Job Description
**Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security**
_At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world._
**Summary:**
We are seeking a Quality Manager responsible for developing and implementing a Quality strategy that delivers measurable business value by driving process improvements, enhancing customer satisfaction and improving profitability.
The Quality Manager will drive local quality processes across the Italian plants and ensure alignment with corporate and regulatory standards.
He/she handles non-conformities, guides suppliers toward shared quality requirements, collaborates closely with production and logistics, engineering, procurement and sales, field and supplier quality organizations in line with the H&W Business Unit Quality Strategy to ensure process consistency.
**Duties and responsibilities**
In this strategic and operational role he/she will:
+ define and maintain processes that ensure products compliance with specifications and regulations
+ participate in design activities
+ establish standards and control methods, define and track quality KPIs at local level
+ coordinate internal and external audits to verify compliance, effectiveness, and traceability
+ develop policies and procedures
+ direct and coordinate overall quality specifications
+ lead continuous improvement initiatives to boost efficiency, reduce defects and waste, and lower the cost of poor quality
+ Ensure synergies and training and development of quality personnel at each site.
+ Coordinate the analysis of supplier non conformities, provide quality reports, drive improvement plans
+ Collaborate on the assessment of new suppliers or change of suppliers
**Qualifications**
+ Education: Degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related fields.
+ Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality management in complex organization
+ Experience with audits and certifications
+ Proven track record in designing, implementing and maintaining a multi-site quality organization
+ Able to lead process mapping/baselining and improvement activities
+ Experience in leading cross-functional improvement teams
+ Experience in training Quality methodologies
+ Performance reporting and balanced scorecard knowledge and experience essential
+ Advanced PC skills required including database design, presentations, spreadsheets, data analysis and graphical presentations
+ Proficiency in quality and continuous improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, CAPA, etc.)
+ Familiarity with ERP systems and digital Quality Management Systems (QMS)
+ Proficiency knowledge of English language
+ Willingness to travel frequently between the 2 Italian manufacturing sites (30-40%).
**Key competencies**
+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written & oral).
+ Leadership and team management abilities.
+ High performer, ambitious, self-motivating, ability to lead and delegate
+ Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
+ Proficiency in technical drawings
+ Strategic thinking and business acumen.
+ Deep teambuilding capability and relationships with stakeholders.
+ Orientation to prioritize tasks and results
**We Celebrate Who We Are!**
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team ([email protected]) .
© Allegion plc, 2023 | Block D, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland
REGISTERED IN IRELAND WITH LIMITED LIABILITY REGISTERED NUMBER 527370
Allegion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer (https://www.allegion.com/corp/en/careers/equal-opportunity.html)
Privacy Policy
**We are Allegion.**
A team of experts.
United under a common desire;
Protect today innovate for tomorrow.
And never settle for the status quo.
We believe in anticipating opportunities
by sharpening our skills
and finding new answers
through collaboration.
We believe in a safer, more secure world.
We believe in providing peace of mind.
We believe in being true to ourselves and to those
who trust-in our protection.
We are many. We are one.
**We are Allegion.**
_At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world._
**Summary:**
We are seeking a Quality Manager responsible for developing and implementing a Quality strategy that delivers measurable business value by driving process improvements, enhancing customer satisfaction and improving profitability.
The Quality Manager will drive local quality processes across the Italian plants and ensure alignment with corporate and regulatory standards.
He/she handles non-conformities, guides suppliers toward shared quality requirements, collaborates closely with production and logistics, engineering, procurement and sales, field and supplier quality organizations in line with the H&W Business Unit Quality Strategy to ensure process consistency.
**Duties and responsibilities**
In this strategic and operational role he/she will:
+ define and maintain processes that ensure products compliance with specifications and regulations
+ participate in design activities
+ establish standards and control methods, define and track quality KPIs at local level
+ coordinate internal and external audits to verify compliance, effectiveness, and traceability
+ develop policies and procedures
+ direct and coordinate overall quality specifications
+ lead continuous improvement initiatives to boost efficiency, reduce defects and waste, and lower the cost of poor quality
+ Ensure synergies and training and development of quality personnel at each site.
+ Coordinate the analysis of supplier non conformities, provide quality reports, drive improvement plans
+ Collaborate on the assessment of new suppliers or change of suppliers
**Qualifications**
+ Education: Degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related fields.
+ Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality management in complex organization
+ Experience with audits and certifications
+ Proven track record in designing, implementing and maintaining a multi-site quality organization
+ Able to lead process mapping/baselining and improvement activities
+ Experience in leading cross-functional improvement teams
+ Experience in training Quality methodologies
+ Performance reporting and balanced scorecard knowledge and experience essential
+ Advanced PC skills required including database design, presentations, spreadsheets, data analysis and graphical presentations
+ Proficiency in quality and continuous improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, CAPA, etc.)
+ Familiarity with ERP systems and digital Quality Management Systems (QMS)
+ Proficiency knowledge of English language
+ Willingness to travel frequently between the 2 Italian manufacturing sites (30-40%).
**Key competencies**
+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written & oral).
+ Leadership and team management abilities.
+ High performer, ambitious, self-motivating, ability to lead and delegate
+ Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
+ Proficiency in technical drawings
+ Strategic thinking and business acumen.
+ Deep teambuilding capability and relationships with stakeholders.
+ Orientation to prioritize tasks and results
**We Celebrate Who We Are!**
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team ([email protected]) .
© Allegion plc, 2023 | Block D, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland
REGISTERED IN IRELAND WITH LIMITED LIABILITY REGISTERED NUMBER 527370
Allegion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer (https://www.allegion.com/corp/en/careers/equal-opportunity.html)
Privacy Policy
**We are Allegion.**
A team of experts.
United under a common desire;
Protect today innovate for tomorrow.
And never settle for the status quo.
We believe in anticipating opportunities
by sharpening our skills
and finding new answers
through collaboration.
We believe in a safer, more secure world.
We believe in providing peace of mind.
We believe in being true to ourselves and to those
who trust-in our protection.
We are many. We are one.
**We are Allegion.**
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