Plant Quality Manager

KION Group; Luzzara; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

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Future perspectives

Competitive compensation

Impactful role

Global opportunities

Psychological support

LinkedIn Learning access

Descrizione del lavoro

KION Group's Head Of Quality at the Luzzara plant leads a diverse local quality team including Supplier, Operations, and Customer Quality, and steers QMS initiatives to ensure CE conformity and robust production standards.

The role emphasizes development of standardized processes, implementation of best-practice QA measures, and active participation in CTO activities. International exposure and travel are valued for this leadership position.

Competenze

• Degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 15+ years in production processes and quality requirements.
• 10+ years in automotive industry or sub-supplier roles.
• International work experience preferred.
• Leadership in multi-department quality organizations.
• Shop floor quality experience.
• Strong knowledge of PPAP, FMEA, APQP, 8D, Control plans, root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma and Lean.
• Excellent communication, assertiveness and negotiation skills.
• Proven track record in developing team members and skill development systems.
• MS Office, SAP, PowerBI proficiency required.
• Fluent in Italian and English.
• Willingness to travel.

Mansioni

• Lead and develop the local quality team (Supplier, Operations, Customer Quality, QMS).
• Ensure factory product quality meets market and legal requirements, including CE conformity.
• Develop or implement standardized processes and quality guidelines at production level.
• Implement best-practice standards and future QA measures across processes; audit lines, products, and components; plan quality gates and train staff; support shop floor and supplier management.
• Evaluate external plant quality at customers and drive improvements (Customer Quality).
• Represent CTO Onsite, serve as main contact for local stakeholders, participate in local management meetings, and contribute to decision-making and work groups.
• Support external audits (ISO 9001, environmental, etc.) and coordinate/ initiate CTO processes for quality/supply issues.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Quality management

Quality methods

Six Sigma

Lean

Electrical/Engineering domain

Automotive industry experience

Italian language

English language

Travel willingness

PowerBI

SAP

Microsoft Office

Formazione

Engineering degree

Strumenti

SAP

PowerBI

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

We offer:

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.

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.