Quality Engineer

About this Position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting‑edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop. What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future‑led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

What you´ll do

Manage and support the daily activities of the Quality Assurance on site to achieve the quality improvement programs by taking part to the investigation of non‑conformities and by researching the root causes. Focus on the process by maintaining and improving the quality management system of the plant.

Quality Improvement

• Support in internal non‑conformities and customers complaint investigations, by collecting inputs from Production, Product Development and Quality Control and by agreeing, after a deep root cause analysis, on corrective action plan
• Lead Product and Quality Reviews
• Support process optimization, considering also inputs deriving from risk assessment (PFMEA)
• Manage and follow up Management of Change
• Provide quality trainings to the site

Quality Systems Management

• Support maintenance of IATF 16949 certification in the plant
• Support in the review of customer quality agreements and customer questionnaires and in the issue of PPAP
• Support in organizing customer audits and organize and follow up on actions deriving from internal audits
• Support in monitoring and ensuring compliance of quality system based on internal and external standards
• Support in developing and implementing external certifications (where needed)

What makes you a good fit

• Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related fields
• Min. of 2–3 years of previous experience in a similar role (automotive sector experience in preferred)
• Good knowledge of ISO 9001: 2015 and IATF 16949:2016
• Knowledge of automotive core tools such as FMEA, MSA, PPAP, SPC considered a plus
• Fluency in English
• Excellent interpersonal skills allowing easy interaction with interlocutors, teamwork and cross departmental work
• Strong sense of organization and planning
• Result oriented mind set & proactivity

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender‑neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Welfare Platform
• School Books reimbursement
• Free Canteen
• Bi‑monthly company products' box

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.