Design Quality Manager (m/w/d)261396
Permanent contract | Non Applicable | Full-time
Experience level 2 years minimum | Weekly Working Hours 35
Europe-Germany-Baden-Württemberg
City Geislingen/Steige
When you think of professional coffee machines, you also think of WMF. As a member of Groupe SEB, we combine the comprehensive coffee expertise of "SEB Professional" with the WMF PCM, Schaerer and Wilbur Curtis brands and are one of the world's leading suppliers in the industry. We owe this position to our extensive range of premium products for every need, from high-performance fully automatic specialty machines to filter machines and semi-automatic portafilter machines. And we owe it to our pronounced innovative strength, with which we develop future-proof digital solutions for our customers. WMF GmbH combines excellent product quality and maximum reliability with outstanding service - thanks to the largest in-house service organization for professional coffee machines in Europe.
- Responsibility for planning, controlling, and tracking all quality-related project activities, including quality milestones and gate reviews in the Product Development Process
- Definition, evaluation, and safeguarding of product and process quality (including FMEA, risk and reliability analyses, quality control plans, critical quality characteristics)
- Ensuring complete and standards-compliant development documentation, as well as fulfillment of quality requirements for zero series, pilot production, initial sampling, and series ramp-up
- Leading root cause analyses and applying structured problem-solving methods (e.g. FMEA, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa), including tracking of actions through to proof of effectiveness
- Participation in supplier quality management (definition of requirements, assessment of the maturity level of purchased parts, collaboration with Purchasing and Supplier Quality)
- Analysis of project-related quality KPIs, derivation of preventive measures, and cross-site lessons learned to support continuous improvement
- Preparation and presentation of quality-related status reports and management updates
- Functional leadership of the quality team within the project
- Completed technical degree (e.g. engineering, quality management, industrial engineering)
- Several years of experience in quality and/or project management in an industrial environment
- Excellent knowledge of relevant quality methods and tools (including FMEA, control plan, PPAP, APQP, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, SPC, MSA) as well as experience with quality management systems (especially ISO 9001)
- Practical experience in project work and cross-functional collaboration, confident use of ERP systems, ideally CAQ systems, and very good MS Office skills
- Strong quality awareness, analytical and structured way of working, as well as strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong communication, facilitation, and teamwork skills, with a confident manner, assertiveness, and conflict and negotiation competence
- Business-fluent English skills; German is an advantage
- Flexible working hours and models as well as mobile office options for a good work-life balance
- Personal development through development programs, training, or e-learning as well as professional mobility within the international Groupe SEB
- Generous employee discounts in the WMF online store and corporate benefits
- Excellent company restaurant with employee subsidy and a wide and varied range of food, kiosk, and food to go for your physical well-being
- Attractive salary package with Christmas and vacation bonuses and company pension scheme
- Health offers such as job bike leasing or advice for your health
- Which goes without saying for us: 30 days annual leave, a variety of employee events, free parking, and coffee & tea specialties
Further information on our employee benefits can be found here: Working at WMF - Insight into the corporate culture at WMF (aboutwmf.com)
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