Operations and Excellence Quality Director (m/f/d)

[Internal Opportunity]   Operations and Excellence Quality Director (m/f/d)

Company: Hager Electro GmbH & Co. KG

Are you looking to grow or to develop new skills within Hager Group? An opportunity has just come up within the Quality & Environment department. What if this was your chance to explore a new field, grow your skills, and thrive in a new role? Dare to apply and join your new team.

We are looking for a Quality Operations & Excellence Director based in Blieskastel to lead the End-to-End transformation of our Operations Quality across the Group. This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of our industrial performance, Quality digitalization journey, and continuous improvement ambitions.

Your mission:

You will lead and shape Operations Quality at scale, ensuring excellence in execution while building the systems, methodologies, and insights that drive sustainable performance. You will play a key role in embedding a zero-defect mindset, strengthening risk management, and accelerating digitalization across our global operations.

Key responsibilities

Lead and transform Operations Quality

• Define and deploy the global Operations Quality strategy, driving performance, efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Foster a strong quality culture, mobilizing diverse teams across multiple sites and reporting lines
• Drive risk management and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) reduction

Elevate manufacturing & logistics quality performance

• Lead the transformation from local performance to global excellence across 20+ sites
• Partner closely with Plant Managers and Logistics leaders to secure quality performance
• Deploy harmonized processes, tools, and digital solutions across factories and warehouses
• Ensure robust handover from project to operations and strong supplier quality performance

Drive Quality Excellence & digital transformation

• Lead and govern end-to-end quality methodologies, processes, and standards
• Accelerate continuous improvement, capability building, and knowledge sharing
• Leverage advanced data analytics to drive performance insights
• Co-lead the digital transformation of Quality, shaping tools, data governance and end-to-end flows

Contribute to strategic roadmaps

• Define and align the Operations Quality and Digital roadmap with business priorities
• Contribute to the Group Q&E roadmap and major transformation initiatives
• Support key projects and teams to deliver on function commitments

Your Profile

• Engineer / Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management, Operations Management, or a comparable technical discipline.
• 10+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing environments, including responsibility for international and multi-site operations. Proven experience leading Quality organizations in complex industrial settings and driving performance improvements across plants, warehouses, and supply chain operations.
• Proven track record as a Quality leader in high-standard industrial environments, with strong expertise in Quality Management Systems, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, risk management, continuous improvement, and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) reduction.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels, translating business objectives into actionable quality roadmaps while maintaining a strong customer focus and effectively managing internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Strong leadership and change management capabilities, with a demonstrated ability to influence, engage, develop, and align diverse stakeholders across functions, cultures, geographies, and reporting lines within a matrix organization.
• Fluent in English (C1 level or above); French and German are a plus. Experience working in international environments and leading global transformation initiatives, including digitalization and operational excellence programs, is highly desirable.

Interested in joining a team of passionate experts?

To learn more, contact Pascal CHARRE, the manager of this amazing team straight away.

They can’t wait to share their expertise and take on new challenges together with you.

Be bold, the power of internal mobility is in your hands: once your application has been submitted our HR team will contact you for an initial interview with the Hiring Manager and the HRBP of your future position. 

All employees who meet the requirements for the position can apply. Severely disabled applicants are given special consideration if they are equally suitable. Please send your application to the responsible HR department, if possible please use our group-wide applicant management system. We are happy to answer any questions you may have. Your application or your request will be treated confidentially.

Narindra Hellard
HRBP Function Director Eng, Indus, Group Quality & Environment and SDM

(Validity of notice: 17.06.2026 - 01.07.2026)