Assistant Manager- Quality Control & Process- Full Time
- Post Date:4th December 2024
- Apply Before: 31st December 2024
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Job Description
About the job
Farrow and Ball – Assistant Manager (Quality & process), Wimborne, Dorset (40 hours per week)
We are currently looking for a detail orientated individual to join our Quality Control team in Wimborne, Dorset as an Assistant Manager. We are offering this position on a permanent. full-time basis, this position will be based on site.
Farrow & Ball are a luxury British lifestyle brand that prides itself in creating richly pigmented paint and handcrafted wallpaper, using print methods dating back 300 years and the finest quality ingredients.
The unique Farrow & Ball look transforms modern and traditional homes, large and small, inside and out. Established in Dorset in 1946, we have grown over the last 75 years and now proudly have 60 showrooms worldwide with a global network of stockists.
The key to our success is the people behind the paint: from the team handcrafting each tin to showroom staff to support functions, our shared passion ensures customers have a positive, engaging experience at every stage of their journey with us.
As the Assistant Manager you will be responsible to ensure that every product manufactured by Farrow & Ball conforms to the agreed specifications and is processed through manufacturing efficiently.
What we expect from you as an Assistant Manager (Quality & process).
Key Responsibilities:
- Identification and reporting of any safety, health, environmental and quality incidents and overseeing corrective actions
- Provide optimised efficient base and tinting recipes and control plans to the manufacturing department via the IFS system. Work closely with manufacturing teams to improve RFT performance and minimise product variance.
- To ensure that Quality Assurance checks are carried out in Wallpaper, and to deliver product and process improvements.
- To support the introduction of new colourways and patterns in the Wallpaper department.
- To oversee the testing of all paint products by Quality Control team, and to ensure timely and effective corrections where required.
- Analysis of key performance indicators results and identification of trends and areas of improvement
- To manage and provide routes for the use of rework materials from manufacturing and warehouse. Facilitate control through ERP system
- To work with R&TD Chemists in the Scale up process from lab to full production
- To provide feedback to R&TD group on product manufacturing issues for further development and investigation
- To support the management of colour across factory and ICT production
- The job holder must be prepared to work as part of a team and assist or carry out other duties during periods of high workload, sickness, holidays and emergencies.
Key Attributes:
- Exceptional communication and attention to detail skills.
- Proven experience within a similar role
- Be able to work in a high paced environment.
- Ability to multitask.
- Be IT literate.
- Having technical knowledge of paint and wallpaper are desirable.
This role will require regular lifting and manual handling of Farrow & Ball products additional training will be offered where needed.
What You Can Expect From Us
- 24 days’ annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus bank holidays
- The opportunity to buy and sell additional days holiday
- Annual salary reviews, based on individual performance
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Generous staff discount on F&B products
- Access to our retail discounts platform
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 support
- Health Cash Plan
- Company Sick Pay
- Group Pension Scheme, matched by F&B
- Life Assurance
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season Ticket Loans for travel