Plant Quality Manager

KION Business Services Polska; Reggio Emilia; Ibrido; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

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Psychological support

LinkedIn Learning access

Global opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

KION Business Services Polska is seeking a Plant Quality Manager to lead the local quality team at the Luzzara production plant in Italy. You will drive quality across supplier, operations, and customer interfaces, ensuring CE conformity and robust QA processes.

The role requires extensive automotive quality expertise, leadership across departments, and the ability to shape production quality standards within a multinational group.

Competenze

• Engineering degree required.
• 15+ years of experience in production processes and quality.
• 10+ years in automotive industry or sub-supplier.
• International working experience preferred.
• Leadership in multi-department quality organizations.
• Shop floor quality experience.
• Strong knowledge of PPAP, FMEA, APQP, 8D, control plan, root cause analysis.
• Six Sigma and Lean knowledge preferred.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proven development of team members.

Mansioni

• Lead and develop the local quality team including Supplier, Operations, and Customer Quality and QA System.
• Ensure factory product quality meets market and legal CE requirements.
• Develop and implement standardized production processes and quality guidelines.
• Implement best-practice quality assurance measures incl. audits, quality gates, and training.
• Audit line processes and support shop floor quality activities.
• Evaluate external quality and drive improvements for customers.
• Represent CTO onsite and coordinate with local stakeholders.
• Participate in local management meetings and steering committees.
• Support external audits (ISO 9001, environmental audits).
• Coordinate solutions within CTO processes.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Quality systems

Shop floor quality

PPAP

FMEA

APQP

8D problem solving

Six Sigma

Lean

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Travel willingness

SAP

PowerBI

Formazione

Engineering degree

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

SAP

PowerBI

Descrizione del lavoro

## Plant Quality ManagerAplikuj: Hybrid: Luzzara (RE), Italy: Full time: Opublikowano 6 dni temu: JR-0090493The 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.# **Co oferujemy:**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* **Global Opportunities*** **Free psychological support service*** **Free access to over 18000 learning resources via Linkedin Learning**# **Zakres obowiązków i wymagania:**Key Responsibilities:* 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 ## Required Skills and Qualifications:* 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. If this challenging task appeals to you, we look forward to receiving your application. Your contact person is Caterina Buonagurio