Quality Engineer, Analytics And Business Process Development

Do you want to be part of our dynamic quality team in the European market area? Are you the analytic and development-minded quality professional we are looking for?

EMEA is Valmet's biggest market area when measured by our business volume. Today we operate close to our customers in 107 locations and in 27 countries to ensure that it is always easy for our customers to work with us locally. Our vision is to become global champion in serving our customers. Quality has a significant role in reaching that target. Would you like to join the journey?

We are looking for an analytical and development minded professional to join EMEA quality team as Quality Engineer, Analytics and Business Process Development. Person we are looking for enjoys working hands-on developing processes and tools and is ready to lead related development projects of international scope. You will be working closely with business supporting them in definition and follow up of process performance metrics. You will develop EMEA quality metrics and automated reports by identifying improvement opportunities and improving the access to relevant business information. As part of quality team, you will contribute to development of continuous improvement culture and skills. The scope of your responsibilities is EMEA wide, and you have good possibility to positively impact on Valmet quality performance towards our customers. You'll report to the Director, EMEA Quality. 

In this role you will:

• Lead EMEA operations' analytics development and improve data-driven decision making 

• Develop reporting and data analysis by building automatic reports, dashboards and KPIs

• Support EMEA organization in analytical development work and process improvement

• Participate and lead assigned development projects and improvement initiatives

• Facilitate and conduct process audits, root cause analysis and support continuous improvement

• Provide quality training and coaching to EMEA organization

• Participate EMEA quality reporting

• Contribute to quality communication

Expectations:

To succeed in this position, you need to be a team player with great communication and networking skills. Willingness to learn new things as well as ability to take responsibility and lead development work in international business environment are essential in this role.  

We also expect you to have:

• Degree (BSc or MSc) in engineering or business fields

• At least 5 years of experience in quality, business, or operations development roles

• Great analytical, statistical and IT skills

• Practical experience from data driven process improvement, Six sigma certification is seen as a benefit 

• Previous experience from ERP and other IT solution development or implementation is a benefit

• Excellent influencing and co-operation skills, ability to challenge current way of working 

• Good project management and facilitation skills

• Good communication skills, fluent written and verbal English

• Availability and willingness to travel

We offer:

 
We offer you an interesting and independent position in a global business environment with many opportunities for personal growth and development. You will be interacting with people across the Valmet organization and our global quality community is supporting your professional development. Together with Valmet professionals, you will have an important role in bringing Valmet and our customers' business forward. Preferred locations for this role are Tampere or Jyväskylä but other Valmet key location in EMEA can be considered also.

Additional information
 
If you are interested in becoming part of EMEA quality team, send your application by 3rd of October, 2023. We are already eagerly waiting for your application and start processing the applications as they come in.

 
If you want to know more, please contact Aino-Ilona Uusinoka, Director, EMEA quality +358504876704 on 21.9. 12:00 -13:00 or 25.9. 14:00 -15:00

When everything works togetherValmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 17,500 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers' performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork. Join the team! www.valmet.com/careers