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Our client

Our client is leading global multinational in the packaging industry.

Location

Northern Italy. The position can be based at any of the several plants our client has in Northern Italy (Milan/Florence Area).

Job Description

This is a new created role which will report directly into the Vice President Quality and will have a scope of 11 plants across Europe and India.

The Quality Managers of the plants report directly into the plant managers and dotted-line into the Divisional Quality Director.

This is a summary of the main tasks and responsibilities in the role:

• Quality activities: as Quality Director, you will support the sites in identifying and driving quality-related activities. This involves ensuring adherence to quality standards, participating in major meetings with customers, and handling major claims.
• Best practice sharing: you will foster a culture of sharing best practices within team and across the wider organisation.
• Implementation of company standards: Ensuring that quality standards are well understood and consistently implemented.
• Quality culture: promoting a quality-focused mindset and excellence throughout the organisation.
• Audits and reporting: conducting internal and external audits and providing consolidated monthly reports on quality performance
• Training and assistance: offering training and assistance to quality managers.
• Key person for Quality Excellence: serving as the key person for quality excellence, measuring performance, maintaining and improving as necessary.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a candidate with a background in operations in a leadership role, for example as plant manager, operations director, operational excellence director or similar.

This background would be complemented with several years of experience in a quality or continuous improvement position.

We are looking for candidates who have experience and solid technical know-how in the plastics industry for any sector (packaging, automotive, medical, etc.). This would include technologies like injection molding, blow molding, extrusion and thermoforming.

In terms of skills, these would be the most important ones:

• Strategic thinking skills: the right candidate is forward thinking, takes initiative and knows how to prioritize.
• Project management: demonstrated ability to manage and deliver projects within budget and on time.
• Leadership style: results-oriented leadership with strong impact and influencing skills.
• Adaptability and energy: tenacity, people skills, and the ability to lead change effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively: You should be able to direct and motivate teams and others, maintaining a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of the organisation.
• Lean tools: familiarity with lean tools and problem resolution techniques.

For this position we expect a fluent English and Italian level.

Availability for travelling on a regular basis across the region (above 50%, mostly across Europe, 1-2 times per year to India) is a must for the position.