Business Excellence Manager

Quintus is entering a new phase of ambitious international growth. Building on a strong technology position and continued expansion into new applications and markets, the company is preparing to significantly scale its business. This requires not only increased commercial and operational capacity, but also more scalable ways of working, stronger cross-functional coordination and greater transparency and control of business processes, performance and resource allocation.

Against this background, Quintus is recruiting a Business Excellence Manager to take a key role in enabling the company’s continued transformation and growth.

Historically, Quintus has operated with a highly project-driven delivery model, optimising engineering, sourcing and execution around individual customer requirements. As the company scales, there is a clear ambition to evolve towards a more systematic, standardized and product-oriented operating model, supported by increased modularization, improved process management including clearer process ownership and generally improved operational performance.

Reporting to the Head of Quality & Sustainability, the Business Excellence Manager will develop Quintus’ capability for process management, strategic improvement and portfolio governance. The primary mandate is to strengthen end-to-end ways of working, improve performance transparency and support the prioritisation and delivery of initiatives that contribute to the company’s growth and productification agenda.

The Business Excellence Manager will establish a clear long-term direction while ensuring that priorities translate into tangible business improvements. A central part of the assignment will be to map and develop priority end-to-end processes, clarify ownership and decision rights, define relevant KPIs and implement governance routines that enable continuous improvement. This includes leading and facilitating cross-functional initiatives that improve operational performance, scalability, quality, delivery capability and resource efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

• Define and drive the Business Improvement roadmap in alignment with Quintus’ business, growth and productification agenda.
• Develop the company’s process-management framework, including process mapping, ownership, decision rights, performance measures and governance routines.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional improvement and transformation initiatives linked to standardization, modularization, build-to-stock and other strategic priorities.
• Work closely with Process Owners and leaders in Engineering, Operations, Production, Supply Chain, Quality and Technology to identify bottlenecks and translate improvement opportunities into practical implementation.
• Strengthen performance transparency through relevant KPIs, structured follow-up and clear reporting of progress, risks, dependencies and expected value.
• Support governance of the strategic project and improvement portfolio, including prioritization, resource needs, progress follow-up and benefit realization.

Experience and qualifications:

We are looking for a structured and pragmatic professional with a strong track record of using process management and cross-functional improvement to support business development, operational performance and organizational transformation. Relevant experience includes:

• Relevant experience from Business Excellence, Operational Excellence, Process Excellence, Business Process, Transformation or a comparable cross-functional improvement role, preferably within an industrial, manufacturing or technology-led business.
• Demonstrated track record of establishing structured ways of working and leading improvement initiatives from idea through implementation and measurable business value.
• Strong practical experience of end-to-end process management, including process mapping, standardization, process ownership, KPI definition, performance monitoring, governance and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience of leading cross-functional strategic improvement or transformation projects in a complex business environment.
• Experience of project or portfolio management, including prioritization, resource requirements, risks, dependencies, progress reporting and benefit realization.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, change management, project governance or comparable methodologies.
• Relevant academic degree in Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent professional background.
• Fluent Swedish and English, spoken and written, is a requirement.

The position is based at Quintus Technologies’ headquarters in Västerås, Sweden.

A strong and regular on-site presence is required, as the role depends on close interaction with Process Owners, operational teams and key stakeholders across the business.

For the right candidate, this is an opportunity to shape a strategically important capability during a defining phase in Quintus’ development – helping build the processes, governance and cross-functional ways of working required to support the company’s next stage of international growth.

Quintus offers an exciting role in a highly technology-driven company, with deep expertise across several advanced technology areas. In this recruitment process, we cooperate with Mercuri Urval.

Please apply at www.mercuriurval.com (ref.no. SE-15433).

Applications will be open until 2026.11.15

For questions, please contact responsible consultant at Mercuri Urval

Carl-Johan Clemedtson

cj.clemedtson@mercuriurval.com.

Quintus Technologies is the global leader in high-pressure technology, developing and delivering advanced systems for material densification, sheet metal forming and high-pressure processing of food and beverages. The company has delivered more than 1,900 systems to customers across industries including energy, medical implants, space, aerospace, automotive and food processing. Headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, Quintus has a global presence spanning 45 countries.

Läs mer: www.quintustechnologies.com