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Outsourced Quality Manager & ISO Management

Your Quality & ISO Manager. Part of Your Team.

Get experienced ongoing management of your ISO system — without automatically adding a full-time position.

Your dedicated Compliancehelp manager can work alongside your management and employees much like an internal Quality or ISO Manager — coordinating the agreed management-system activities, keeping the system on schedule, supporting your team and participating directly in certification audits.

Dedicated Quality / ISO ManagerFlexible responsibilitiesRight-sized frequencyRemote, onsite or hybrid
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Discuss Your Quality / ISO Manager Needs

Tell us a little about your organization and what you would like taken off your plate.

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Free quoteNo obligationConfidential
25+ Years of ISO Consulting
Experienced ISO Management
Flexible Scope & Frequency
Remote, Onsite or Hybrid

Not Just ISO 9001

“Outsourced Quality Manager” is the most familiar name for this type of role, but the service is not limited to quality-only standards. Compliancehelp can provide ongoing management-system support across quality, environmental, occupational health & safety, information security, medical device, laboratory and integrated management systems.

ISO 9001

Quality management

ISO 14001

Environmental management

ISO 45001

OH&S management

ISO 27001

Information security management

ISO 13485

Medical device quality management

ISO/IEC 17025

Laboratory management systems

Integrated Systems

Multiple standards managed together

Other Standards

Support tailored to your management system

The role is tailored to the standard and to your organisation. Where specialist technical competence is required — for example laboratory testing, information-security engineering or specific workplace hazards — those technical responsibilities remain with appropriately competent personnel. We can manage and coordinate the management system around them.

Ongoing ISO Management Does Not Always Need a Full-Time Manager

An effective ISO management system needs ownership, experience and consistent follow-through. But for many organisations, managing it does not require 40 hours of work every week.

Some activities happen when needed. Some make sense monthly or quarterly. Others — such as an internal audit or management review — may only need to occur once or twice a year.

The important part is knowing what needs to happen, when it needs to happen, what evidence is needed, and making sure nothing gets forgotten.

Quality tasks compete with everyone’s “real job.”
Corrective actions and improvement items lose momentum.
KPIs, objectives and risks are reviewed inconsistently.
Documents and training records quietly become outdated.
Internal audits and management reviews become last-minute jobs.
Certification suddenly becomes urgent when the audit date arrives.
Compliancehelp provides experienced Quality and ISO management at the level your organisation actually needs. We establish the right rhythm, put the activities on the calendar, work with your people and keep the quality function moving without creating unnecessary work simply to fill a full-time role.

As Much — or as Little — as You Need

There is no fixed list of responsibilities that every client has to outsource.

Some clients want us to conduct the internal audit, facilitate management review and help with the annual certification audit. Others ask us to manage corrective actions, risks, KPIs, objectives, training, suppliers, documentation and day-to-day quality matters.

And some want Compliancehelp to become their outsourced Quality or ISO Manager and coordinate virtually the entire management-system function.

1

Choose What We Manage

We identify which quality and management-system responsibilities you want Compliancehelp to manage and which activities make sense to retain internally.

2

Set the Right Frequency

Monthly, quarterly, annually or as needed — we agree a practical schedule based on your organisation rather than forcing you into unnecessary activity.

3

We Become Part of the Routine

Your Quality Manager works with management, process owners and employees, follows actions through and keeps the agreed activities moving.

Only pay for the support you actually need. Keep the responsibilities that make sense internally and outsource the rest — or hand us the day-to-day coordination of the quality function.

What Can Your Outsourced Quality / ISO Manager Manage?

The service can cover much more than ISO administration. Depending on your standard, your Compliancehelp manager can coordinate the practical management-system, performance and compliance activities that would normally sit with an internal Quality Manager, ISO Manager or other management-system role.

QMS Management & Administration

Quality calendar, system upkeep, process coordination, records, responsibilities and keeping the management system current.

Internal Audits

Audit program, scheduling, audits, reports, findings, corrective-action follow-up and closure.

Management Review

Planning, required inputs, meeting preparation, facilitation, minutes, decisions and action follow-up.

KPIs & Business Performance

Measures, dashboards, trend review, process-owner follow-up and reporting performance to management.

Objectives, Risks & Opportunities

Registers, targets, action plans, periodic review, ownership, escalation and progress monitoring.

Corrective Actions & Improvement

Nonconformances, root cause, CAPA, effectiveness review, recurring issues and continual improvement.

Customer Quality & Complaints

Complaints, customer questionnaires, contract quality requirements, customer audits and quality responses.

Supplier Quality

Supplier approval, evaluation, performance review, supplier issues and corrective-action follow-up.

Documents & Change Control

Procedures, forms, revisions, approvals, obsolete documents and management-system changes.

Training & Competency

Training matrices, competency requirements, records, ISO awareness and process-owner support.

Certification & External Audits

Certification-body coordination, audit preparation, attendance, evidence, findings and corrective-action responses.

Day-to-Day Quality Manager Support

Employee questions, management advice, quality meetings, process-owner support and the unexpected issues that arise during the year.

Standard-Specific Management

Environmental, OH&S, information security, medical-device, laboratory or integrated-system activities applicable to the ISO standards you hold.

