Plant Quality Manager

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG; Chambéry; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG in Chambéry, France seeks a seasoned Quality Manager to lead and optimize the quality management system across the plant.

The role requires implementing and maintaining QMS, enabling cross-functional collaboration, and driving continuous improvement in line with aerospace and defence standards. The candidate should have a graduate engineering degree with 10–15 years of relevant experience, strong governance translation skills, and a proven track record in

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Business Administration or a comparable field.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience implementing and maintaining quality management systems, including EN 9100.
• Experience with aerospace and defence quality requirements and documentation.
• Several years leading a quality organisation or multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to translate governance, standards and methods into plant-level processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation, maintenance, control and verification of the quality management system and processes.
• Set up and manage the quality management organisation and networks.
• Design, implement and enhance quality management systems, including guidelines and processes.
• Integrate Schaeffler governance framework into local operations.
• Provide technical guidance on quality systems, audits and training.
• Drive lessons learned, standardisation and knowledge sharing across the plant.
• Coordinate and monitor quality activities across the site and manage risks.
• Develop and maintain quality reporting for management.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Process improvement

Risk management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

EN 9100 standards

Job description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation, maintenance, control and verification of the quality management system and processes, develop quality strategy and initiatives, and implement methods, tools and qualifications to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Set up and manage the quality management organisation and networks, allocate necessary resources, and oversee the planning and control of the quality budget.
• Design, implement and consistently enhance quality management systems, including guidelines, processes, strategies, goals and organisational structures.
• Ensure the effective integration and local implementation of the Schaeffler Group quality governance framework, standards, processes, methods and reporting requirements, while considering applicable local and business-specific requirements.
• Act as the first point of contact to provide technical guidance on quality systems, processes, audits, methods, tools, initiatives and customer-related quality topics.
• Encourage and drive the implementation and sharing of lessons learned, foster standardisation, ensure the availability of technical and methodological know-how, and provide methods, tools and related training.
• Coordinate and monitor quality-related activities across the plant, ensuring consistent application of defined standards and processes and appropriate management of quality risks and improvement priorities.
• Develop and maintain quality reporting and regularly inform accountable management.

Your Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Business Administration or a comparable field.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant professional experience, preferably within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in the implementation and maintenance of quality management systems, including EN 9100
• Experience with the quality, compliance, documentation and traceability requirements of aerospace and defence customers
• Several years of experience leading a quality organisation or multidisciplinary quality teams.
• Strong ability to translate Group governance, standards and methods into effective plant-level processes and routines.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

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