Head Quality Management and Product Compliance

at  Mettler Toledo

Head Quality Management and Product Compliance
Location Nänikon, Canton of Zurich
Date posted July 24, 2024
Job ID 16451

OUR OPENING AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

For our Laboratory Weighing (LabTec) division, which is the world’s leading manufacturer of laboratory balances, we are looking for the Greifensee location, METTLER TOLEDO’s global operational headquarters, for an enthusiastic Head Quality Management and Product Compliance 100% (all genders).

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• You set medium-term goals in the sense of rolling planning and you coordinate them with the strategic planning of Laboratory Weighing and other cross divisional stakeholders
• You derive the respective annual planning and focus points and you ensure the management and continuous development of the teams, including personnel planning and personnel development
• You ensure and continuously developing comprehensive quality management: promoting preventive and corrective quality management, error culture and continuous improvement
• You are responsible for the Product Compliance for Laboratory Weighing as well as the Competence Center Product Compliance (CCPC). Among other things, the periodic update of the Product Compliance Road map is an essential task in terms of relevance and impact of new or changed regulatory requirements
• You overlook the Mgmt. Systems ISO 9001 & 14001 which are designed to be operated efficiently and effectively by a lean team. The scope of this Management System includes all manufacturing units in Switzerland, including associated strategic Business Units, as well as our site in Albstadt (DE).
• You participate in the global productivity improvement program - “SternDrive” as well as in METTLER TOLEDO’s internal global “Product Compliance Circle” and chemicals. We operate throughout the world with a culture shaped by innovation and international flair.

Following requirements are necessary for this role:

• You hold a university degree (ETH/FH) in Engineering, Business or Natural Science with an additional training in business administration preferred
• You have at least 10 years of experience with an industrial background, ideally in the field of electrical appliances, devices with software and, or “digital elements”
• You gained leadership experience in a larger organization, ideally within an instrument or device industry in a complex matrix organization and a high performance culture
• You have a strong and comprehensive quality management, product conformity, data protection and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) understanding with a strong customer orientation
• You have a solid experience in motivating, developing and driving people in creating new break-through ideas
• You are fluent in English and Germa