Plant Quality Manager

KION Group; Luzzara; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Competitive compensation package

Global opportunities

Psychological support service

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

KION Group in Luzzara (RE) seeks a Head of Quality to lead the local quality organization, covering Supplier, Operations, Customer Quality and QMS. You will report to the Quality Senior Director ITS EMEA and steer quality strategy across production processes.

The role demands extensive experience in quality leadership within automotive contexts, rigorous process development, and strong collaboration with internal and external partners.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering science.
• 15+ years of experience in production quality.
• 10+ years in automotive industry or tier-1/supplier.
• International experience preferred.
• Leadership across multi-department quality teams.
• Experience with shop floor quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the local quality team (Supplier, Operations, Customer Quality, QMS).
• Ensure product quality meets market and legal CE conformity requirements.
• Develop and implement standardized production level processes and QA guidelines.
• Implement best-practice quality assurance and auditing of processes, products, and components.
• Evaluate external plant quality at customers and drive improvements (Customer Quality).
• Act as CTO Onsite representative and coordinate with local stakeholders and management.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Quality methods

Six Sigma

Lean

Communication

Team development

Shop floor quality

SAP

PowerBI

MS Office

Italian language

English language

Willing to travel

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

MS Office

Job description

The new resource will be the Head Of Quality department at our production plant in Luzzara (RE).
Reporting directly to the Quality Senior Director ITS EMEA, the Plant Quality Manager will be responsible for leading and develop the local quality team containing Supplier Quality, Operations Quality, Customer Quality and Quality Management System.

Working for one of our brands and being part of the KION Group means working in a culture that is shaped by the shared values of the KION Group: integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence.

We offer:

Your benefits:

• Exciting future perspectives: wide range of personnel development measures with diverse career opportunities

• Attractive compensation package: competitive compensation and benefits of a multinational company (according to local regulations)

• Having a real impact: working in a dynamic environment with a high degree of freedom to shape your role and make a real impact by actively shaping world trade by keeping the world moving

• GlobalOpportunities

• Freepsychologicalsupport service

• Free access to over 18000 learningresourcesvia Linkedin Learning

Tasks and Qualifications:

KeyResponsibilities:

• Leading and develop 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 KION 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.)
  • Provides/ coordinates/ initiates solution within CTO Organization along the established CTO processes and responsibilities, e.g. quality issues/ supply issues

RequiredSkills andQualifications:

• 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)
• 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

The compensation package for this position includes a gross annual salary ranging from 50 to 70k€ .

A company car is also included as part of the compensation package.