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Assignment Description:

We are looking for a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to join our dynamic team.

What you will work on:

• Ensure the quality assurance of purchased items, materials, and subsystems within the action and propulsion product group (gunpowder, explosives, igniters).
• Implement and uphold the company’s purchasing strategy, policy, and procedures to meet quality and compliance standards.
• Define and manage quality requirements in requests for quotations, agreements, and purchase orders.
• Participate in and prepare documentation for purchasing and quality control activities.
• Conduct supplier and product audits on-site to ensure compliance with specifications and standards.
• Monitor supplier quality performance, identify gaps, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead and collaborate with suppliers on continuous improvement programs.
• Manage material complaints and ensure proper supplier follow-up and corrective responses.
• Address production deviations in close coordination with production quality teams.
• Participate in ANDON investigations and support root-cause analysis and resolution.
• Act as a mentor and subject matter expert to guide and support junior team members in supplier quality and development.
• Travel within Sweden and Europe to visit suppliers and manage on-site quality activities.

What you bring:

• Solid professional experience as a Supplier Quality Manager (SQM) or within supplier quality and development in a manufacturing or defense industry context.
• Proven expertise in quality management, purchasing processes, and supplier development for technical or chemical product groups.
• Strong command of classical quality tools and methodologies, including 8D, FMEA, MSA, PPAP, with LEAN/Six Sigma experience considered a strong asset.
• Relevant academic background in chemistry, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Excellent English communication skills (spoken and written).
• Strong analytical mindset, problem-solving ability, and structured approach to quality improvement.
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior team members is an advantage.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within Sweden and Europe

If this sounds interesting, please send your CV to cv@veritaz.se