Plant Quality Manager - Automotive Leader & ISO Expert

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

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.