Quality Manager, ISO 17065 & 17025
Fime is a globally recognised international player providing deep expertise across digital payments, mobility services, and digital identity. We work with leading organisations worldwide to solve complex challenges, identify emerging opportunities, and future-proof their strategies.Our team of 900+ experts operates in over 20 locations around the globe, delivering solutions that support millions of transactions every day, across global markets. What sets us apart is our values: we are curious, creative, and highly collaborative, with a strong commitment to integrity - we do the right thing for our clients, our people, and our shareholders.
At Fime, the work is varied and intellectually stimulating. No two days are the same, and you will be surrounded by smart, engaged colleagues who value learning and continuous improvement.
MISSION
As Quality Manager, you'll oversee customer satisfaction and complaint handling across your region, lead internal and external audits to ensure continued accreditation, and drive process improvement using PDCA and quality tools such as FMEA, Ishikawa, Pareto, and 8D. You'll manage documentation, training plans, and KPI reporting, run management review meetings, and work closely with local managers and other Quality Managers to keep quality objectives on track in an international, technical environment.
ACTIVITIES
- Contribute to the implementation of the management systems strategy and objectives in collaboration with the Quality Director.
- Foster a culture of "customer-first" awareness and ensure effective internal communication regarding quality.
- Supervise customer satisfaction regionally, and oversee the treatment of complaints.
- Collaborate with other Quality Managers to drive improvements in management systems within their respective scopes.
- Liaise with managers in their areas of responsibility to ensure alignment with quality objectives.
- Implement processes and oversee their application, utilizing audit and PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) approaches within their designated scope.
- Manage audit programs, both internal and external, according to their respective scopes.
- Organize and conduct internal audits at regional level and monitor action plan follow-ups.
- Coordinate external audit activities within their scope, including action plan coordination and responding to auditors and authorities.
- Participate in the documentation update process for FMS documents, local documents, and QAP (Quality Assurance Plan) documents.
- Ensure documentation is maintained in alignment with company changes.
- Report on action plan follow-ups through monthly meetings and key performance indicators.
- Organize and facilitate management review meetings.
- Support teams locally, in continuous improvement efforts, including risk analysis and problem-solving using various techniques and tools.
- Distribute documentation and communicate with local teams to ensure comprehensive understanding and usage of the documentation.
- Manage the training plan for Services activities, including associated access rights.
JOB EXPERIENCE
- At least 5 years of work experience in methods and quality management within an international environment.
- Strong background in processes and audit management.
- Experience in line and cross-functional management.
- Global understanding of technical environment activities.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Master's degree in Quality Management or equivalent qualification.
- Proficiency in quality tools such as AMDEC, FMEA, Hishikawa, 5M, 5S, Pareto, and 8D.
- Knowledge of ISO standards, including ISO 9001, 19011, 17025, 17065 and 27001 (a plus).
- Fluent in English.
Contract: Full time, permanent
Starting date: ASAP
Location: Leiden, Netherlands