Reggio Emilia, 42124
Italy
Position summary
We're looking for a Customer Quality Engineer in Reggio Emilia. This role involves managing customer complaints, delivering product excellence and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams across the Organization will be part of your daily tasks to ensure tailored, fact-based, and timely responses.
Main responsibilities
- Manage customer quality complaints end-to-end, from receipt to closure.
- Analyze customer non-conformities and coordinate resolution using structured problem-solving tools (e.g., 8D, RCA, Ishikawa, 5 Whys).
- Colaborate to ensure production continuity by minimizing the impact of quality issues on volumes and deliveries.
- Act as the main point of contact for customers on quality topics, ensuring clear, timely, and professional communication.
- Coordinate internal activities with technical departments (R&D, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain) to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor the effectiveness of implemented actions and ensure formal closure of complaints within agreed timelines.
- Monitoring Customers IPM and PPM focusing on critical issues collaboranting in improvement plan definition and implementation to reducethem and maintain high level of customers trust
Main opportunities and challenges:
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and multinational reality, with excellent career opportunities.
Short term challenge: Customer IPM & PPM improvement according to KPI targets
Long term challenge: Further improvement and strengthening of relationship with customers, establishing robust communication together with fast and effective support in order to give customers certainty of having always a trusted partner.
Job position requirements
Education: University bachelor degree
Degrees Required in “Engineering ” - Degrees preferred “Mechanical Engineering”
Professional background
• At least two years of experience in a similar role is a plus
• Background in medium-structured industrial contexts (preferably mechanics or hydraulics)
• Automotive is a plus (not mandatory)
Hard skills
Essential:
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Skilled to use Microsoft Office suite, SAP
• Basic Quality tools knowledge (8D, SPC, PPAP, Kaizen, Problem solving, …)
• Team Working
Considered as a plus:
• French/german language
• Knowledge IATF16949 standard
Soft skills
• Team working
• Proactivity
• Strong organizational activities to manage tasks and priorities
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative mindset
• Passionate about quality, driven by innovation, and customer oriented
• Good technical understanding and analytical skills
Compensation: Starting gross annual salary (RAL): starting at € 38.000, Level C3 - CCNL Metalmeccanica Industria - The total compensation package will be determined based on the candidate’s skills and professional experience.