Head of Quality Assurance / Hardening Plant (m/f/d) (Head - Quality Assurance)

KRS - SYSTEM GmbHBarchfeld-Immelborn, WartburgkreisEURESpublished 08/24/2026
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KRS – SYSTEM GmbH is a well-known and traditional company in the metal industry with approximately 250 employees. Our production range includes balls made of various materials, cylindrical and needle rollers, as well as special technical parts. We supply national and international companies in the automotive and automotive supply industry, mechanical engineering, bearing, and furniture industries.

We are looking for an immediate:

Head of Quality Assurance / Hardening Plant (m/f/d)

Your tasks:

  • Technical and disciplinary leadership of the Quality Assurance and Hardening Plant departments
  • Ensuring and continuously improving product and process quality
  • Complaint management including conducting systematic root cause analyses and defining sustainable corrective or preventive measures
  • Accompanying internal and external audits, as well as other customer and supplier meetings
  • Ensuring compliance with customer requirements as well as national and international quality standards
  • Analysis and evaluation of quality-relevant key figures
  • Coordination and further development of the material technology and heat treatment technology areas
  • Regular reporting to the management
  • Close cooperation with Production, Purchasing, Sales, QMB, and Management

Requirements / Qualifications:

  • completed technical university or technical college degree
  • relevant professional experience
  • advanced knowledge in the areas of Quality Assurance, measurement technology, and material technology
  • high technical interest and understanding
  • good English language skills, both written and spoken
  • knowledge of an ERP-System, as well as proficiency in MS-Office applications
  • teamwork skills, resilience, quality awareness

We offer you:

  • a permanent employment contract
  • flexible working hours
  • a demanding and varied area of responsibility
  • active opportunities to help shape an innovative and future-oriented company
  • individual qualification and development opportunities
  • subsidy for company pension schemes
  • monthly tax- and social security-free non-cash benefit of € 50.00 on a voucher card
  • annual tax- and social security-free non-cash benefit of € 60.00 on a voucher card (for your birthday)

Contact:

KRS – SYSTEM GmbH

Im Vorwerk 30

36456 Barchfeld-Immelborn

E-Mail: bewerbung@krs-system.de

Additional information: Requirements for the applicant: Advanced knowledge: Problemlösungsmethode 5W, Projektmanagement, Abteilungs-, Bereichs-, Ressortleitung, Normung, Messtechnik, Qualitätsprüfung, Qualitätssicherung, Reklamationsbearbeitung, FMEA (Fehlermöglichkeits- und Einflussanalyse), Qualitätsmanagement, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), PPF (Produktionsprozess und Produktfreigabe), VDA-Richtlinien

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