Product Quality Manager

Enhance your Career with TVS Supply Chain Solutions

TVS are operating as part of Team Leidos, a team of defence and logistics specialists, supporting a major transformation contract providing an end to end supply chain service delivering commodity and inventory savings to the UK Ministry of Defence.

We are now recruiting for a Product Quality Manager working for TVS at the Team Leidos offices at Emersons Green in Bristol as part of a vibrant and dynamic team, committed to transforming the way the MOD works. This role is currently working remotely from home.

Job Overview

Responsible for reviewing, developing and maintaining compliance processes related to concessions, part quality NCRs, counterfeit parts and disposal process. The PQM serves as the point of contact for commodity managers, equipment leads, and supplier engagements in product quality initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as POC for Commodity Managers and equipment leads in relation to management of product quality processes.
• Contribute to the creation of best practice product quality strategy for CSS across all product and equipment areas.
• Establish and document processes for management of concessions, part quality NCRs, counterfeit part management and disposal.
• Develop and maintain process artefacts and training to support deployment of the above process within CSS.
• Support Commodity Managers and suppliers through the product quality process.
• Build relevant business MI to monitor supplier and business performance in relation to product quality management to support First Strike Availability metrics across CSS.
• Deploy appropriate RCA (Root Cause Analysis) tools in support of the above.
• Provide leadership to CSS in relation to product quality management issues in line with the TVS QMS and ISO 9001/AS9100/AS9120, TS 62668 and other relevant standards.
• Support and mentor Commodity Managers and technicians in the investigation and resolution of product quality issues.
• In conjunction with the Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) function, reduce the effect of non conforming supplier materials on business performance measures.
• Provide emerging supplier information to SQA function in relation to problem supplier issues, and support supplier audits where applicable.
• Process and manage concession applications from suppliers utilising the relevant MOD process.
• Develop counterfeit parts avoidance processes built on the TL process and TS 62668.

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, presentation and organisational skills.
• Ability to contribute to a variety of cross functional teams.
• Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making.
• Commercially aware.
• Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree preferred, or HND, BTec Professional Level 5 Award or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualifications.
• Membership of an industry related professional body would be advantageous.
• Previous aerospace or quality management experience working with NCRs, concessions, supplier engagement.
• Experience in Quality Assurance.
• Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing skills.
• Experience dealing with customers and suppliers.

Benefits

• Pension scheme with up to 6% employer matched contributions
• Life assurance
• 25 days holiday + 8 statutory bank holidays (5 of which can be taken flexibly)
• Holiday buy back scheme (5 additional days available)
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Hybrid working structure
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - availability of virtual GP consultations, mental health support, online physiotherapy, CONNECTPlus long term health condition support, wellbeing and healthy living support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Professional Membership and Study Sponsorship
• Quarterly employee recognition awards
• Employee referral scheme with financial reward
• Benefits hub with employee retail discounts
• Discounted eye test vouchers
• Early finish Fridays

Security Clearance Requirement

Candidates must be eligible to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which includes verification of identity, right to work in the UK, employment history and a basic criminal records check for unspent convictions. Applicants must have resided in the UK for 3 years to meet BPSS eligibility.

Job Location

Building 8, Monarch Court, The Brooms, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7FH

Job Details

• Job ID: 42366
• Job Function: Product Quality Manager
• Job Term: Permanent
• Job Region: Bristol
• Posted Date: 21 Jan 2026