And that is not the limit. We can also support quality planning, customer reporting, tender and contract requirements, special projects, new sites or processes, additional ISO standards and other responsibilities normally assigned to your Quality Manager. During the initial discussion, we identify what you actually need us to manage — and how often it really needs attention.

A Practical Quality Management Rhythm

We do not assume everything needs monthly attention. We agree a calendar that reflects your business, risks, certification requirements and workload.

Monthly

Only activities that genuinely benefit from monthly attention — for example selected actions, performance measures or operational quality issues.

Quarterly

Often a natural rhythm for KPIs, objectives, risks, supplier performance, training status and broader action reviews.

Annually / Scheduled

Internal audits, management review, certification preparation and other planned activities at the frequency appropriate to your system.

As Needed

Corrective actions, complaints, document changes, customer requirements, employee questions, supplier issues and unexpected events.

No unnecessary activity. No work invented to fill a schedule. Just experienced quality management at the frequency your organisation actually needs.
More Than Periodic Consulting

Your Quality / ISO Manager — Part of Your Team

At the fuller-service end, we do not simply stand outside your organisation and give advice to whoever is managing ISO internally. Your dedicated Compliancehelp Quality or ISO Manager works with your management team, process owners and employees as part of the normal management-system routine.

We can attend the meetings that matter, follow up actions, work directly with process owners, answer employee questions, coordinate quality activities and become the familiar point of contact for the ISO and management-system matters within the agreed scope.

When your certification or surveillance audit comes around, we can be there with your team. The auditor can speak directly with your outsourced Quality / ISO Manager about the management-system activities we manage, and we can provide records, explain processes and support the audit just as an internal Quality Manager would in those areas.

Your organisation's leadership and process owners still retain the responsibilities and decisions that properly belong to them. Contractually, Compliancehelp remains an outsourced service provider — operationally, however, your Quality Manager can function as a genuine member of your team.

Compliancehelp Hub Is Optional

Compliancehelp Hub dashboard showing actions and compliance information

Our support services can work with your existing systems, documents and processes.

Organisations that want a more connected approach may also choose to use Compliancehelp Hub to bring compliance activities together in one place.

If you already have systems that work well, we are happy to use them.

The Hub can connect your:

  • Actions
  • Internal audits
  • Meetings
  • Risks
  • KPIs
  • Training
  • Documents
  • Corrective actions
  • Compliance tasks
  • Management reviews
Everything is connected through a central Action Management system, making it easier to see what needs attention, who is responsible and what is overdue.

Why Businesses Choose Compliancehelp

More Than 25 Years of Experience

We have helped organisations implement, audit and maintain ISO management systems across a wide range of industries.

Practical Systems

We build management systems around how your organisation actually operates—not around generic templates.

Friendly Professionals

We believe compliance should be collaborative, understandable and practical.

Flexible Delivery

Remote, onsite or hybrid support is available depending on your needs.

Ongoing Partnership

Our goal is not simply helping you become certified. It is helping you remain compliant and gain long-term value from your system.

Support That Scales

Increase or reduce support as your organisation, workload and internal capability change.

Standards We Commonly Support

ISO 9001 ISO 14001 ISO 45001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO 13485 ISO/IEC 17025 ISO 22301 ISO 50001 Integrated Management Systems

Frequently Asked Questions

Do we have to outsource the entire quality function?

No. You can retain any responsibilities that make sense internally and ask us to manage the rest. The scope can be very light or can extend to virtually the entire day-to-day Quality Manager function.

How often will our Quality Manager work with us?

That is agreed during scoping. Some activities may need monthly or quarterly attention, others are annual, and many occur only when needed. We build a practical calendar around your organisation rather than forcing every client into the same frequency.

Will our certification auditor speak directly with our outsourced Quality Manager?

Yes. Your dedicated Compliancehelp Quality / ISO Manager can participate directly in certification and surveillance audits, explain the management-system activities we manage, provide relevant records and evidence, and help respond to auditor questions. Your management and process owners still participate where their own responsibilities are relevant.

Are you still an outside consultant?

Contractually, Compliancehelp is an outsourced service provider. Operationally, the service can be very different from traditional consulting: your Compliancehelp manager works with your people on an ongoing basis and can perform the agreed Quality / ISO management activities as part of your team.

Can you work alongside an existing Quality, ISO or compliance team?

Yes. We can supplement internal resources, take ownership of selected activities, provide specialist expertise, cover temporary gaps or provide additional capacity during audits and major projects.

Can the scope increase or decrease over time?

Yes. Responsibilities and frequency can change as your organisation grows, your internal capability changes, a Quality Manager is hired or leaves, or your certification and customer requirements evolve.

Do we need Compliancehelp Hub?

No. We are happy to work with your existing systems, documents and software. Compliancehelp Hub is optional for organisations that want a more connected way to manage actions and compliance activities.

Is remote support available?

Yes. Much of the Quality Manager function can be delivered remotely, with onsite or hybrid support available where it adds value.

Need Someone to Manage Quality or ISO — But Not Necessarily a Full-Time Employee?

Tell us what is currently falling to management, what you want to keep internally and what you would like taken off your plate.

We will help define the responsibilities, the right frequency and a practical level of involvement — from a few scheduled management-system activities to a fully outsourced Quality / ISO Manager.

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