Director of Quality Operations
Northvolt
- Västerås, Västmanland
- Permanent
- Heltid
- Lead the quality operations organization.
- Act as an intermediary between the different plant quality organizations
- Develop quality concepts for future sites in collaboration with the new factories team.
- Drive root cause analysis for high impact problems, push and lead cross-functional team for solutions.
- Drive TecSa activities and concept-development and follow-up on identified issues
- Analyzes opportunities for optimization, time, cost, and resource-saving in work and material flow in Quality.
- Degree in MSc/ MEng in relevant field
- 10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, test, quality, or service engineering
- Leadership and coordinating skills in a highly flexible and frequent changing environment.
- Exceptionally good negotiation and problem-solving skill
- Experience supervising teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Project management skills and a successful track record
- Excellent English written and oral skills
- Ability to drive cross-functional action in response to product quality concerns.
- Strong understanding of mechanical, material, electrical, system, chemical, and process failure modes.
- Highly organized and results-driven
- Highly knowledgeable around 8D and quality troubleshooting tools and in problem-solving and process optimization
- Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines, excellent time management
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
- Good experience with MS Office
- Very good detail orientation
- Knowledge of quality management systems, e.g. ISO 9001, IATF1694