Global Quality Manager

Company Overview

We are a leading global chemical manufacturing organization specializing in advanced materials serving diverse industries including automotive, electronics, construction, and healthcare. With production sites and commercial operations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, we are committed to operational excellence, quality leadership, and continuous transformation.

About the Role

The Global Quality Manager is a strategic leadership role responsible for governance, standardization, and continuous improvement of Quality Management Systems (QMS) across 11 international production sites. This role ensures global certification compliance, drives audit excellence, strengthens supplier quality management, and leads business process engineering initiatives to enhance operational efficiency. The position is based in Hanau, Germany, and reports directly to the Global Director of Quality. This is a transformation-focused role requiring strong global leadership capability in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement end-to-end quality processes globally.
• Lead global and local cross-functional improvement projects.
• Facilitate collaboration with senior management across departments.
• Support production sites during major quality events.
• Lead and inspire the QA team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Conduct internal/process audits (VDA 6.3).
• Define, monitor, and report key quality KPIs.