Titles for Quality Functions - Very small business quality department query

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Triboyle

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Hello all, just a quick query for my first posting. I have just started work as a reg. affairs engineer in a start up company with 10 people! I am writing up the Quality Manual and am stuck when it comes to titles for quality functions. The Management Rep, Quality Department and Document Control Dept are all me!!
Will i be shooting myself in the foot if i refer to just me as the Quality Department?

Thanks in advance for any replies ; )
Tri
 
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Hello all, just a quick query for my first posting. I have just started work as a reg. affairs engineer in a start up company with 10 people! I am writing up the Quality Manual and am stuck when it comes to titles for quality functions. The Management Rep, Quality Department and Document Control Dept are all me!!
Will i be shooting myself in the foot if i refer to just me as the Quality Department?

Thanks in advance for any replies ; )
Tri
Tri, Welcome!

I wouldn't worry too much about the 'departments' and you can deal with this in a job description which refers to the responsibilities for 'processes'. So, if you're the Reg. Affairs manager, then show that on an org. chart (if you are going that route), draw up a job description........"responsible for...." and leave it at that.

You don't want to force fit a model on what you're not doing.......;)
 
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Jim Wynne

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Tri, Welcome!

I wouldn't worry too much about the 'departments' and you can deal with this in a job description which refers to the responsibilities for 'processes'. So, if you're the Reg. Affairs manager, then show that on an org. chart (if you are going that route), draw up a job description........"responsible for...." and leave it at that.

You don't want to force fit a model on what you're not doing.......;)
I agree. :agree1: To expand on the idea a bit, don't worry about titles so much as responsibilities. One person can have a single title (MR, Quality Manager, etc.) and diverse responsibilities. The CB auditors understand that people in small companies wear more than one hat at a time.
 

SteelMaiden

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I would also say that if you are the Regulatory Affairs Engineer, than that title is broad enough to cover any other duties.
 

Randy

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Call them whatever you want, it doesn't matter and nobody like an auditor really cares anyhow.

All that is really important is that the responsibilities are clearly defined, the people know what their responsibilities are and that they have the competence to meet their responsibilities.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. Colin Powell
 
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Triboyle

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Hello all, just a quick query for my first posting. I have just started work as a reg. affairs engineer in a start up company with 10 people! I am writing up the Quality Manual and am stuck when it comes to titles for quality functions. The Management Rep, Quality Department and Document Control Dept are all me!!
Will i be shooting myself in the foot if i refer to just me as the Quality Department?

Thanks in advance for any replies ; )
Tri

Many thanks to everyone for the helpful advice. It clears it up a lot!
Regards,
Tri
 
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yesyoucan

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Hello all, just a quick query for my first posting. I have just started work as a reg. affairs engineer in a start up company with 10 people! I am writing up the Quality Manual and am stuck when it comes to titles for quality functions. The Management Rep, Quality Department and Document Control Dept are all me!!
Will i be shooting myself in the foot if i refer to just me as the Quality Department?

Thanks in advance for any replies ; )
Tri
Just look over for basic stuff you might get yourself, later pass it over for the QD/ QA department. that's will be fine.

Later for the real serious stuff you will HAVE to ask them for the titles - if you're trying to make an PRO job, especially when it's "Start Up" you should do it the best way, don't be bashful. :cool:
 
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auditqueen

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I agree with AndyN. I am the QA Manager for a same engineering firm and I wear five or six different hats. Don't worry about it.
 

gunnyshore

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The only item that I would add is to make sure there isn't any conflict of interest. For example, if you're the Management Rep then you can't audit Management Controls, etc.

A 7-man shop that is working thru the same issues put together their audit program utilizing an external auditor.
 
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