Job Description: It is highly important that you have and/or know: * Academic Qualifications: Completed Bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering, Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Administration with a focus on Quality, or related fields. Postgraduate studies or an MBA in Quality Management, Industrial Management, or related areas are mandatory. * Professional Experience: Proven experience of at least 8 years in quality management positions within large-scale garment or textile manufacturing industries, including experience managing multidisciplinary teams and supply chain management. * Technical Knowledge: Advanced expertise in quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949), quality tools (e.g., Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, MASP), and applicable sector legislation. Proficiency in management software (ERP, MES) and data analysis. * Behavioral Skills: Strategic leadership, systemic vision, negotiation and influence capabilities, analytical thinking and complex problem-solving skills, effective communication across all organizational levels, proactivity, and results orientation. * Preferred Qualifications: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Knowledge of supplier audits and international certifications. Key challenges of this role include: Leading and strategically managing Guararapes’ quality management system, ensuring quality across the entire industrial chain to prevent or reduce rework, enhancing reliability, increasing visibility of cost-reduction opportunities, improving margins and product quality at every stage—from evaluation of incoming or internally produced raw materials through to the finished product. Ensuring compliance with standards and regulations, as well as customer satisfaction, aligned with the company’s business objectives. Responsibilities: * Define and implement the organization-wide quality policy and objectives, aligned with the company’s strategy; * Manage the quality team, fostering its development and high performance; * Ensure compliance with ISO standards (e.g., ISO 9001), textile industry regulations, and customer requirements across the entire industrial chain; * Develop, monitor, and analyze quality performance indicators (KPIs) across the entire chain, proposing action plans to address failures and drive continuous improvement; * Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence by implementing continuous improvement tools (e.g., Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma); * Represent the company in external and internal audits, ensuring certification and maintenance of quality standards; * Manage the quality department’s budget, seeking resource optimization and return on investment; * Ensure integrated quality across the entire industrial chain—from raw material evaluation (incoming or internally produced) to the finished product—with the aim of reducing rework and costs; * Develop and supervise robust action plans to address failures and non-conformities, ensuring the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions; * Enhance process and product reliability, increasing visibility of cost-reduction opportunities and margin improvement; * Elevate quality standards and improve efficiency in production processes through implementation of best practices and technologies. 2512090203141855219