Head of Quality – Energy Systems

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: description (Your contribution...), location, role description. Then "What you will do" (list of bullet-like sentences). Then "Core Responsibilities" with subheadings and bullet points. Then "What we look for" (requirements). Then "What you get" (benefits). Then "Who we are" (company description). Then "Veterans/Military Spouses", "Equal Employment Opportunity", etc which are boilerplate to remove. Also "A Note to Job Applicants" etc remove. We need to map to sections: - About the role: maybe the introductory paragraph(s) describing role. Could be "Your contribution The Head of Quality – Energy Systems is a senior leadership role..." That's about the role. - Responsibilities: The "What you will do" and "Core Responsibilities" sections. Should be combined? Probably we can have a Responsibilities section with list items. - Requirements: "What we look for" includes education, experience, expertise etc. - Qualifications: Might overlap with requirements; but we can treat "What we look for" as Qualifications. However we need both Requirements and Qualifications sections only if distinct content. The posting has "What we look for" which includes degree, years experience, expertise, etc. That's both requirements and qualifications. Could split: Requirements: education, years experience; Qualifications: expertise, skills. But we need to avoid thin sections. Better to have one section: Qualifications (or Requirements). The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it. We can decide to have Requirements and Qualifications both if we can split meaningfully. Let's see: "What we look for" includes bullet-like sentences: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or comparable technical discipline. 10+ years of automotive quality experience, including manufacturing and product quality leadership. Strong expertise in IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3, and automotive core quality tools. Deep understanding of low voltage systems, electronics, BMS, and manufacturing processes. Proven experience managing OEM customer interfaces and multi-site quality organizations. Strategic and operational leadership credibility. Strong customer orientation and communication skills. Structured, data-driven problem-solving mindset. Ability to balance hands-on involvement with scalable system development. Comfortable operating in complex, matrix, and fast-evolving environments. Up to 25–30% across production sites, customers, and suppliers. We could treat first two as Requirements (education, experience). Rest as Qualifications (expertise, skills). That seems reasonable. - Skills: Could be extracted from the qualifications list (expertise, communication, problem-solving). But we might not need separate Skills if we already have Qualifications. However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But they ask to use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for both, so we can include both. - Benefits: "What you get" includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, perks, parental leave, PTO, flexible spending, disability, life insurance, business travel insurance, EAP, global market strength, HQ location LEED, cafeteria, workout facility, Clarios recognized as Most Ethical Companies. That's benefits. - Pay: Not mentioned. No salary info. So we should NOT include Pay section. - Schedule: Not mentioned. No schedule info. So omit. Also need to include location maybe in About the role? The posting says "The role will be based in our Plymouth location." That's substantive; include in About the role. We must remove boilerplate: Veterans/Military Spouses, EEO, Note to Job Applicants, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all bullet points etc. We need to format using

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't add a heading for job title. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:

  About the role

  ...

  Then

  Responsibilities

  • ...
  ...
  We need to combine "What you will do" and "Core Responsibilities" into a single list? Could keep as separate subheadings but we cannot add extra headings besides the allowed ones? The instruction says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It implies we should use those headings for sections. It doesn't say we cannot have other headings, but better to stick to those. We can embed the core responsibilities subheadings as or just as part of list items. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we can keep the subheadings as plain text within list items. Thus for Responsibilities we can have list items each starting with the bolded heading (like "Quality Strategy & Governance: Define and deploy..."). Similarly for Requirements and Qualifications. For Benefits we can list items. Let's extract content precisely. About the role paragraph: "Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA®! Your contribution The Head of Quality – Energy Systems is a senior leadership role with end-to-end accountability for product, process, system, and manufacturing quality across the Energy Systems Business Unit. The role covers low voltage systems, batteries, supercapacitors, electronics, and Battery Management Systems (BMS), spanning development centers, suppliers, and multiple production plants. The position combines strategic BU-level quality governance with hands-on product, plant, and customer quality execution, ensuring full compliance with automotive standards (IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3, ISO 26262) and meeting the highest OEM expectations for safety, reliability, and series production performance. The role will be based in our Plymouth location." We need to keep that as prose. Possibly split into two paragraphs? But we can keep as one

