Company description

Our Client is an international group and a leading player in the design and manufacturing of technical footwear, equipment and apparel for the mountain and outdoor sector, with a manufacturing footprint spanning Europe and Asia.

We have been engaged to search for a Quality Manager for the Footwear Division.

Position

Reporting to the Technical/Operations Direction, you'll own product quality end to end — from the first prototype through industrialization, production and whatever comes back from the market afterwards. More specifically, you will:
- Oversee a Quality function structured across two hubs: a European team covering lab testing, field validation and production quality control, and an Asia-based team dedicated to on-site factory quality control.
- Translate quality performance into a clear set of KPIs, track them over time, and use the underlying data — qualitative and statistical alike — to flag emerging risks and improvement areas.
- Build out and keep current the company's quality standards, working procedures and testing protocols.




- Embed quality thinking into product development from day one, working hand-in-hand with R&D; and Operations so issues get caught before they become expensive to fix.
- Own the testing calendar, lab and field alike, deciding what gets tested and when, while keeping the network of field testers organised and engaged.
- Chair the review meetings that close out each development phase, and sign off on production counter samples before they move forward.
- Act as the quality counterpart for manufacturing partners across Eastern Europe and Asia, from factory audits to checks carried out during the production run itself.
- Take ownership of non-conformities and quality complaints as they surface, getting to the root of technical issues with suppliers and pushing the resulting fixes through.
- Mine defect and test data for patterns that point to where product quality, manufacturing efficiency or supplier perfor

📌 Quality Manager- Footwear (Vicenza)
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📍 Vicenza