Quality Manager PU Sandviken HOT

Alleima AB · Full-time

SANDVIKEN, Sweden

Do you want to lead and develop quality work in an operation where quality, customer focus, continuous improvement, and safety are paramount? We are now seeking a Quality Manager for PU Sandviken HOT, Tube Division at Alleima. The unit extrudes stainless seamless tubes (so-called Hollows) from special alloys, primarily for further processing internally but also directly for the external market. Here you will be offered a key role where you have the opportunity to influence both the operation's results and future development by strengthening the quality culture, driving improvement work, and ensuring that our products meet high demands from customers and the market. We offer developmentally engaging work in a dynamic environment where you can combine your interest in people, leadership, and business development. Your Role As Quality Manager, you have a central role in ensuring and further developing the operation's quality work. You are responsible for quality processes and quality systems and lead and coordinate investigations into quality deviations, from daily production-related matters to more extensive quality incidents. An important part of the assignment is to build and anchor a strong quality culture where quality permeates the entire organization, with a focus on preventing errors and ensuring that deviations are detected and handled before the product reaches the customer. The position involves close collaboration with production, process engineers, research and development, the market organization, and other internal customers. You actively participate in quality forums, product group meetings, and cross-functional collaborations to analyze production results, support product development, qualifications, and production trials, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities · Drive and develop quality work to prevent production errors and reduce scrap, waste, and complaints. · Ensure that the operation meets and complies with relevant quality standards and certifications, such as ISO 9001, to strengthen customer confidence. · Lead and coordinate deviation management by identifying root causes and driving effective, long-term improvement measures. · Engage and support the organization in quality matters by translating quality goals into clear and value-creating activities in daily work. Your Profile We are looking for someone with a degree in Materials Engineering, Engineering Physics, or another relevant technical field. You have several years of experience in roles such as engineer, project manager, quality engineer, or similar, where you have combined technical expertise with analysis and improvement work. Experience from manufacturing industry is an asset. You communicate fluently in both Swedish and English, both spoken and written. You thrive in an operations-focused role where quality is in focus and have good knowledge of quality standards and management systems, such as ISO standards. You have the ability to interpret complex requirements and regulations in a pragmatic way and translate them into improvements that create value for the operation. Furthermore, you have a strong toolbox within improvement work and experience with established methods such as Lean, Six Sigma, or 5S, which enables you to drive structured improvement initiatives and create long-term results. Great emphasis is placed on your personal qualities, which are characterized by being structured, analytical, and self-driven with a natural ability to lead groups, meetings, and projects. You prefer to work data-driven and have experience with analysis tools such as Excel and Power BI. You are comfortable handling complaints, customer feedback, and quality deviations and representing the operation both internally and externally. The role requires a solution-oriented approach, good judgment, and the ability to drive matters from analysis to implementation. This is an operational and operations-focused role where you actively contribute to developing and strengthening quality work. What You Can Expect From Us At Alleima, we are convinced that diversity and inclusion lead to a better workplace for our employees, our company, and our customers. We Care: We are proud of what we do. We care about our customers, our employees, the environment, the communities in which we operate, and the future we share. We Deliver: We deliver on our commitments; with a solution-oriented mindset, we make it possible for our customers to be their very best: More efficient, profitable, and sustainable. We Develop: We are constantly developing. Together, we take the lead to advance materials, ambitions, industries, ourselves – and society for the better. Additional Information In connection with employment, alcohol and drug testing is conducted according to our safe work environment procedures. For more information about the position, please contact: Stanislav Riljak, Recruiting Manager, +46 70 273 84 19 For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Frida Carlsson, Recruiting Coordinator, +46 76 495 02 40 Trade Union Representatives: Maria Sundqvist, Akademikerföreningen, +46 70 651 73 81 Kjell-Åke Klockervold, Ledarna, +46 70 314 24 43 Stefan Jonsson, Unionen, +46 70 396 03 00 You are welcome to submit your application by 2026-09-20. About Alleima At Alleima, our mission is much more than delivering high-quality products, technology, and processes – through collaboration we develop the best solutions tailored to our customers' needs, and that this is how we achieve our business goals is the best way to describe our daily work. With curious employees and safety as our top priority, we create a work environment where you can develop both as a person and in your career. With a clear direction for our journey, where we leverage our position as a technology leader, progressive business partner, and where we are driving sustainability, we aim to become an even stronger company in our industry. Are you ready to take on this challenge with us? Join us on our journey! www.alleima.com