- Lead and shape the quality strategy across multiple manufacturing locations
- Drive meaningful business impact through quality improvement
About Our Client
Our client is a well-established international manufacturer operating within a complex, highly regulated production environment. The organisation serves demanding industrial customers and is focused on continuous improvement, operational excellence, product quality, compliance, and sustainable growth across multiple sites.
Job Description
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve the company's Quality strategy and QESH framework in line with the overall business strategy.
- Monitor relevant national and international legislation, regulatory developments, and industry standards, translating these into effective quality policies and initiatives.
- Drive quality awareness, accountability, and a strong quality culture throughout the organisation and leadership teams.
- Lead and coach a team of approximately 10 quality professionals, fostering talent development, employee engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Provide leadership across multiple manufacturing locations, ensuring alignment of quality objectives, processes, and best practices.
- Partner with Operations, Production, Engineering, Sales, Procurement, and Site Leadership teams to embed quality requirements throughout the organisation.
- Develop and maintain Quality Management Systems, procedures, standards, manuals, reporting structures, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant quality, environmental, health, and safety regulations and standards.
- Lead internal and external audits and ensure effective follow-up and closure of corrective and preventive actions.
- Drive supplier quality improvements in close collaboration with procurement and external partners.
- Support customer satisfaction through effective complaint management, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop quality programmes and quality assurance methodologies supporting new products, engineering projects, and manufacturing processes.
- Review quality performance metrics, measurement reports, and inspection data, ensuring robust monitoring and reporting of key quality indicators.
- Manage relationships with external certification bodies, auditors, testing organisations, customers, and suppliers.
- Organise departmental resources, budgets, and information flows to ensure effective execution of quality objectives.
- Advise senior leadership on quality strategy, risk management, compliance matters, and organisational improvements.
- Support operational excellence initiatives and the implementation of continuous improvement programmes across all locations.
The Successful Applicant
- Significant experience in a senior Quality or QESH leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience developing and implementing quality strategies across multiple operational locations.
- Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems, compliance, audits, supplier quality, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality, environmental, health, and safety regulations within complex industrial environments.
- Commercially aware and capable of engaging confidently with customers, suppliers, and senior stakeholders.
- Strong people leadership skills with experience coaching, mentoring, developing talent, and leading organisational change.
- Able to influence across functions, locations, and management levels without relying solely on direct authority.
- Experience working closely with production, engineering, procurement, and commercial teams.
- Pragmatic, hands‑on, and comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels.
- Self‑motivated, energetic, curious, and focused on delivering sustainable improvements.
- Fluent in Dutch and English.
What’s on Offer
- A senior leadership opportunity with significant organisational impact.
- Ownership of the quality strategy across a multi‑site manufacturing environment.
- Direct interaction with executive leadership and key customers.
- The opportunity to drive meaningful change and build a best‑in‑class quality culture.
- A collaborative and entrepreneurial working environment.
- Exposure to complex manufacturing operations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Leadership responsibility for an established quality team.
- Excellent opportunities for professional growth and long‑term career development.