Global Quality Specialist

Epiroc is a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries. With
cutting-edge technology, Epiroc develops and produces innovative drill rigs, rock excavation and construction
equipment, and provides world-class service and consumables. The company was founded in Stockholm,
Sweden, and has passionate people supporting and collaborating with customers in more than 150 countries.
Learn more at www.epirocgroup.com.

Join us

Do you have a passion for quality? Are you looking for a role with a lot of global exposure? 

Then join our Global Supply Chain Excellence team as a Global Quality Specialist! This is an exciting position with global ownership of quality at Epiroc supply chain.

The mission of the Global Supply Chain Excellence team is to drive the development of supply chain strategy, deploy best practices within global supply chain operations and define and implement policies & standards. 

Your mission

You will act as the Global Supply Chain’s authority and decision maker in regard to Service and Product Quality. This means helping to develop standards for our global warehouses to follow, provide training in ways-of-working, and secure we have the right metrics to track quality. Warehousing should be based on industry standards, focus on eliminating waste, and drive excellence in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost. You might also participate in running projects to set up new warehouses, restructure a poorly performing warehouse, or support on WMS-implementation.

In this role, you will not be expected to fly in for a week, run training workshops, then fly out again. Instead, the focus is on putting in place global standards, metrics, and ways of working to be rolled out in all our warehouses, globally, which in turn will allow our Distribution Center managers to achieve industry standards and operational excellence. This challenging role requires taking a step back to focus on the big picture, based on years of experience within the four walls of the warehouse.

Your Profile

We believe you should have a Degree in the supply chain, engineering, or a related subject and a documented expertise in driving Quality improvement initiatives. You have hands-on experience working within a warehouse combined with theoretical expertise in Quality management, for example, the Seven Tools of Quality or the Toyota Way / TPS. As this is a global opportunity, you should have strong English communication skills both verbal and written. Additional language and Project Management experience are considered a plus.

To enjoy the work as Global Quality Specialist, you have a passion for quality. You enjoy putting in place standards and processes to help others improve quality. You have a gift for teaching and enjoy sharing the knowledge you’ve accumulated from years of experience working in and with warehouses or factories. You may have been involved in successfully changing how your previous employers worked with quality, for the better. In addition, you have a firm understanding of continuous improvement and root cause analysis.

Life at Epiroc

By joining our company, you can expect an atmosphere of creativity, innovation and workplace diversity. You will be a part of a group of skilled, committed and helpful colleagues who live by our core values: Collaboration, Commitment and Innovation. We work in a global environment with over 113 different nationalities!

In addition to the fact that our culture is characterized by development combined with having a good balance between work and leisure, there are some things that make us a little extra proud to work at Epiroc:  

•    Global career opportunities
•    Epiroc University, for your own competence development
•    Community involvement
•    Benefits package, which amongst other things include flexible working hours and bonus.

Location and travel

This position is located in Örebro (preferably) or Fagersta, Sweden and occasional travel will be required. In case a candidate from a different country applies and is successful, Swedish local terms and conditions will apply. 

Application and contacts
In this recruitment process, we review applications continuously. We welcome your application as soon as possible, by creating an account in our recruitment system. The last day to apply for this position is 3rd October 2022

For questions about the position contact Becky Chau (Global Warehouse Manager) at becky.chau@epiroc.com 
For questions about the recruitment process contact Zuzana Kalivodova (Recruitment Specialist) at zuzana.kalivodova@epiroc.com.