Supplier Quality Engineer

Introducción del empleo

Join William Grant & Sons as a Supplier Quality Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in shaping the quality and consistency of our most premium products. Based at our Cumbernauld site, you’ll work closely with luxury suppliers, technical teams, and operations to ensure every material, component, and finished product meets the uncompromising standards our brands are known for. If you’re passionate about elevating quality, strengthening supplier relationships, and driving continuous improvement, this is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on products enjoyed around the world.

Responsabilidad del cargo

• Strengthen and support Luxury Operations teams to deliver high performance and key quality KPIs. 
• Review supplier and factory capabilities, ensuring designs and processes meet essential quality standards. 
• Implement and maintain quality standards for new luxury products and align these with manufacturing and quality teams. 
• Support NPD by embedding quality and customer expectations from concept to launch. 
• Verify incoming luxury materials and lead follow‑up on non‑conformances. 
• Conduct inspections of dry goods and finished products, analysing trends aligned to Arete KPIs. 
• Manage customer and consumer complaint investigations and validate corrective actions. 
• Develop and approve technical specifications for luxury packaging. 
• Ensure compliance with H&S, environmental, and internal quality processes. 
• Maintain supplier non‑conformance systems and validate corrective and preventative actions. 
• Collaborate across teams and contribute to problem‑solving and continuous improvement activities.

Nuestro candidato ideal

• Experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, technical engineering, or a similar role. 
• Strong understanding of quality systems, specification control, and supplier assurance. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence suppliers and internal teams. 
• A structured, analytical approach to problem‑solving and data interpretation. 
• Confidence managing investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventative actions. 
• A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity about how things can work better. 
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments and functions. 
• Passion for delivering exceptional standards that reflect a world‑renowned luxury brand.

Be part of something exceptional, your next chapter starts here.

Qué podemos ofrecerte?

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

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A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.