Director of Manufacturing Quality Permanent / Full Time

Shenzhen, China  
Salary package negotiable
Permanent, full-time role
                                       
Exciting opportunity to be part of a Shenzhen based consumer product design and manufacturing company, passionate about their brands and about delighting their customers with innovative and high-quality products. They are now looking for an inspirational leader to help them redefine quality across all business units.
  
About the Company
  
My client is a consumer product design and manufacturing company, with a focus is on becoming a mainstream, recognised brand, online and retail. With offices in Shenzhen, China, the US and the UK, they work with manufacturing partners across China and SE Asia (Vietnam and Thailand).

The Role

As the Director of Manufacturing Quality you’ll focus on leading manufacturing Quality teams including :

• Day-to-day management of large-scale, manufacturing quality control
• Data-driven monitoring and action to ensure product quality
• Management of factory-based/factory-facing manufacturing quality teams
• Cooperation with the Supply Chain team on vendor selection and improvement
• Partnership with the Product Development teams to transition new products into mass production

Technical experience – you will be a seasoned, experienced and highly qualified quality professional in consumer product quality control, development and manufacture. This must include heated and motorised consumer products such as power tools, vacuum cleaners, cooking products, etc.
Manufacturing experience – You will be familiar with all commonly used mass manufacturing processes and their applications and limitations; including injection moulding, metal stamping, surface treatments/coatings and finished goods assembly.
Leadership – The quality teams are involved from product conception to end-of-life, so they touch every part of the organisation. Geographically the teams are located across China, South Vietnam and East Thailand. Structuring and leading this widespread team will require clear vision, direction and strong organisational skills.
Data driven – You will use quality tools to compile, analyse and communicate quality performance with ease. You will use data to prioritise activities and solve problems.
Resolve – you’ll be a calm, strong, determined leader with the maturity and knowledge to define the best paths forward. The ability to listen carefully, question thoroughly, then understand sometimes complex issues and make key decisions is critical for success in this role.
Communication – you will be a strong and convincing communicator, capable of making presentations and leading meetings as well as individual coaching and encouragement.
  
Skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline
• 10+ years’ experience managing quality for global consumer product companies serving international markets
• Recent experience to include leadership responsibilities for global teams
• Able to demonstrate hands-on experience with world-class, successful product manufacturing
• Must be fluent in English – Mandarin language skills desirable
• Extensive travel around China and SE Asia to manufacturing partners will be required