Supply Quality Assurance Manager

A position for you who wants to have high focus on product quality and be one important piece of the puzzle to drive towards total quality for Tetra Pak's capital equipment!
In this role you will be a key driver in the newly created quality feedback loop from our customers to our suppliers in the value chain.

Total Quality Supplier Management is responsible for driving quality with our capital equipment suppliers in the value chain.We do that by establishing a strong feedback loop across the supply chain, ensuring systematic corrective actions are taken on current problems, and work proactively with our suppliers' quality development to deliver towards our long-term quality ambition.

Supply Quality Assurance Manager will have the following responsibilities:

Working with high level suppliers focusing on the resolution of supplier related customer claims and supplier's non conformities
Acting as liaison between the supplier and D&E to help in the resolution of technical issues
Proactively identifying gaps and proposes solutions for the root cause eradication process
Leading and participating in cross-functional quality improvement teams



Kvalifikationer:

The successful candidate ideally has a technical education combined with at least three years of working experience in technical or commercial areas that includes dealing with larger suppliers & customers.Knowledge of WCM techniques would be advantageous as well as other recognised Continuous Improvement tools.

The person we are looking for has strong networking ability and can work across organisational lines with significant supplier quality focus.She/he is able to be a speaking partner within a multinational environment at all levels.Additionally she/he needs to take an analytical and systematic approach when dealing with quality aspects together with internal & external partners.

A successful candidate should be able to combine the role of a clear driver as well as a contributing team player.The position will involve some travelling and working in multinational environment.As a result it is a prerequisite that you have an excellent command of English, both written and verbal.



Please submit your application online no later than January 31, 2008.

Supply Chain Operations, within Packaging Solutions, will drive operational performance by having full supply chain responsibility, and accountability, ensuring world class performance in packaging material, additional material and capital equipment supply chains respectively.The operating unit has full responsibility and accountability for all supply chain activities including converting factories.Management of all packaging material, additional material and capital equipment will be driven from an integrated perspective, focusing on both achieving operational efficiency and meeting customer needs.A Packaging Material Supply Chain structure in the clusters will help drive focus on the whole supply chain and ensure alignment with the overall strategy.