Quality Manager (m/f)

Our client operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies.

Ihre Aufgaben

follows the strategic approach to combine safety, health and environmental topics such as reduction of work place related accidents, occupational health tasks, reporting and controlling of sustainability key performance indicators and worldwide ISO certification responsibility with quality topics focusing on definition and implementation of worldwide harmonized quality standards and driving continuous improvement projects.

Job description

Reason for the vacancy

• Strengthening of the existing team

  Objectives of the job

• Responsibility for Quality with special focus on hygiene on global / international level

  Main tasks

• Continuous improvement of existing worldwide standards for Quality Control in one of the business sectors

• Development of new test methods and analyzing methodologies and their worldwide implementation

• Coordination and continuous improvement of the worldwide reporting on Quality key performance indicators

• Close communication with the SHEQ Managers of the worldwide production sites

• Planning, coordination and performance of quality and hygiene audits at the production sites worldwide

• Support of internal and external certification audits (ISO 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001) at the headquarter

• Training team mates and personnel in the quality disciplines

  Hierarchy

• The owner of the position reports to the Director International SHEQ

  Team work with

• Closely working together with the SHEQ Managers of the company's worldwide production sites

  Travelling

• Frequently and worldwide

Ihr Profil

• University degree in quality engineering or process engineering.

  Professional experiences

• Five to eight years in manufacturing production environment with quality management experience in the FMCG environment - preferably in the cosmetics or food industry

  Special skills

• Familiarity with ISO 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001, GMP, REACH

• Six Sigma knowledge and certification

• Knowledge and coaching capability for statistical tools (SPC and Design of Experiment)

• Proven skills in project management

• Professional experience as Auditor of advantage

• Professional experience with continuous improvement tools (LEAN, 20 Keys, technical benchmarking)

• Computer skills in Office and Lotus Notes

  Experience in leadership

• Experience in leading teams technically (in dotted line)

  Language

• Fluent in written and spoken German and English, third language besides mother tongue appreciated (e.g. Spanish)

  Personal skills

• Open to understand customers and clients requirements, demands & needs, both internal and external

• Communicative and able to have an honest and open relation

• Strong communication skills - ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization (management, peers, networks etc.)

• Proven interpersonal skills

• Teamwork skills

• Persuasive: Ability to influence & implement in a matrix environment

• Capability to transform issues into improvement opportunities

• Open to / search for feedback; use feedback to grow, make others feel that their opinion is important

• Proven capability to choose the right priorities

• Keen to improve personally and the team

• Ability to act as a role model: capable to take the risks and the responsibility associated to this role

• Self-motivated, pro-active, committed, persistent, professional, open to change, high integrity

• Problem solving approach

• Ability to work methodically and be practical and logical in implementation

• Organizational agility

• Hands-on work style