Head of Quality (Group)

About the job

• You are responsible for the global product quality of the Baumer Group and sustainably develop the quality culture – with a clear focus on business impact, customer satisfaction and operational excellence.
• You optimise product quality by increasing the necessary process quality based on our Baumer Business System throughout the entire lifecycle – from the development phase through series production to service and end-of-life.
• You are the contact person and coordinator for quality issues of highest importance on the customer or supplier side and further develop our Q-KPIs.
• You ensure all relevant normative and regulatory requirements regarding material and product compliance.
• You lead and develop the global quality organisation with local teams and uniform standards and methods.
• You act as the central coordinator for internal as well as external quality, certification and customer audits.

• Successfully completed technical degree (Diploma/Master) as well as several years of leadership experience in the quality environment of an internationally manufacturing company
• In-depth expertise in product and process quality along the entire lifecycle (R&D, industrialisation, series, service)
• Strong hands-on mentality as well as high implementation strength in developing pragmatic solutions
• Communicative personality with pronounced interface competence and the ability to convey complex matters appropriately to the target group
• Sound knowledge of relevant quality methods as well as common norms and standards
• Fluent German and English skills as well as willingness to take on global responsibility as a confident negotiation partner

• Infrastructure & Equipment: Depending on the location, there are free parking spaces, changing rooms with shower facilities, discounted clothing and other advantages.
• Catering: We provide affordable, good catering, special offers for night shifts and fruit and mineral water for in-between.
• Work-Life Balance & Family: We support families and design working hours as flexibly as possible. And very importantly: unforeseen incidents and difficult times also have a place with us.
• Events: We also like to celebrate events. For example, at our legendary summer parties or joint Christmas celebrations. Or on our team outings. And we are also quite good in the race at sports events.
• Care & Bonuses: We say thank you for long-standing company loyalty or special commitment in job recommendations externally. We appreciate special effort and give something back.
• Health: We have high standards in occupational safety and support our employees with health offers to stay fit and healthy.
• Social Benefits: Depending on the location, we support our employees with attractive conditions for pension, accident and special leave.
• Young Talent: We equip our specialists of tomorrow with top training. In addition, there are other experiences best made when young. Joint camps with various sports and group activities, for example.
• Knowledge & Learning: In addition to language courses, we offer company-specific further training depending on the professional field. And so that one hand knows what the other is doing, we enable assignments in other work areas.
• Discounts & Reductions: Depending on the location, our employees benefit from special conditions and discounts in the areas of sport, leisure and clothing.

The Baumer Group is an internationally leading manufacturer of sensors and measuring instruments for factory and process automation. We owe this success to our approximately 2,800 employees worldwide, who are always looking for the best solutions for our customers with passion, expertise and commitment.