Fortress Safety
Supplier Quality Manager
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Supplier Quality Manager
Supplier Quality Manager
Location: Fortress Interlocks – Wolverhampton office (WV4 6FB) Working pattern: Hybrid, 3–4 days in the office Salary: £55,000–£60,000 + company bonus scheme
About the Role
If you’re ready to take ownership of supplier quality on a global scale and shape a resilient, future-focused supply base, this is a role where your expertise can make a visible and lasting impact. This opportunity sits at the heart of operational excellence, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and business growth.
At Fortress Safety, you’ll join a business with deep expertise, global reach, and a clear purpose. Fortress Safety has been a specialist in machinery safety and interlocking since 1977, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments worldwide. With headquarters in Wolverhampton and operations across the USA, Europe, Australia, China, and India, Fortress Safety is also part of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 company with over 8,000 employees across 50+ subsidiaries worldwide.
Why Join Fortress Safety?
This is more than a supplier quality role—it’s an opportunity to lead, influence, and strengthen a global supply network that supports ambitious business growth. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, the Supplier Quality & Compliance Manager leads the development and performance of a resilient global supply base, with responsibility for end-to-end supplier quality—from supplier selection and approval, through to supplier development, risk management, and continuous improvement.
You will work across a global network, combining technical expertise, leadership, and close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to:
- Strengthen supplier capability
- Support new product introduction (NPI)
- Resolve issues effectively
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and develop a small global supplier quality team across the UK and China, supporting ambitious business growth.
- Define, implement, and continuously improve global supplier quality processes, including:
- Supplier evaluation
- Supplier approval
- NPI and/or change activities
- Lead supplier-related issue management and resolution, including:
- Problem definition
- Containment activities
- Root cause analysis
- Corrective/preventive actions (CAPA)
- Partner closely with Procurement to support:
- Strategy development
- Category management
- Supplier relationship management
- Drive innovative approaches to:
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Responsible sourcing and compliance
- Management of supply chain shortages and disruption
- Travel within the UK and internationally as required.
Why This Role Matters
This role plays a critical part in ensuring: ✔ Consistent delivery of conforming materials ✔ Strengthening supplier capability ✔ Building a resilient global supply base that supports:
- Growth
- Innovation
- Operational excellence
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a strategic, hands-on quality professional who can:
- Lead teams
- Build strong supplier partnerships
- Drive continuous improvement in complex manufacturing environments
Essential Experience, Knowledge, and Capability
- Demonstrable experience in developing and leading Supplier Quality teams, with proven impact in progressive or high-growth environments.
- Broad expertise across Supplier and Manufacturing Quality, including:
- Component engineering
- Ability to support customer and third-party audits (compliance, certification, management systems)
- Proven capability in:
- Supplier risk assessment and mitigation (business, design, quality, manufacturing, testing, and sustainability)
- Quality systems and product lifecycle processes (QMS/EMS frameworks, APQP, PPAP, MSA, and control planning)
- Hands-on experience in:
- Electronics and mechanical manufacturing environments
- Root cause analysis, failure analysis, and corrective actions in production and supply chain
- Practical knowledge of:
- Key commodities and manufacturing processes (e.g., castings, machining, plastics, PCBs, semiconductors, and assemblies)
- Assembly and test processes (SMT, box build, traceability, ESD, IPC standards)
- Strong problem-solving and naitive collaboration skills with internal/external stakeholders.
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What’s in It for You?
- Salary: £55,000–£60,000
- Company bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension with employer contribution (up to 10.5%)
- Annual Halma share vesting scheme
- Life assurance cover
- Bike to work scheme
- Eyecare
- Airport parking discounts
- Long service recognition
- Hybrid working pattern (3–4 days in the office)
Inclusion and Belonging
At Fortress, difference is celebrated, and the business is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let the team know.
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If you are an experienced supplier quality leader who thrives in global manufacturing environments, ready to shape supplier performance, quality, compliance, and resilience at scale, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today to explore how you can make an impact with Fortess Safety.
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