  . Now Responsibilities: "What you will do" bullet-like sentences (they are separated by periods but not bullet list). Let's capture each: - Establish, govern, and continuously improve a robust Quality Management System across all Energy Systems plants and development organizations. - Ensure flawless industrialization, launches, and series production quality for automotive battery and energy storage products. - Achieve and sustain required quality maturity levels (ASPICE, customer-specific requirements, certifications). - Prevent quality escapes and drive zero-defect manufacturing performance. - Embed a strong, prevention-first quality culture across engineering, plants, and suppliers. Then "Core Responsibilities" with subheadings and details: Quality Strategy & Governance - Define and deploy the BU Quality vision, strategy, and governance model aligned with corporate standards. - Serve as Quality leader within the BU leadership team and represent Quality in enterprise-level decisions. Quality Management System & Standards - Own and maintain an IATF 16949-compliant QMS across all manufacturing sites. - Ensure deployment and consistent use of APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, SPC, and MSA. - Lead internal, customer, and certification audits. Development & ASPICE Quality - Build and sustain ASPICE capability across system, software, and hardware development. - Ensure full traceability from requirements to validation, manufacturing, and test. - Drive quality gates from development through SOP. Manufacturing & Plant Quality - Define plant quality strategies and governance aligned with OEM and BU requirements. - Own plant-level quality KPIs (PPM, FPY, scrap, rework, COPQ). - Lead launch quality, layered process audits, and management reviews. Product & Customer Quality - Act as primary quality interface for OEM and Tier-1 customers. - Lead customer audits, quality escalations, and structured problem-solving (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa). - Ensure compliance with product safety and regulatory requirements (UN 38.3, IEC 62660, ECE R100, EU Battery Regulation). Supplier Quality - Define supplier quality requirements and approval criteria. - Ensure APQP/PPAP deployment and supplier audits (VDA 6.3). - Drive supplier development and escalation management. Organization & Leadership - Build, lead, and develop a strong Quality organization across plants and regions. - Develop quality leaders and product-specific expertise within the team. - Promote a data-driven, continuous improvement culture (Lean, Six Sigma). We need to preserve all these. We'll put them as list items; maybe each subheading as a inside list item. Now Requirements: From "What we look for": first two items: - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or comparable technical discipline. - 10+ years of automotive quality experience, including manufacturing and product quality leadership. Now Qualifications (the rest): - Strong expertise in IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3, and automotive core quality tools. - Deep understanding of low voltage systems, electronics, BMS, and manufacturing processes. - Proven experience managing OEM customer interfaces and multi-site quality organizations. - Strategic and operational leadership credibility. - Strong customer orientation and communication skills. - Structured, data-driven problem-solving mindset. - Ability to balance hands-on involvement with scalable system development. - Comfortable operating in complex, matrix, and fast-evolving environments. - Up to 25–30% across production sites, customers, and suppliers. Note: The last item "Up to 25–30% across production sites, customers, and suppliers." likely refers to travel percentage. Keep as is. Now Benefits: From "What you get": - Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire - Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts - Parental and caregiver leave programs - All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program - Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership - HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility - Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction. We should keep all that as list items. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Who we are", "Veterans/Military Spouses", EEO, etc. So we stop before those. Now produce HTML. We'll have:

  About the role

  Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA®! Your contribution The Head of Quality – Energy Systems is a senior leadership role with end-to-end accountability for product, process, system, and manufacturing quality across the Energy Systems Business Unit. The role covers low voltage systems, batteries, supercapacitors, electronics, and Battery Management Systems (BMS), spanning development centers, suppliers, and multiple production plants. The position combines strategic BU-level quality governance with hands-on product, plant, and customer quality execution, ensuring full compliance with automotive standards (IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3, ISO 26262) and meeting the highest OEM expectations for safety, reliability, and series production performance. The