As the Quality Director for our Lodz site, you will be the strategic and operational leader responsible for the full quality agenda across the plant. You will define and implement short‑ and long‑term quality strategies, set and govern standards, drive continuous improvement, and empower your team and cross‑functional partners to ensure product quality meets engineering specifications, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. We look forward to receiving your application! **In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:** • Define and implement short‑ and long‑term Quality strategies, policies, and targets. • Lead the Quality culture transformation and propose investments in systems, labs, and inspection technologies. • Own and manage Quality KPIs (FPY, scrap, PPM, audit results, complaint rate, cost of quality). • Oversee Quality performance across the full Product Lifecycle and the entire Value Chain. • Manage and develop the Quality team, including hiring, capability building, performance management, and budgeting. • Ensure the effectiveness and certification of the Integrated Management System (ISO standards, documentation). • Lead New Product Introduction Quality, including gate moderation and ensuring customer‑aligned launch readiness. • Serve as the key Quality contact for customers: claim management, audits, visits, and executive‑level escalation. • Drive Supplier Quality activities: PPAP, inspections, audits, claims, and product assurance. • Ensure Internal Quality: inspections, process qualifications, audits, enforcement of quality standards. • Lead QRQC at site, line, and supplier level to resolve issues quickly and effectively. • Drive digital Quality initiatives (automated inspection, advanced analytics, AI‑based detection). • Lead corrective and preventive actions, and manage internal/external audit execution and follow‑up. • Oversee metrology and material laboratory functions. • Lead continuous improvement initiatives and share best practices across the FLMC EMEA Quality network. • Comply with safety duties per Polish Labour Code Article 212 (safe work environment, PPE, OHS enforcement, medical recommendations). **Who You Are:** You deliver messages in a clear, compelling, and concise manner. You show a tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations and are exceptional at spotting and seizing opportunities. You analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. • You give others appropriate latitude to get work done. **For This Role, You Will Need:** • Proven experience leading Quality in a manufacturing or industrial environment, ideally including responsibility for strategy, systems, and performance. • Strong understanding of ISO-based Quality Management Systems, including ISO 9001; familiarity with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. • Practical knowledge of PPAP, FMEA, SPC, DOE, QRQC, 8D, and MSA. • Experience with manufacturing technologies such as machining, plastics processing, or aluminum casting. • Demonstrated leadership skills: communication, team development, collaboration, and performance management. • Ability to interpret customer and engineering requirements and translate them into Quality processes and standards. • Strong proficiency in English. • Readiness to travel • Fluent Polish (spoken and written) **Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:** • Experience in automotive or similarly demanding sectors with high Quality and regulatory expectations. • Background leading Quality transformation initiatives or implementing advanced analytics, automated inspection, or digital quality tools. • Experience working in regional or global Quality networks and contributing to multi-site alignment. • Exposure to NPI processes, customer audits, and high-volume manufacturing environments. • Formal engineering education or equivalent practical experience demonstrating strong technical and Quality foundations. **Our Culture & Commitment to You:** At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. Make this great opportunity yours! **WHY EMERSON** **Our Commitment to Our People** At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration. We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor. At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together. **Accessibility Assistance or Accommodation** If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, please contact: idisability.administrator@emerson.com . **ABOUT EMERSON** Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability. With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety. We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go! **No calls or agencies please.** **Requisition ID** : 26001664 Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.