Advanced Quality Prevention & Global Quality Response Manager (m/f/d)

Advanced Quality Prevention & Global Quality Response Manager (m/f/d) Permanent Full Time About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead. Whether production, research, sales or administration - we love being the invisible force behind innovation. We deliver world-class quality in the areas of Precious Metals, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics and Industrials. As one of the top 10 family-owned companies in Germany, we employ around 15,100 employees in 40 countries.

The following challenges await you:

• In your role as "Advanced Quality Prevention & Global Quality Response Manager (m/f/d)" you drive proactive quality excellence across the Heraeus Product Development Process by preventing quality risks before product launch and leading global cross-functional task forces to resolve critical quality issues with significant business impact.
• You own and continuously improve the global preventive quality framework within the Heraeus Product Development Process, including FMEA, Design Reviews, Risk Management, Quality Gates, and Lessons Learned.
• In addition, you ensure early identification, assessment, and mitigation of quality risks across all development projects and support risk-based decision making at key project milestones.
• You act as the corporate subject matter expert for Project Quality, influencing strategic products, technology, and investment decisions through independent quality risk assessments.
• Moreover you lead global Quality Tiger Teams to resolve critical quality issues, customer escalations, and systemic quality risks across all Heraeus Electronics sites.
• You drive enterprise-wide quality capability development, standardization, and continuous improvement to strengthen quality performance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

Your Profile:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management, or a comparable technical discipline
• PhD and/or MBA considered a strong advantage for leadership in complex, innovation-driven, global business environments
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in Quality Management, Project Quality, Product Development, Manufacturing Quality, or related technical functions within a global industrial environment
• Proven experience leading cross-functional and international initiatives, including preventive quality programs, complex technology development projects, global quality task forces and management of high-impact customer or operational escalations
• Solid understanding of product development, industrialization, and manufacturing processes
• Knowledge in ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016
• Advanced expertise in preventive quality methods, including FMEA, risk management, quality planning, and quality assurance throughout the product development lifecycle
• Strong experience in quality problem solving, root cause analysis, and leading complex quality improvement and escalation activities in a global manufacturing environment

Curious? Apply now!

We look forward to receiving your documents by reference code 59911 via our online application portal.

Any further questions?

Our Recruiting Team, Heraeus Electronics, is happy to assist you by email: recruiting.het@heraeus.com. Or visit us at jobs.heraeus.com.