Job Description
Manager Design Quality Intelligence & Assurance (m/f/d)
Posting Start Date:
11/2/26
Main Location:
Linnich
Requisition ID:
54170
You may be our new
Design Quality Intelligence & Assurance Manager (m/f/d)
Key responsibilities
- Establish, execute, and continuously improve Design Quality governance throughout the development lifecycle of aseptic carton packaging systems.
- Prepare and conduct global Stage Gate Reviews, evaluating project maturity and readiness against predefined quality requirements for each development phase.
- Ensure that new packaging materials, packaging formats, closures, and system components meet quality, food safety, regulatory, sustainability, manufacturability, and customer requirements prior to commercialization.
- Provide recommendations regarding gate approval decisions, ensuring consistent governance across regions, business units, and development teams while supporting management reviews and executive decision-making.
- Support design verification and validation planning, participate in technical design reviews and risk management activities (e.g., APQP), and contribute to root cause investigations and quality improvement initiatives.
- Develop and maintain a structured, objective framework for evaluating overall project readiness and supporting Stage Gate decisions.
- Drive AI-enabled quality governance by developing AI-supported gate review methodologies, automated documentation, and deliverable completeness assessments.
You bring these skills, experience & education
- Relevant experience in Design Quality, Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or Product Development within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, Stage Gate processes, quality governance, and project readiness assessments.
- Knowledge of design verification and validation, technical risk management, root cause analysis, and quality planning methodologies such as APQP.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess project maturity, evaluate quality requirements, and provide recommendations supporting management decisions.
- Familiarity with digital quality management, process automation, and AI-enabled solutions, or a strong interest in developing expertise in these areas.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global, cross-functional teams and support executive decision-making.
We offer
- A responsible and rewarding role in a reputable, international company with an open, supportive, and appreciative culture.
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working.
- An attractive compensation package, including a company pension scheme.
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including free access to Speexx and various mentoring and coaching programs.
- A high level of autonomy and the opportunity to contribute your own ideas and concepts.
- An on-site company canteen offering subsidized meals.
- Attractive employee discounts through Corporate Benefits and the opportunity to participate in a JobRad bike leasing program.
- Occupational health services and free access to EAP Assist for you and your family members, providing confidential support on professional, personal, family, social, and legal matters.
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Contact
SIG Talent Acquisition Team
Phone: +49 246 279 1436
Email: recruiting@sig.biz
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Manager Design Quality Intelligence & Assurance (m/f/d)