Job Detail

Location: Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland 
Requisition ID: 54921 

We Elevate... You
Join Schindler and help us elevate our world: Use your skills to allow megacities to grow. With our elevators and escalators, we keep the urban world moving.

Since 1874 Schindler has been a Citymaker with proud reputation for elevating not only buildings, but the well-being of everyone who lives and works in them. People, passion, and innovation are the pillars of our success.

Schindler is one of the world's leading suppliers of elevators, escalators and moving walkways. We employ talented individuals in over 100 countries worldwide to design, develop, install, maintain and modernize the mobility systems that keep the world's urban population on the move. We offer a dynamic, forward-looking work environment that enables our employees to innovate and excel in their chosen fields. Within the Supply Chain Europe Quality department we are looking for a motivated Leader to join our team in Locarno, Switzerland.

Plant Quality Manager

The Plant Quality Manager creates value by being, for internal and external stakeholders, a valuable partner who will ensure compliance with the quality requirements of the products delivered from the plant Locarno as well as reaching the established Quality KPI targets assigned to the plant. Other key responsibilities include:

• Ensure orientation to customer at all times, providing the best agility and responsiveness to resolve their claims and a high determination to avoid recurrence by introducing containment and corrective/preventive actions


• Monitor the level of compliance with the quality requirements and Q-KPI targets assigned to all the Tier 2 suppliers of the plant as well as a number of Tier 1 suppliers under his/her responsibility


• Promote the availability of enough, accurate and adequately structured data at the plant to facilitate and leverage Q-continuous improvement based on data analysis


• Lead the execution of projects and Q-initiatives defined and assigned to his/her responsibility

You are an active team builder with strong leadership skills and the extra drive to achieve goals within a fast moving and highly competitive market. Furthermore, you possess the following qualifications:

• Industrial Electronics/Electrical engineering or similar


• 3 years of experience as Plant Quality Manager or 6 years as Quality Engineer, both in a demanding industrial environment (Elevators or Escalators, Automotive, Aerospace, Naval...)


• High knowledge of Core Quality tools (APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, PFMEA) and problem resolution methods (8D, Ishikawa, 5 Whys, Is/Is Not, etc.)


• Experience with data analytics, applied statistics, 6 sigma methodology and tools


• General knowledge in electronics manufacturing and assembly


• Fluent in English, Italian would be an asset

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