PLANT QUALITY MANAGER

Profili Tecnici is the division of Profili dedicated exclusively to the search and selection of professionals in the technical field.

Our Client, a multinational leader in the development and production of forklifts, AGV and innovative solutions for intralogistics, in a view of an organizational development strategy, has appointed us to identify a:

PLANT QUALITY MANAGER

LUZZARA

Your tasks:

• Leading and developing the local quality team containing Supplier Quality, Operations Quality, Customer Quality and Quality Management System
• Ensuring the quality of the factory products regarding market requirements as well as legal requirements, in particular CE conformity
• Further development and, if necessary, introduction of standardized processes at production level and implementation of the Quality guidelines
• Implementation of best-practice standards and future quality assurance measures regarding internal production processes, auditing of line processes as well as product and component auditing, quality gate planning and employee training, shop floor support and implementation and execution of operational supplier management
• Evaluate the external quality of the plant (products) at customers, organize and lead measures for its consistent improvement (Customer Quality)
• Acting as the CTO Onsite representative
• Clearly defined contact person for main local stakeholders like local management and local internal interface partners
• Participation in local management meetings and initiatives
• Quality representation in local decision, Steering Committees and work groups
• Supports external audits of plant (ISO 9001, environmental audits, etc.)

We offer:

• Multinational leader in its market
• Corporate culture strongly oriented towards training, rotation and development
• Highly strategic role
• Permanent contract
• Gross annual salary between € 65.000 and € 75.000
• MBO
• Company Car

We required:

• Successful completion of a degree in engineering science
• At least 15 years of experience regarding production processes and their quality requirements
• At least 10 years of experience in the automotive industry or at a sub supplier
• Preferably international working experience in different countries
• Leadership experience, preferably in a multi department Quality organizations 
• Experience regarding shop floor quality requirements, strong knowledge in quality methods (PPAP, FMEA, APQP, 8D, Control plan, root cause analysis) and preferably knowledge of process design, Six Sigma and Lean
• Strong communication skills, assertiveness, great negotiation skills; proven development of team members and execution of skill development systems
• Software skills in the common software packages of Microsoft Office, SAP, PowerBI are mandatory
• Fluent in Italian and English
• Willingness to travel