Director quality & environment

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Director Quality, VPS & Environment at Powertrain Production, Köping Plant

With the rapid changes happening in the world and within the transport sector, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a movement that will reshape the world we want to live in and the cities of tomorrow.

The Köping plant is Volvo Group's Center of Excellence for transmission solutions, with approximately 1,500 employees. As the plant continues its transformation towards new technologies and electrified products, we are now looking for an experienced and inspiring Director Quality, VPS (Volvo production system) & Environment.

As a member of the Köping Plant Management Team, reporting to the Plant Manager for Köping, you will lead an organization of managers and specialists within Quality, VPS (Volvo production system) and Environment. The organization consists of six direct reports and approximately 90 employees in total.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Quality, VPS and Environment organization, building strong capabilities and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Drive the plant's quality strategy, VPS deployment, and environmental agenda in alignment with Volvo Group objectives.
• Own the plant's quality performance, customer satisfaction and management systems, ensuring compliance and operational excellence.
• Strengthen process stability, product quality, and continuous improvement through fact-based decision making and structured problem solving.
• Build strong partnerships across the value chain and represent the Köping plant in relevant Volvo Group networks.

Who Are You?

You are an experienced leader with a strong track record in Quality Management, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing, Engineering, or a related industrial field. You combine strategic thinking with strong execution and have successfully led managers and specialists in complex industrial environments. You understand how people, processes and customer expectations come together to create sustainable business results.

You bring:

• Experience leading managers and specialists in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of quality management, customer quality and operational excellence.
• Experience driving change, continuous improvement and organizational development.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working in an international environment.
• A university degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills in Swedish and English, enabling effective collaboration both locally and globally.

Your Leadership Makes the Difference

You lead through trust, collaboration, and clear direction. You create engagement by empowering others, developing talent, and focusing on what matters most.

To succeed in this role, you:

• Inspire and develop leaders and teams to perform at their best.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across functions and cultures.
• Balance strategic direction with operational execution.
• Translate business priorities and customer needs into sound decisions and sustainable results.
• Drive change with courage, integrity and a continuous improvement mindset.

Are We the Right Match?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future performance of the Köping plant and play a key role in Volvo Group's transformation journey. If you are passionate about quality, operational excellence, and developing both people and organizations, we welcome your application.

The application deadline is October 11.

If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Maria Westermark at maria.westermark.2@consultant.volvo.com. For other inquiries, please contact: Emil Nordling, head of Köping at emil.nordling@volvo.com and Emmy Fredin, Director People, Culture & Safety, at emmy.fredin@volvo.com. We will be happy to assist you.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities. Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

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