause analysis, 8D), as well as Human Factors training, for Quality Assurance implementation throughout the company
• Developing and implementing new environmental and sustainability process across Apollo facilities globally
• Taking responsibility for Quality Assurance in all our Global facilities and directing quality assurance policies, programs, and initiatives, including setting QA objectives and ensuring targets are achieved.
• Best practice identification and implementation across the business
• Ensuring compliance with national and international standards and legislation (RoHS, Reach, Conflict Minerals, etc.).
• Taking responsibility for significant quality issues- be “hands on” with the issue, develop a plan to resolve it, communicate the plan, and progress on the plan to the organization.
• Meeting with suppliers, customers, quality representatives and company personnel to discuss and resolve quality problems.
• Identifying relevant quality-related training needs and delivering training.
• Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience in Compliance and Assurance related work and processes within Aerospace industry
• Excellent problem solving skills
• People leadership
• Experience with managing a global team
• Ability to travel as needed
• Experience of working at all levels including both internal & external customers
• Excellent communication skills – Internally and externally
• The capability to listen and understand the precise needs of the business and our customers and then work with your colleagues to meet them
• Good IT Skills – Proficient use of all Microsoft products

Our Values:

Do The Right Thing and we will succeed: We insist on honest and ethical behavior; We treat others respectfully; Our actions are underlined with high integrity; We partner with others who hold these same values.

Go One Better to achieve greatness: We strive to do our best every day; We are curious and seek alternative viewpoints; We value innovation to deliver long-term success; We will not accept the status quo and tirelessly seek to improve.

Customer First balanced with Company results: We serve our customers with a sense of urgency; We strive to anticipate our customer’s needs; We work with our customers to ensure we are providing them the best solutions they value; We help to deliver the long-term success of our company.

WE DO what we say: We seek clarity and understanding; We follow through on our commitments; We respectfully challenge and collaborate to achieve mutual success; Once we agree, we move forward and make no excuses.

Together we win: We respect and value each other’s thoughts and opinions; We make the time to develop meaningful relationships; We seek new opportunities to continuously learn: We never miss an opportunity to bring out the best in others.

Make a career at APOLLO:

Career Development: Success starts from within, and we will help you chart your path from which you can enhance your career evolution.

Apollo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.