Director SQE for APAC & Middle East

Our client is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry. They provide elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective solutions, they make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings.

Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, they operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. Their mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live.

Responsibilities:

Leadership / People Management / Culture:

• Be the leader to promote and develop the culture of “Safe Every Day and Quality starts with me.”
• Be the champion and sponsor of Lean and Six Sigma projects.
• Demonstrate ownership of safety and quality by role-modelling
• Drive and support the development and maintenance of competences at all levels.
• Establish, maintain, and improve communication processes, programs and materials in crossfunctional collaboration.
• Sets APM targets that are aligned with global targets.
• Represent to external stakeholders in safety and quality matters.

Safety & Quality Management:

• Implement, maintain, and improve strategy and the management system (operating model)
• including worker, user, and third-party safety. Focus on selected global areas and projects. 
• Active monitoring of audits execution and deployment of action plans across the region Providing day-to-day leadership to the team. Defining performance objectives/manages to
• ensure desired behaviours/results are achieved, seeking & providing input to Personal
• Development process
• Driving the development, the implementation and the follow-up of the quality processes, methods, and systems to measure and analyze the performance indicators (KPIs)
• Analysing feedback from frontlines and proactively gathering and analysing other relevant data to identify improvement opportunities and give a continuous improvement spirit momentum
• Monitoring the progress and effectiveness of corrective and preventative actions that are being logged within the organisation and provide direction and support where needed
• Building and communicating the reports on safety & quality actions in the area
• Lead or support safety related change management projects and initiatives

Safety Assurance:

• Monitor and analyze safety information, ensure accuracy, and evaluate performance.
• Provide professional advice and develop safety performance indicators.
• Set safety targets, goals, and plan/roadmap together with unit leadership and Global Safety
• Develop annual safety budget in line with global budgeting guidelines.
• Drive continual improvement through auditing, incident and non-conformity management and
• the sharing of the outcomes and best practices

Requirements:

• Awareness of environment, social and governance reporting for corporations is considered an advantage
• Has strong leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a range of experiences managing transformations at a senior level
• Genuinely interested and motivated to develop relationships with different internal and externa stakeholders
• Inclusive and inspiring leader who is able function effectively in a matrix set-up; includes directteam members and project team members
• Excellent people management, training, and communication skills
• Experience of working in international and multicultural environments, change management & driving the culture change
• About 10 to 20 years of relevant experience in the area of health, safety and/or quality coupled with keen analytical skills with business acumen
• Good at problem solving and root cause analysis. Lean Six Sigma and continual improvement skills, Green/Black Belt certification is seen as a benefit
• ISO certifications, management system knowledge and auditing experience is seen as a benefit