Production & Quality Coordinator (m/f/x)
at El Dorado, KS
For more than 140 years, AMAZONE has been developing high tech for the agricultural world. Day after day, customers from over 70 countries rely on AMAZONE machines to harvest the best possible results. This is how we make a decisive contribution to the global food supply.
As Production & Quality Coordinator, you are responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing daily production activities across assembly sites in the United States and Canada, ensuring efficient production flow, high quality standards, and on-time delivery of machinery.
You work closely with logistics and suppliers from a quality perspective and play a key role in continuous improvement, operational decision-making, and the successful setup and development of a new production location.
Your tasks / This is what you move with us
- Production planning: You plan, schedule, and execute daily production activities, including prioritization of work orders and alignment of resources.
- Operational control: You monitor production performance and independently assess, resolve, or escalate operational and shop-floor issues as required.
- Safety & compliance: You ensure compliance with workplace safety, regulatory, warehouse, and assembly standards.
- Logistics coordination: You coordinate production requirements with the logistics team to ensure the timely availability and movement of materials and machinery.
- Continuous improvement: You analyze production processes and implement continuous improvement measures, including Lean methodologies.
- Quality assurance: You ensure adherence to defined quality standards, procedures, and work instructions across all assembly operations.
- Root cause analysis: You conduct root cause analyses and define, implement, and track corrective and preventive actions.
- Supplier quality: You manage supplier quality topics, including performance evaluation, coordination of corrective actions, and participation in audits and inspections.
- Quality interface: You act as the main quality interface between production, suppliers, and management, providing clear reporting and actionable recommendations.
Your qualifications / This is what you bring with you
- Education: You hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality management, or a related technical field.
- Professional experience: You have experience in production planning, coordination, and/or quality management within a manufacturing environment.
- Quality systems: You possess a solid understanding of quality systems and corrective action processes.
- Analytical skills: You demonstrate strong analytical, organizational, and communication abilities.
- Hands-on mindset: You bring a proactive, hands-on approach and are comfortable engaging directly in operational topics.
- IT systems: You are proficient in Microsoft Office and ideally have experience with ERP or manufacturing systems.
- Team orientation: You work in a team-oriented manner and are motivated to actively support the successful setup of a new location.
Your new employer / This is AMAZONE
What began in 1883, we are now carrying on in the fourth generation: Together with over 2,500 employees, we develop innovative agricultural machinery and technologies. Every day, we work at over 9 locations to further optimize the performance and user-friendliness of our products.
We set high standards for quality and ongoing development in every department. Our corporate culture is characterized by cooperation and our shared success. With individual career paths, the AmaTrain personnel development program and a strong drive for innovation, we not only keep our company on course for growth, but also ensure a successful future for every single employee at AMAZONE.
Your application / These are the next steps
Apply online in just a few minutes! After submitting your application, you will automatically receive a confirmation of receipt by e-mail. We will get back to you within two days with initial feedback.
Your point of contact / These are our contact details
Hauke Jürgens
Head of Human Resources
personal.hude@amazone.de
Telephone: +49 440 8927 0
WhatsApp: 05405 501 7555