Plant Quality Manager
Core
Lead the local quality department at a production plant, ensuring product quality, managing supplier/operations/customer quality teams, and driving continuous improvement.
Role type
Senior IC Plant Quality Manager
Builds
Production plant quality systems and processes for industrial vehicles/machinery
Domain
Automotive manufacturing / Industrial equipment
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (Quality Management Systems & Process Audits)
Required skills
Quality management systems (ISO 9001), Supplier Quality, Operations Quality, Customer Quality, CE conformity, PPAP, FMEA, APQP, 8D, Control plan, root cause analysis, Six Sigma, Lean, process design, team leadership, stakeholder management, audit coordination
Preferred skills
International experience, multi-department quality organization leadership, shop floor quality expertise, process design
Technologies
SAP, PowerBI, Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the local quality team (Supplier, Operations, Customer, QMS); Ensure product quality compliance with market and legal requirements (CE); Implement standardized processes and KION Quality guidelines; Conduct internal audits and quality gate planning; Manage external supplier quality and customer quality evaluations; Act as CTO Onsite representative; Participate in local management and steering committees; Support external audits (ISO 9001, environmental)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
