Plant Quality Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a Plant Quality Manager to oversee all quality activities in our Schio plant, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deployment of the group’s quality strategy in his/her scope: develop, maintain and improve internal quality processes and define the medium and long-term roadmap (3-5 years), ensuring compliance of processes with internal Somfy policies and standards;
• Develop excellence in one’s function by implementing the necessary action and continuous improvement plans;
• Customer satisfaction: ensure proper customer and intra-department satisfaction level;
• Ensure compliance with processes and contribute to risk analysis, developing quality management process that minimize risks;
• Define the budgetary framework for its activity and manage it: participate in budget, forecasts and revisions preparation; doing necessary adjustments as per company situation and Somfy Group requirement;
• Performance management: set up Quality KPI and maintain periodic reporting; organize clear, quick internal & external communication to any quality related issue; decide and drive immediate & preventive actions to quality issues, personally drives quality problems (QP);
• Represent the Quality Department within cross-functional projects and ensure its implementation and contribute its business expertise to the Group’s major projects;
• Guarantee the smooth running of its business and the Group’s other activities, in particular by engaging its teams in transversality and cooperation;
• People management: support employees in his team in their mission and their development, setting clear objectives and providing constructive feedbacks;
• Embodied and Promoted the culture of Customer Satisfaction and continuous improvement as well as the sharing of good practices.

Requirements

• Technical Skills:

  • 8D methodology, FMEA Design and Process
  • Statistic mindset
  • Product/Process validation Plan
  • Supplier contract and relationship management
  • Control plan, safe launch concept, Process Flow Diagram
  • Manufacturing process Audit (internal & external)
  • Product and Process modification and process management
  • Deviation request process management
  • Norms & regulations (ROHS, UL, etc.)
  • Ability to build continuous improvement roadmap
  • ISO 9001 e 14001
  • Office Suite (Excel...)
  • Fluent in English
  • Fluent in Italian

• Soft Skills:

  • Leadership
  • Ability to engage and support change
  • Openness to external stakeholders
  • Ability to interact with external partners (Customer/Supplier...etc)
  • Strategic Mindset (ability to translate strategic orientation in the daily job)

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering school type
• Minimum required experience in the role: 10 years on similar position in manufacturing international company.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: EUR 65.000 - EUR 75.000 yearly
• Full-time position
• Opportunity to work in multiple locations: Schio, Italy and periodically in France

About the Company

As the preferred partner for window and door automation, SOMFY is committed to inspiring new and better ways of living for all. As a French, family-owned, and independent group, in continuous growth since our creation, we have been world leaders for 50 years and pioneers in home automation. Innovation continuously guides our work and guarantees the excellence of our solutions.

We are present in 58 countries, with eight production sites and 17 R&D centers. We are deeply committed to the well-being of our 7,000 employees, we promote their sustainable employability by promoting internal mobility and developing their skills. We foster diversity and inclusion by building on our strong corporate culture.

Work Relationships

This position works with domain team, all departments (Project, Quality, Marketing, Distribution, Management Control, Purchasing, etc.), external partners (Suppliers, Customers, Regulatory bodies, Service Providers, etc).

The protection of our candidates’ personal data is a commitment of Somfy Group. We therefore ask any candidate to submit their application to us exclusively via our secure system, and not by email or postal.