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Ready to Raise the Bar on Quality? If you're passionate about securing excellence and building a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility — this is your opportunity. Job Summary As Quality Manager, you are responsible for ensuring that all products, processes, and systems meet internal and external requirements. You lead the Quality function and manage a team of specialists dedicated to product and process quality, customer satisfaction and audits. You are part of the Operations leadership team and report directly to the Production Manager. Main responsibilities include: • Develop and lead the quality strategy to support World Class Manufacturing objectives • Lead and support audits (internal, customer, and third-party) • Foster a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, engineering, production and supply chain • Lead root cause analyses and corrective action initiatives • Manage quality systems, KPIs, and reporting • Act as the main point of contact for customer quality issues • Drive supplier quality improvements and evaluations • Own the site’s quality budget and related improvement projects Requirements and Experience You are a structured and analytical leader with a proactive mindset and a strong focus on continuous improvement. You lead by example and know how to build trust and clarity in complex environments. Required: • Degree in Engineering, Quality, or related technical field • Minimum 5 years of experience in quality management within industrial or manufacturing environments • Strong knowledge of quality systems, tools, and standards • Proven leadership skills with experience managing quality teams • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities Merits: • Experience with customer-facing quality roles in international contexts • Auditor certifications or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt • Familiarity with digital quality systems and analytics • Swedish language skills (or willingness to learn) About the company Join our world-leading company and be a driving force in our journey toward World Class Manufacturing in Skellefteå. We are more than a manufacturer — we are building a high-performance culture where safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency are fundamental, powered by people development, collaboration, and shared commitment. To accelerate this journey, we’re expanding our team and hiring a passionate Quality Manager who will lead with clarity, raise standards, and drive continuous improvement across our operations. Contact information In this recruitment, we collaborate with Wikan Personal but you will be employed directly by us at Alimak. If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources for more information by phone +46910-870 00. Union representative Unionen; Andre Fageryd +46910-870 44. Sveriges Ingenjörer; Mattias Andersson +46910-872 26. The recruitment work is ongoing and the position may be filled before the application deadline, therefore, do not hesitate to submit your application today! The deadline for applications is 2025-08-29. Please note that we do not accept application documents via email. We strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and welcome applicants with different backgrounds. Apply now and help shape the future of World Class Manufacturing in Skellefteå.