Quality Assurance and Development Manager

Surface Drilling Division within Sandvik Mining is a world leading supplier of surface mining and construction equipment and related services. We are now looking for an active and engaging
Quality Assurance and Development Manager
to join our division. This key position is full-time, permanent position and based in Tampere, Finland.

About Your Role
As Quality Assurance and Development Manager, you are responsible for supply chain quality assurance processes and their ongoing enhancement, including supplier quality performance and development. The role involves owning and optimizing processes within supplier base and production to minimize disruptions and ensure defect-free end products. You will use customer feedback to drive internal quality improvements, oversee quality reporting and KPIs, handle supplier claim follow-up, and lead agreed audits for suppliers and internal teams. The position includes occasional travel to suppliers and has an active role in fostering and developing a strong quality culture.

If you're passionate about quality, collaboration, and driving meaningful change, join us in shaping a world-class supply chain.

About Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop Supply Chain quality processes including supplier development and production quality. You provide support and direction to supply chain quality, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence. This position is a manager role.
• Participate in Continuous Product Improvement Process (CPIP) and lead agreed CPIP cases to ensure efficient resolution of customer issues and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Quality reporting and KPIs to provide a comprehensive view of divisional quality and customer quality experience.
• Lead agreed supplier and internal audits to ensure adherence to quality standards and identify areas for improvement.
• Strengthen the division's quality culture, promoting best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

About Your Background And What We Find Important

• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Proven experience of leading change and an ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement initiatives in a supply chain or manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of ISO-9001 standards and certification processes as well as root cause analysing technigues
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and a systematic way of working
• Experience with customer issue resolution and improving customer engagement and satisfaction through quality improvements
• Suitable educational background; Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field
• Ability to work fluently in English and in Finnish
• Experience in welding or hydraulics quality assurance and control is seen as an advantage

What's in it for you?
We offer you versatile and interesting tasks in international business environment, as well as the opportunity to develop your own professional skills and career. In addition, we offer good employee benefits and inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development, with values such as Curiosity, Responsibility, Customer Focus and Winning Together. We have hybrid office/home working environment. At Sandvik we believe that the diversity of experiences, perspectives and backgrounds will contribute to successes for our employees, our company and therefore also our customers.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact the recruiting manager: Katri Mäkinen, Quality Manager, Surface Drilling Division, tel , on Friday 12th December at 12-13 and Monday 15th December at All times are Finnish time (EET).

For further information about the recruitment process, please contact: HR Services Finland, tel weekdays at 9-11 and 13-15 EET).

Want to join our journey in setting new industry standards?
Submit your application at home.sandvik/careers latest by Tuesday December 30th, 2025 but please note that we will be interviewing already during the application period.

Click apply and include your cover letter with your salary request and CV in English. Please describe in your application or CV the experience you have in leading quality improvement initiatives within a supply chain or manufacturing environment.

Job ID: R0086309

About Us
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. Our offerings cover the entire customer value chain and are based on extensive investments in research and development, customer insights and deep knowledge of industrial processes and digital solutions. In 2024, the group had approximately employees, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 123 billion.

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