Key Responsibilities
1. ISO Certification & Quality Management System
- Lead and coordinate the company's preparation for ISO certification.
- Develop, implement and maintain the company's Quality Management System (QMS).
- Establish the required quality policies, procedures, processes, forms and records.
- Conduct a gap assessment against the relevant ISO standard and develop an implementation roadmap.
- Coordinate internal audits and support external certification audits.
- Identify non-conformities and coordinate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions and ensure timely closure.
- Maintain proper control of QMS documentation and records.
- Ensure that relevant employees understand and comply with the company's quality requirements.
2. SOP & Process Documentation
- Map and document key business and operational processes.
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions, process flows and checklists.
- Establish appropriate document-control procedures, including version control, approval and revision history.
- Work with department heads and staff to ensure that documented procedures accurately reflect actual operations.
- Identify gaps, duplication, inefficiencies and risks within existing processes.
- Regularly review and update SOPs to reflect changes in operations, systems and regulatory requirements.
3. Operations & Process Improvement
- Monitor operational processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Analyse process performance using appropriate data and KPIs.
- Investigate operational and quality issues and perform root-cause analysis.
- Recommend and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, productivity, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
- Develop process controls to minimise errors, defects and operational risks.
4. Quality Control & Assurance
- Establish appropriate quality-control procedures and inspection criteria where applicable.
- Monitor quality performance and identify recurring quality issues.
- Investigate internal and customer quality complaints.
- Conduct root-cause analysis using appropriate tools such as 5 Why, Fishbone, Pareto analysis and 8D.
- Establish and monitor quality KPIs.
- Work with relevant teams to ensure corrective actions are implemented effectively.
5. Supplier & Customer Quality
- Support supplier evaluation and quality monitoring.
- Work with suppliers to resolve quality and process issues.
- Assist in supplier corrective actions and follow-up.
- Support the investigation and resolution of customer complaints and quality issues.
- Maintain appropriate records relating to supplier and customer quality matters.
6. Training & Compliance
- Develop training materials relating to SOPs, quality procedures and process requirements.
- Conduct or coordinate employee training when new procedures are introduced.
- Ensure employees understand and follow approved processes.
- Monitor compliance and identify areas requiring further training or corrective action.
7. Management Reporting
- Prepare regular reports on quality and operational performance.
- Track key quality and operational KPIs.
- Report significant quality issues, risks, corrective actions and improvement initiatives to management.
- Provide recommendations to management based on process and quality data.