Team Leader, Quality Assurance

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Who you are:

We are looking Team Leader of Quality Assurance for our Business Unit Heat & Gas Systems (BU HGS) Qingdao Marine site. As a Team Leader, you are working in our Engineering & Supply organization, and you are part of Quality team. As a Team Leader, you will lead the Quality Assurance team within our organization, ensuring product and process quality in accordance with legal requirements, Alfa Laval standards / specifications, and customer expectations. You will work proactively to identify risks, ensure transparency in quality performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. While not directly responsible for manufacturing quality, you will collaborate closely with the Manufacturing Quality Team to ensure consistent standards and alignment. You will report locally to the E&S site manager and have a dotted operational line to the BU Quality Manager in Denmark. You work closely with cross-functional teams across the organization, including suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders.

What you know:

Required Skills and Experience:

• Relevant technical education (e.g., B.Sc./M.Sc. in Engineering or Quality Management)
• Experience in leading people and managing teams
• Proven background in Quality Assurance, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial setting
• Experience in managing supplier and customer claims, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Familiarity with ISO standards and regulatory compliance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive and analytical mindset with a focus on risk prevention
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
• Knowledge of Alfa Laval standards and processes (preferred but not required)
• Fluent in English, both oral and written

Personal Attributes:

• Be proactive and show drive and action.
• Be open-minded, seek collaboration and build relationships with stakeholders.
• Be solution oriented and flexible.
• Be a team player.
• Be a role model in living the company values

About the job:

• Lead and support your team in their daily work, fostering a proactive and accountable culture
• Develop and motivate team members, ensuring performance dialogues and growth
• Ensure quality and efficiency in the Quality Assurance area, including compliance with Alfa Laval global standards and procedures
• Manage supplier and customer claims, ensuring timely follow-up, root cause analysis, and resolution
• Organize and participate in audits, handling non-conformities and observations
• Ensure transparency and reporting of quality levels and performance indicators
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and proactively identify risks
• Coordinate validation activities for finished products and components
• Collaborate cross-functionally, especially with the Manufacturing Quality Team, to ensure alignment on standards and improvement initiatives
• Build trust and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to customer satisfaction, process optimization, and cost efficiency

We appreciate

• Experience and knowledge of quality related positions
• Experience and knowledge from marine / shipbuilding industry

We offer you a diverse and challenging job in an international company. Your location will be in Qingdao, China. You are working daily with your local colleagues in Qingdao and international colleagues worldwide.

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, we conduct background checks on final candidates for this role.