As our Head of Quality, you will be responsible for maintaining, improving  and further developing the Quality Management System at Eurofilters.  You create a company wide ‘quality first’ mindset via cross-functional collaboration & education. You develop a team of quality technicians and will report directly to our Managing Director.

You will be responsible for:

• all aspects in Quality Management (e.g. material laboratory, metrology, quality control during production, supplier qualification, auditing and support with regard to QM topics )

• Strengthening and further developing the established quality management organization

• the organization and preparation of auditing of the factory e.g. according to ISO 9001 in order to realize an integrated management system.

• the documentation of internal audits and quality assurance activities

• ensuring the quality of the manufacturing and business-processes and the quality of the end product to assure alignation with legal requirements, customer requirements and company standards.

• the planning, implementation and optimization of quality strategies and quality management methods in coordination with other Miele Group plants and suppliers

• the implementation of improvement projects 

• the further development, optimization of the quality assurance system & processes 

• the technical and disciplinary management of the quality department 

• the development of technological expertise in the plant through appropriate personnel development and further training in the areas of material analysis, measurement technology, plastics processing, process optimization

·         driving data-based quality improvement using KPIs, statistical analysis and risk-based thinking

·         Identifying improvement potential through performance monitoring and implement targeted measures to reduce cost of poor quality and increase customer satisfaction.

Profile

• You have completed technical studies in the field of engineering with ideally a specialization in Quality Management

• You have at least 5 years of professional experience in Quality Management 

• You have experience in change projects and process optimization (ideally with certification in Six Sigma Green Belt or higher)

• You have experience in setting up and permanently implementing modern Quality Management processes (inspection during production, final product inspections, metrology and material analyses) 

• You have knowledge of the requirements for the management system of a plant from ISO 9001 and knowledge of all elements of an integrated management system 

• You have knowledge of all relevant Quality Management methods and tools (such as FMEA, 8D report, SPC/statistical methods)

• You have distinct analytical competence with very strong implementation skills and solution-orientation

• You have good communication and leadership skills as well as cross-functional collaboration skills

• Dutch mother tongue, good written and spoken English, German a plus