Quality & EHS Director

Job Description

The QEHS Director is the future leader of the Quality & EHS department in LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam (LMV).

This role will report directly to the General Manager of LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam and be members of LMV Leadership Team; the position is also member of the global Quality &EHS Wheel.

Core responsibilities:

• Provide to LEGO Manufacturing (LMV) Leadership Team the right QEHS insights to support the activation of strategic priorities and ensure work class safety culture and wellbeing.

• Ensure safe products with the right quality by deploying efficient quality control & quality assurance solutions following the LEGO Product Safety Handbook, Product Quality Handbook and other global standards.

• Ensure that the global EHS standards described in the Global EHS Handbook are deployed locally in LMV in order to safeguard the health and safety of the employees

• Lead, develop and manage LMV Quality & EHS team including all related leadership responsibilities promoting LEGO values and ONE LEGO Team spirit.

• Responsible to deploy, maintain and continuous improvement of the Integrated Management System at LMV, according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

• Deploy global quality and safety KPIs for Quality & EHS personnel.

• Report Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety results internally and to the global Quality & EHS organization.

• Secure a fast containment and effective corrective action from quality and safety problems.

• Develop the Quality& EHS department budget.

• Participate in global Quality & EHS Wheel to secure alignment of global procedures between LEGO manufacturing sites.

• Secure that LMV Quality Managers participate in the Quality Networks led by Quality Platform Leaders.

• Drive internal audit in accordance to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 including writing and performing the yearly management review towards local Leadership Team.

• Immediately notify the Product Safety and Compliance department on PS issues on products that have left the factory (stop list)

Do you have what it takes?

• 5 years or more of experience providing direction and leadership to personnel and teams.

• 10 years or more of experience working in Quality and/or EHS in a Manufacturing environment (medium to large global companies preferably)

• Bachelor’s degree on Engineering or related, Master’s degree or related is a plus

• Willing to travel, 2-3 times per year regionally / overseas

• Ideally with proven experience in Plastic Injection Molding, Assembly, and manual manufacturing processes.

• Excellent abilities and working knowledge of data analysis/statistical methods.

• Six Sigma methods application and Minitab experience are a plus.

• Proven experience using Continuous Improvement tools (Kaizen / Lean Manufacturing)

• Certification as Internal auditor in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 is a plus.

• Proficient in MS Office.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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