Head of Quality Management (m/f/d)
- Basler AG - Ahrensburg, An der Strusbek 60-62
- Mix Office & Remote Working
- Executive Middle Management
- Engineer
- Quality Management, Quality Assurance
- Fulltime
- Unlimited
Starting immediately, Full-time with 40 hours peer week
Basler is an international leader and experienced expert in computer vision. We offer a broad portfolio of vision hardware and software as well as customer-specific products and solutions.
We employ about 850 people at our headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, as well as other sales and development locations throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Key factors in our more than 35-year success story include the courage to take risks, the willingness to see constant change as normal and the passion to pursue customer-oriented innovations.
Your responsibilities
Strategic and operational development of quality management
- Leading and establishing the QM management team and positioning the department within the organisation
- Defining departmental objectives and QM objectives derived from the corporate strategy
- Design, organisation and continuous improvement of processes within the Basler Group at national and international level
- Design and further development of the quality management strategy in close collaboration with the Board, senior management and macro-process managers
- Company-wide, international implementation of QM strategies, standards and methods
- Design and delivery of QM workshops and training across all business areas
- Strengthening the quality culture through lean and quality methods, as well as continuous efficiency improvements
- Identification of potential for optimisation in organisation and processes, and support for implementation
- Introduction and further development of effectiveness measurements and statistical methods
- Coordination of group-wide product quality initiatives
Responsibilities as Quality Management Representative (QMR)
- Maintaining and further developing ISO 9001 certification
- Establishing and further developing an Integrated Management System
- Ensuring internal and external audits
- Coordinating with certification bodies and external consultants
- Training staff to become internal auditors
- Developing and maintaining the online quality management manual
- Ensuring compliance with relevant standards, guidelines and processes – including for future markets
- Point of contact for audits by customers and other business partners
Leadership & Organisation
- Providing professional and managerial guidance to staff in quality management
- Planning staffing requirements and overseeing the recruitment, development and training of staff
- Fostering an open, trusting culture of communication and feedback
- Creating an attractive and performance-enhancing working environment through values-based leadership
Your profile
- A successfully completed degree in engineering, natural sciences or economics, or equivalent training and experience
- Ideally, additional qualifications in lean management, as well as initial strategic and operational management experience
- Several years of solid professional experience in quality management, preferably across different functional areas and in an international, industrial context
- Experience with ISO-based quality management systems (in particular ISO 9001)
- Excellent knowledge of lean management methods as well as process analysis and design
- Practical experience in project and change management
- Excellent strategic, conceptual and analytical skills
- Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills
- High level of consultancy expertise and the ability to inspire others regarding QM and Lean topics
- Intercultural competence and a structured, systematic approach to work
- Fluency in spoken and written German and English
- Willingness to travel for occasional business trips
What we offer
- We have a clear vision of the direction we want to take, but it is up to the individual teams to decide how they get there.
- We welcome your fresh outside perspective and foster an open culture in which everyone is encouraged to contribute their ideas.
- "Work-life balance" is not just an empty phrase at Basler: we support our employees in their roles as family carers and have been recognized for our commitment through the "berufundfamilie" audit.
- Respect for our staff members' personal interests and reconciling these with their professional lives is an important part of our corporate culture.
- Hybrid workplace - mix of working in the office and mobile/remote working.
- First-class IT equipment including notebook and modern working environment.
- Attractive remuneration with internal wage transparency, flextime account for overtime reduction, 30 days of paid vacation, and open communication: on first-name terms from trainee to board member.
Your application
Would you like to know more about us or do you have any questions? Write to Thomas at thomas.zuch@baslerweb.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
- Thomas Zuch
- HR Consultant Recruitment
