Quality Assurance Lead - SAP EHS

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

1. QA Policies & Standards:

- Implement quality assurance policies and procedures

- Iterate and improve existing quality standards to enhance the organization's quality level

- Develop and document QA testing procedures and best practices

- Train employees on quality standards

- Ensure team adherence to the corporate quality standards

- Identify deviance of internal approaches from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance to internal standards

2. Management of QA Process:

- Plan, execute, and oversee testing for quality and conformance to specifications and deliverables

- Provide guidance to the teams on quality matters

- Design test plans and test cases

- Implement test plans and report results

- Create and manage detailed test cases based on specifications and product requirements

- Coordinate testing efforts

- Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes

- Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with release scope, milestone plan and delivery dates

- Investigate reports of product quality issues and ensure resolution in accordance with company guidelines and regulatory requirements

3. Testing:

- Conduct technical, functional, and regression tests of developments

- Perform routine inspections and quality tests

- Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers

- Validate bug fixes and conduct regression tests

4. QA Documentation:

- Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards

- Create or maintain documentation of known test defects

- Document quality assurance activities with internal reporting

5. Continuous Improvement:

- Identify and resolve process and production issues

- Create test scripts to automate test cases and conduct routine tasks

- Provide feedback and recommendations to developers to improve the production process and product quality

- Design or develop automated testing tools

- Make recommendations for improvement

6. Reporting

- Analyze quality metrics, identify trends, and derive countermeasures to keep or improve existing quality levels

- Conduct historical analyses of test results

- Generate QA reports as part of the production process to ensure reasonable test coverage and high quality standards for determination of release readiness

7. Collaboration

- Be part of and engage in Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, and more

- Participate in business requirements reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems

- Be an advocate for excellent quality perception and coach quality values

- Maintain effective communication with stakeholders to understand and manage quality expectations

Requirements:

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

· Proficiency in best practices for QA management, testing, and defect management

· Deep knowledge of QA terminology, methods, and tools

· Proficiency in Quality Assurance tools and software

· Proficiency in SAP EHS – ideally experienced with 3E ERC and/or 3E Optimize

· Understanding of agile/scrum methodology and how QA functions within it

· Strong attention to detail

· Excellent organizational and methodological skills

· Analytical mindset with quality metrics interpretation ability

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Collaborative approach with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

· Problem-solving and decision-making skills

· Commitment to continuous learning

· Fluent in English