Quality Manager (Automotive)

Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria; full-time on-site role

Salary: €29,164.00–€40,100.50 gross annual salary

Company

hirify.global operates a collaborative, cross-functional environment where employees work across countries and cultures.

What you will do

• Implement quality standards, assurance strategies, regulations, and compliance controls across all process stages.
• Lead, develop, and mentor Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control teams.
• Manage customer complaints, quality issues, customer scorecards, and corrective action activities.
• Lead root cause investigations and verify corrective and preventive actions using 8D, 5 Why, and Ishikawa methodologies.
• Monitor and report quality metrics, including PPM, COPQ, scrap, and customer returns.
• Drive continuous improvement, product safety, risk management, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing excellence initiatives.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Practical experience with 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, and root cause analysis.
• Experience managing customer complaints, corrective actions, and customer quality performance metrics.
• Ability to analyze quality data, identify trends, and support data-based decision-making.
• Hands-on experience with Automotive Core Tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and SPC.
• Fluent English, written and verbal, is required. Strong communication, organization, planning, collaboration, and Microsoft Office skills are also required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced environment with multiple functions and competing priorities.
• Collaborate across functions, countries, and cultures.
• Work in an environment focused on mutual respect, open communication, and continuous improvement.
• Starting salary is determined using objective, gender-neutral criteria such as internal equivalency, skills, experience, and qualifications.