Process Quality Manager

Your role and responsibilities

Here you will take a key role in transforming quality from reactive inspection into built-in, predictive process excellence, directly impacting customer trust and operational performance.

In this role, you will be responsible for process quality performance on the production lines, leading a team of Quality Engineers working close to daily operations. Role will be based in Vaasa, Finland and due to the nature of the position, requires 100% on-site presence. You will ensure that quality is embedded into processes, supported by Practical Problem Solving- routines and Quality Circles, and aligned with ABB’s Smart Factory and Zero Defect ambitions.

The work model for the role is: onsite

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leading process quality execution across production lines, ensuring quality is built into every process step

• Managing and coaching Quality Engineers working on the shopfloor, enabling strong PPS execution and daily improvement culture

• Driving Quality Circles, root cause analysis and structured problem solving, shifting focus from firefighting to prevention

• Ensuring clear, standardized and up-to-date SOPs, supporting safe and stable production

• Integrating quality into PPS, MES and digital quality tools, supporting data-driven and predictive quality management

• Strengthening traceability, quality gates and supplier quality collaboration

• Acting as a key quality interface between Production, Engineering, Logistics, Purchasing and IT

• Supporting deployment of Quality Process Target Pictures and Smart Factory use cases

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related field

• Several years of experience in process quality, manufacturing, operational excellence or strong knowledge of FIMOT production.

• Proven experience working close to production and leading shopfloor

• Strong knowledge of Lean (TPM), daily management and continuous improvement practices

• Experience with root cause analysis methods (A3, 8D, 5-Why or similar)

• Understanding of quality systems, traceability, audits and supplier quality

• Ability to work cross-functionally and lead change in an operational environment

• Fluency in English and Finnish