Quality Manager

Step into a role where your leadership ensures the quality of the world’s most advanced renewable energy solutions. At Vestas Szczecin, you’ll lead a collaborative Quality team in one of the region’s key manufacturing sites, promoting excellence in both processes and people. If you’re motivated by high standards, continuous improvement, and improving product quality on a global scale, this is your opportunity to contribute to the future of wind energy.

Vestas Technology & Operations > Manufacturing > Quality Stettin

The Quality Department covers both Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC). Our team supports the organization in developing and maintaining procedures, policies, work instructions, standards, and records. Ultimately, we ensure that every product leaving the factory meets all required specifications.
We are also responsible for maintaining compliance of the Quality Management System (QMS) with international standards and for managing and resolving customer concerns.
We are seeking a motivated Manager for Production Quality. You will lead a Quality team of approximately 60 employees, including around 20 engineers and supervisors, as well as several external consultants.
Your role is to uphold and improve quality standards in the production area, ensuring alignment with Vestas requirements. You will enhance productivity and product quality by placing safety and quality at the forefront of all decisions and actions.

Responsibilities

• Deploy the Factory Quality Strategy and policies, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and site objectives
• Ensure a safe and healthy work environment, promoting strong safety behaviors across all quality activities
• Provide leadership that secures performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost throughout the production area
• Lead and develop a diverse and newly formed team, including engineers, supervisors, and quality specialists
• Promote quality awareness and a customer focused zero failure culture across the factory.
• Improve processes that impact product quality, establishing robust controls and consistent compliance
• Facilitate and support quality improvement initiatives, including root cause analysis and the elimination of recurring defects and process shortcomings

Qualifications

• Master degree in engineering, quality, production or related field
• Several years work experience in quality/engineering environment
• People management experience
• Skilled with product verification/validation
• Good understanding of quality tools (e. g. Six Sigma Black Belt - welcomed)
• Experienced with customer relations and audits including ISO
• Very good Knowledge in quality systems
• Fluency in English and Polish 

Competencies

• Leadership skills; managerial decisiveness
• Effective cooperation and communication skills
• Customer-focused, technical and result-oriented
• Good in building network across function internal and external
• Solid analytical approach

What we offer

We offer you an exciting and complex job with great opportunities for professional and personal development within a global company in the renewable energy industry. You will be provided with an original opportunity to set your footprints within an essential area in Vestas. You will be an integral part of an international team, with a collaborative mindset and who are keen to contribute.

Additional information

Work location: Szczecin, Brdowska 5, Poland

Application deadline: 9th April. We reserve the right to take down the job ad before this date if the right candidate is identified before

Our commitment to a fair hiring.

 At Vestas, we evaluate all candidates solely based on their professional experience, education, and relevant skills. To support a fair recruitment process, we kindly ask that you remove any photos, dates of birth or graduation, gender pronouns, marital status, or other personal information not relevant to the role before submitting your CV/resume. Your CV/resume should focus on your professional and educational background, along with the necessary contact details (email and phone number). We train our hiring teams in inclusive evaluation and regularly review process outcomes to ensure fairness.

DEIB Statement

 
At Vestas, we recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion. As our CEO states, "Expertise and talent come in many forms, and a diverse workforce enhances our ability to think differently and solve the complex challenges of our industry". Your unique perspective is what will help us powering the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.

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About Vestas

 
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 185 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. 
With 30,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. 
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity. 
To learn more about our company and life at Vestas, we invite you to visit our website at www.vestas.com and follow us on our social media channels. We also encourage you to join our Talent Universe to receive notifications on new and relevant postings.