Quality Manager (M/F)
About the company
With over 150 years of expertise and recognized for the excellence of its French manufacturing, the Gauthier Group places quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction at the heart of its strategy.
Your tasks
The Context In a context of development and continuous improvement, we wish to take a new step in the structuring of our processes. To support this ambition, we are looking for our future Group Quality Manager.
Reporting directly to the General Management, you will be the driving force for the harmonization of practices within all our companies, while respecting the specific business requirements of each entity.
YOUR MISSIONS As a true strategic and operational referent, you will drive global performance through four major pillars:
- Steering the Group Quality Approach
- Define, deploy, and lead the quality policy in connection with the General Management.
- Conduct an assessment of existing organizations and systems to build a coherent Group roadmap.
- Harmonize practices, standards, and key performance indicators (KPI) across the different companies.
- Ensure performance monitoring and lead quality reviews.
- Risk Management and Compliance (HSE Component)
- Guarantee regulatory compliance and the effectiveness of management systems.
- Lead internal and external audits as well as certification monitoring.
- HSE Expertise: Supervise the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policy to guarantee employee safety and the control of industrial risks related to our processes (plastics, textiles, etc.).
- Ensure the reduction of the operational environmental footprint.
- Engagement and Sustainable Performance (CSR Component)
- CSR Expertise: Integrate Corporate Social Responsibility issues at the heart of the quality approach.
- Support the Group's skill development regarding sustainability criteria (ethics, resource management, social impact).
- Drive the improvement of supplier performance from the perspective of responsibility and ethical compliance.
- Continuous Improvement and Customer Satisfaction
- Supervise the handling of complaints and major non-conformities.
- Lead corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Deploy continuous improvement tools and methods (Lean Manufacturing, etc.) and raise awareness among teams regarding quality culture.
Requirements
Education & Experience
- Higher education at a Master's level (Engineer, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management, or equivalent).
- Significant confirmed experience in a quality function within a complex industrial environment.
- Successful experience in managing certified management systems (ISO 9001 is imperative).
- Experience in a multi-site environment or within an industrial Group is strongly desired.
Technical Skills (Expected Expertise)
- In-depth mastery of quality standards and audit methodologies.
- Expertise in risk management (HSE) and knowledge of industrial safety issues.
- Data analysis capacity to define relevant key performance indicators (KPI) and drive structured action plans.
- Sensitivity to CSR issues and the ability to translate sustainability objectives into operational processes.
- Mastery of continuous improvement tools and knowledge of industrial manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency in professional English.
You are a unifying Leader capable of supporting multi-site change, endowed with great analytical rigor and interpersonal skills to communicate with all levels. Autonomous and pragmatic, you transform strategy into concrete actions. Join a solid group for a strategic role combining industrial tradition and the CSR/HSE challenges of tomorrow.