Quality & Environmental Manager to JOST Umeå

Are you an engaged leader with a passion for quality, process development, and Lean? Would you like to take on a key role in an organization where you work both strategically and operationally in a global environment? Then this could be your next challenge!

About the Role

As Quality Manager, you will be a central part of our operations. You will lead and develop the global quality department in close collaboration with R&D, Purchasing, Production, our global functions, and customers. The role involves responsibility for ensuring efficient processes, high quality standards, and continuous improvement in accordance with Lean principles.

You will have overall responsibility for the Quality and Environmental Management System (ISO 9001 & 14001) as well as several key processes related to our global customer and supplier quality. As our units are located around the world, frequent travel is required.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with the Quality and Environmental Management System

• Ensure product quality throughout the value chain, from supplier to customer

• Manage and coordinate quality deviations in collaboration with our factories, sales companies, customers, and distribution centers

• Provide technical support to OEM customers

• Develop and train the organization in root cause analysis (8D methodology)

• Monitor and analyze KPIs

• Budget responsibility, personnel management, and work environment responsibility

• Conduct audits at factories within the Agriculture segment

Your Profile

We are looking for an engaged leader with the ability to guide your team in the right direction. You have a strong interest in quality and continuous improvement, combined with a confident and inspiring leadership style. You are a natural communicator who thrives in a role where collaboration is essential—both cross-functionally and within the global quality organization.

We would like you to have:

• A relevant academic degree, for example in Engineering, Quality, Production, or equivalent experience

• Experience leading quality work within a manufacturing industry

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 & 14001

• A deep understanding of quality assurance throughout the entire value chain, from supplier to customer

• Knowledge of Lean and experience in root cause analysis (8D) and Six Sigma

• Experience in data analysis and implementing effective solutions

• Experience in leadership and project management

• Strong communication skills in both Swedish and English, spoken and written

Industrial development is moving fast. To succeed and thrive in this role, it is therefore important that you are interested in and curious about new technology and digitalization. As a person, you are structured and solution-oriented. You have a coaching approach and the ability to lead both people and processes forward. You view operations as a flow and believe that success is achieved through collaboration.

The position is located in Brännland, and you will report to the Global Quality Manager. The Quality Department currently consists of two employees in Brännland and two in India.

Deadline: 2026-03-08
Employment type: Permanent
Employment rate: Full-time
Working hours: Daytime (travel will occur)
Adress: Brännland 300
Contact: For more information about the role, you are warmly welcome to contact the hiring manager Johan Wennerholm, phone 070-2161112
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Linda Sörman, HR phone: 090–170 519.

We look forward to your application!

What can we offer?
At JOST Umeå you get to work in an international environment for a world-leading company. Our employees describe the atmosphere with us as familiar between colleagues, both within and between departments. In terms of work, there is great freedom under responsibility, short decision paths and great opportunities to develop.

Working with us means being part of a team with strong forward thinking, drive and ambition – always with the customer's best interests in focus. We work for our customers to be met by high quality products and it is important for us to be innovative in the industry. Through technological development at the forefront, we contribute to the agriculture of the future.

As employee benefits, we offer flexible working hours as we think that it is important for our employees to be able to adapt the work to what suits each individual's life situation. We also offer wellness grants and massage at our workplaces. We also offer the possibility of a benefit bike and private health insurance.
 

As we want to increase our diversity, we especially welcome applicants with different genders and backgrounds.

To ensure a safe and secure work environment, we conduct background checks in connection with recruitment and apply random drug tests at our workplace.