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Power Transmission Business Line Quality Leader

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Manufacturing & ProductionQuality Manager

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Promote structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, and fault-tree analysis, to address recurring issues and prevent future defects.

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Manufacturing & ProductionQuality Manager

We are seeking an accomplished and strategic Quality Leader to drive global quality excellence across a comprehensive power transmission portfolio. In this senior leadership role, you will define and implement quality strategies covering the entire business lifecycle, from product development and manufacturing to project execution, installation, commissioning, and customer service. You will lead a central quality team while providing functional direction to quality professionals across multiple product lines, factories, and regions. Working closely with engineering, commercial, supply chain, project, and service leaders, you will establish a strong culture of accountability, prevention, and continuous improvement. You will play a critical role in strengthening customer confidence, reducing operational risks, and ensuring consistently defect-free products and deliveries. This position also offers the opportunity to accelerate digital quality transformation through advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled predictive solutions.

Global Quality Strategy: Develop, implement, and oversee the global quality strategy, priorities, governance frameworks, and performance standards across the Power Transmission Business Line.

Quality Performance Management: Own and monitor key quality indicators, including First Pass Yield, Cost of Poor Quality, customer escapes, complaint resolution, customer satisfaction, audit findings, and Zero-Defect Framework maturity.

Operational Excellence: Improve First Pass Yield and continuously reduce the Cost of Poor Quality to protect profitability, operational capacity, cash flow, and on-time delivery.

Zero-Defect Transformation: Drive the advancement of the Zero-Defect Framework toward Level 4 through structured improvement plans, standardized processes, capability development, and regular performance reviews.

Quality Management Systems: Integrate Product Line and Factory Quality Management Systems into the broader Business Management System while leading the transition toward ISO 9001:2026 and other applicable international standards.

Functional Leadership: Lead, develop, and coach quality professionals across product lines, factories, projects, and geographical regions, establishing consistent expectations, operating procedures, and performance standards.

Independent Quality Governance: Exercise independent quality approval authority and enforce stop-work or stop-progression decisions whenever product, process, project, or customer risks are not adequately controlled.

Customer Complaint Management: Lead complex global customer complaints and investigations, ensuring rapid containment, transparent communication, effective root cause analysis, and sustainable corrective actions.

Executive Customer Engagement: Represent the business in high-level customer meetings, executive audits, major customer events, new product introductions, and critical escalations, including situations requiring senior leadership involvement.

Continuous Improvement and Knowledge Sharing: Establish structured lessons-learned processes and ensure insights are incorporated into product designs, risk assessments, operational standards, supplier requirements, and process controls.

Problem-Solving Culture: Promote structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, and fault-tree analysis, to address recurring issues and prevent future defects.

Digital Quality Transformation: Lead the transition from reactive quality management toward predictive, data-driven quality practices through digital traceability, analytics, automation, AI-enabled risk detection, and Quality Suite 2.0.

Quality Investment Governance: Influence and oversee significant quality-related capital expenditure projects to strengthen control over critical-to-quality characteristics across manufacturing, processing, and assembly operations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Establish strong partnerships with commercial, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, project execution, installation, commissioning, and service teams to address quality risks throughout the business lifecycle.

Strategic Representation: Represent the Power Transmission business within broader organizational quality governance structures, including the Electrification and corporate Quality Council.

Requirements

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University degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management, or a comparable technical discipline.

Extensive professional experience in quality management, engineering, manufacturing, or operations, including leadership responsibilities across global, multi-product, or multi-site environments.

Proven track record leading a global quality function or managing a complex matrix quality organization, with significant functional leadership responsibilities beyond direct reporting structures.

Demonstrated experience managing major customer complaints, enterprise-wide quality events, executive-level customer communications, root cause investigations, and corrective action programs.

Strong technical knowledge of quality methodologies and systems, including Design FMEA, Process FMEA, APQP, Control Plans, Reaction Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability, and Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) management.

Comprehensive understanding of ISO 9001 quality management standards and experience implementing or transforming Quality Management Systems.

Experience with high-voltage equipment, electrical grid infrastructure, engineered-to-order products, or complex industrial equipment is strongly preferred.

Familiarity with project execution, manufacturing operations, installation, commissioning, and field service environments.

Experience implementing digital quality systems, data analytics, automation, or AI-enabled solutions across multiple business units or operational sites.

Proven ability to lead new-product introduction quality initiatives and govern substantial quality-related capital investments.

Strong functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executives, product-line leaders, site managers, and technical specialists within global matrix organizations.

Independent judgment and confidence to challenge senior stakeholders, withhold approvals, and stop operational progression when critical quality risks remain unresolved.

Customer-focused, analytical, and decisive approach to managing complex quality challenges and business-critical situations.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the credibility to engage senior executives, customer leadership teams, and other key stakeholders.

Strong business acumen and understanding of how quality performance influences profitability, customer retention, revenue growth, backlog conversion, operational capacity, and delivery performance.

Ability to build trust, align cross-functional teams, and drive results through collaboration and influence rather than relying solely on hierarchical authority.

Proactive, disciplined, and results-oriented mindset, with a strong commitment to prevention, continuous improvement, and sustainable operational excellence.

Ability to work effectively across different cultures, geographical regions, product lines, and functional teams.

Interest in digitalization, emerging technologies, and AI, with a practical focus on measurable business and quality improvements.

Strong coaching and mentoring abilities, providing practical guidance and clear direction to help teams achieve their quality objectives.

Commitment to collaborative leadership, knowledge sharing, and organizational values.

Fluency in English is required; additional languages are considered an advantage.

What We Offer

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Senior-level leadership opportunity within a global power transmission and energy technology environment.

Remote working arrangement, allowing flexibility to work from home.

Competitive compensation package, with salary details not specified in the job posting.

Comprehensive professional development opportunities and exposure to global quality management initiatives.

Opportunity to lead strategic transformation projects involving digitalization, automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

Significant influence over global quality standards, operational performance, and customer satisfaction.

Opportunity to collaborate with international teams, senior executives, and technical experts across multiple business functions.

Exposure to large-scale engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects supporting the global energy transition.

Opportunity to drive innovation and contribute to more reliable power transmission systems and sustainable energy infrastructure.

Relocation assistance is not provided.

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✓Senior-level leadership opportunity within a global power transmission and energy technology environment.

✓Remote working arrangement, allowing flexibility to work from home.

✓Competitive compensation package, with salary details not specified in the job posting.

✓Comprehensive professional development opportunities and exposure to global quality management initiatives.

✓Opportunity to lead strategic transformation projects involving digitalization, automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

✓Significant influence over global quality standards, operational performance, and customer satisfaction.

✓Opportunity to collaborate with international teams, senior executives, and technical experts across multiple business functions.

✓Exposure to large-scale engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects supporting the global energy transition.

✓Opportunity to drive innovation and contribute to more reliable power transmission systems and sustainable energy infrastructure.

✓Relocation assistance is not provided.