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LACROIX

EMS provider for embedded electronics

Industrial Quality Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Master's
Beaupréau-en-Mauges, France
In Person
Manufacturing Quality & TestQuality Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bac+5 qualification in Quality or equivalent is required.
  • At least 5 to 6 years of confirmed experience in industrial quality is required.
  • A first successful team-management experience is desirable.
  • Experience in the electronics industry or EMS environments is an advantage.
  • Strong command of problem-solving and continuous-improvement methods, including QRQC, 8D, and root-cause analysis.
  • Knowledge of supplier-quality approaches, including APQP, PPAP, FAI, and audits.
  • Understanding of industrial quality-control and quality-management processes, including incoming inspection, metrology, sampling, and quality-status management.
  • Ability to manage performance using SQCDP indicators.
  • Ability to support team skill development, share best practices, and encourage autonomy.
Responsibilities
  • Set priorities, workload, and objectives for Production Quality, Supplier Quality Assurance, Incoming Inspection, and after-sales activities according to business priorities and risks.
  • Lead Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (SQCDP) routines for Quality and daily performance reviews for the department.
  • Develop team skills, versatility, and accountability, and report performance, risks, and decisions to the Plant Quality Manager.
  • Lead quick-response problem-solving methods (QRQC), internal nonconformities, containment actions, and resulting action plans, ensuring product and process conformity and application of inspection standards.
  • Analyze trends in first-pass yield (FPY), scrap, rework, and recurring defects.
  • Coordinate quality actions with Production, Methods, Process, Test, Maintenance, and program-lead functions.
  • Manage supplier performance, quality incidents, 8D processes, and convergence plans, and contribute to APQP, PPAP, and FAI activities as applicable.
  • Ensure control of incoming inspection, quarantine, quality statuses, and traceability.
  • Define and evolve inspection and supplier-quality assurance strategies based on observed risks and performance.
  • Manage the after-sales backlog and turnaround times for case handling, diagnosis, repair, and closure.
  • Ensure traceability of products, decisions, repairs, and releases.
  • Analyze return causes, organize lessons learned, and implement continuous-improvement actions to reduce turnaround times, work in progress, and costs.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in the electronics industry or EMS environments.
  • A first successful team-management experience.

About the company

LACROIX Electronics is a leading European EMS provider that designs and manufactures embedded electronics for industrial solutions. It combines research and development with Industry 4.0‑level manufacturing to deliver hardware for automotive, industrial, HBAS, aerospace and defense, and healthcare sectors. Its offering spans a design center and four production facilities across Europe and North Africa, enabling end-to-end support from concept to mass production with integration of advanced electronics and connectivity. The company differentiates itself through its integrated design and manufacturing capability, the breadth of its industry exposure, and its regional footprint that anchors a scalable supply base (2,350 employees and €320 million in 2025 revenue). Its goal is to be a trusted partner for electronic equipment and connected devices by delivering reliable embedded solutions and manufacturing at scale for complex, high‑reliability applications.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Saint-Herblain, France

Founded

2010

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What believers are saying

  • H1 2026 revenue rose 3.1% to €235.2 million, confirming execution.
  • Water quality sensors reached €2.5 million in 2025, five times 2023.
  • LACROIX closed a €77.6 million syndicated loan in May 2026, extending maturity.

What critics are saying

  • Electronics fell 1.1% in H1 2026, signaling weak core demand.
  • Spanish PERTE funding ended June 30, 2026, cutting water-sensor growth momentum.
  • If Electronics stagnates and PERTE fades, LACROIX misses 2027 targets and becomes a takeover target.

What makes LACROIX unique

  • LACROIX combines industrial Electronics with Environment systems for water networks and smart infrastructure.
  • Its SOFREL water portfolio now spans chlorine, wastewater, and drinking-water quality sensors.
  • The group keeps extending installed base relationships instead of chasing consumer-device volume.

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Benefits

  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Vacation