Railway Quality, Compliance & Procurement Lead

Belmond Ltd.; Venezia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discover Belmond program (compl. stays

Train, cruise and safari discounts

Food & beverage discounts

Health and life insurance

Learning platforms

Job summary

Belmond Ltd. seeks a Quality & Process Manager to oversee quality, compliance, and traceability of spare parts and maintenance for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express fleet across Europe. The role blends supplier management, procurement, and regulatory alignment to ensure safe, certified luxury train operations.

The position emphasizes audit readiness, continuous improvement, and tight control of technical documentation and maintenance planning, in a multilingual European context.

Qualifications

• Experience in railway maintenance, quality assurance, auditing, or technical procurement.
• Knowledge of EU Regulation 2019/779 and ECM functions (ECM 3 and ECM 4).
• Experience in audit coordination, KPI monitoring, non-conformity management, and corrective actions.
• Skills in technical spare parts procurement, supplier qualification, negotiation, and quality monitoring.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, traceability, configuration management, and technical documentation control.
• Fluency in English; additional European languages are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, compliance, availability, and traceability of spare parts and maintenance processes across the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express fleet.
• Bridge technical procurement with regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Support maintenance and certification requirements while sourcing spare parts and services in line with specs and budget.

Skills

Railway maintenance experience

Quality assurance

Auditing

Technical procurement

Supplier qualification

Negotiation

Quality monitoring

Traceability

Maintenance planning

CMMS/ERP

Tools

Excel

CMMS/ERP

Job description

Belmond Ltd. seeks a Quality & Process Manager to oversee quality, compliance, and traceability of spare parts and maintenance for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express fleet across Europe. The role blends supplier management, procurement, and regulatory alignment to ensure safe, certified luxury train operations.

The position emphasizes audit readiness, continuous improvement, and tight control of technical documentation and maintenance planning, in a multilingual European context.