Global Career Starter Program - MAHLE Thermal & Fluid Systems Quality (Supplier Quality Assurance)

Global Career Starter Program – MAHLE Thermal and Fluid Systems Quality with focus on Supplier Quality Assurance

Shape the future of mobility with us.

Are you a recent graduate with a Master’s degree with first international experiences?
Are you ready to build your career in a global company? Join our Global Career Starter Program – an 18-month journey designed to accelerate your growth and prepare you for impactful roles at MAHLE.

What’s in it for you?

• An 18-month trainee program individually tailored to your profile
• Assignment to various challenging and international projects within MAHLE Thermal & Fluid Systems Quality (TQ), with a focus on Supplier Quality Assurance & Supply Chain Management
• The opportunity to get to know different areas within Quality Organization as Preventive Quality & Customer Quality including one stay abroad
• Close mentoring from management to support your personal and professional development
• Regular exchange with the functional experts and HR to promote your sustainable success with us
• Participation in the trainee community as well as numerous seminars and networking event

Who are we looking for?

• You have recently completed (or will complete by April 2027), a Master’s degree with above-average results, preferably in a technical or engineering discipline.
• You are interested in quality, supplier development, manufacturing processes and international collaboration.
• You are fluent in English and communicate technical topics clearly with international stakeholders.
• You bring initiative, a hands-on mindset, holistic and entrepreneurial thinking, strong communication and teamwork, analytical problem solving, a digital mindset and a constructive approach to change.
• You can structure technical issues, distinguish facts from assumptions, critically check data sources and completeness, explain analyses, identify root-cause questions and translate findings into practical actions.
• You have at least three months of international experience and enjoy working across international interfaces.

Your tasks:

• Gain broad experience across MAHLE Thermal & Fluid Systems Quality (TQ) during the 18-month Global Career Starter Program, with a long-term development focus on Supplier Quality Assurance.
• Contribute to selected quality activities and work closely with the global Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) organization. Support interfaces with Preventive Quality, Customer Quality and Purchasing through limited learning assignments and cross-functional collaboration.
• Support a structured review of SQA processes and their currently supporting tools within the agreed project scope. Help enhance process transparency, identify and concretize digitalization initiatives, and assess their potential. Explore which measures are taken to achieve (supplier) quality, their effort and cost, and where digital solutions could create value.
• Support BU2 implementation within the ongoing initiative for a digital global Tool Refurbishment tracker/database. Coordinate interfaces among BU SQA, Corporate SQA and Purchasing; help clarify requirements and systematics with process owners; support a bounded implementation or pilot; and contribute to a controlled global rollout concept, subject to process-owner and IT approvals.
• Enhance Supply Risk Management within Supplier Quality, focusing on risk identification, process optimization, and collaboration with Purchasing, Logistics, and Risk Management.
• Present findings and hand over maintainable project outputs to named process owners.
• Participate in international projects and, subject to agreed program planning, one international assignment. Business travel will be aligned with program needs

Your future starts here.

At MAHLE, we believe in empowering future leaders. This program is your launchpad to a dynamic career in international management. If you’re ready to grow, lead, and make a difference—apply now and let’s shape the future together.

Recruitment Process Timeline

Phone screen interviews: November & December
Interviews: December 2026 & January 2027
Asessment Center: February 2027

Start date: April 2027

Our Offering

• Participate in international projects and, subject to agreed program planning, one international assignment. Business travel will be aligned with program need
• Attractive salary package (incl. co-financed private medical care, Multisport, Medicover Sport, opportunity to join group insurance)
• Free personal, legal and financial advisory service (Employee Assistance Program)
• Becoming a member of a fast-growing team in an innovative company with stable market position
• Possibility to work for a well-known brand, a leader in Automotive industry whose products are highly recognized worldwide
• Relocation bonus for candidates who are based more than 100 km from Ostrów Wielkopolski
• Online foreign language courses
• Referral bonus program
• Flexible work schedule and possible working from home solution (home office)

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with personal & career development opportunities.

We encourage you to apply if it feels like a good fit for you or to review our other openings. You may just be the right candidate for this or other role.

After inviting you to the recruitment process, the next step will typically be a screening call followed by video or personal interview(s).

For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you, click here and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group click here.

#TeamMAHLE is diverse – and we see that as a great advantage! We welcome applications with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and identities.