Vice President of Quality

How You Will Help:

• Develop deploy and continuously improve a scalable standardized Quality Management System aligned with ISO 9001 requirements and business objectives.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and application of QMS requirements across all manufacturing sites and supporting functions.
• Own global quality policies procedures standards and governance models.
• Lead management review processes and ensure actionable outcomes tied to business performance.
• Ensure the QMS effectively supports new product introduction product line expansion and integration of external manufacturing partners.

• Provide functional leadership and accountability for plant Quality leaders across all manufacturing locations.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 customer requirements and internal standards at each site.
• Drive disciplined use of core quality tools (e.g. corrective action root cause analysis SPC PFMEA PPAP risk management control plans).
• Establish and track key quality KPIs including internal and external PPM FPY COPQ audit findings and customer complaints.
• Lead enterprise response to significant quality events customer escalations and containment actions.
• Partner with Engineering and R&D to ensure quality is embedded in product design validation and launch readiness.

• Establish and execute a robust Supplier Quality Management framework across a global and increasingly outsourced/partnered supply base.
• Ensure supplier compliance to quality regulatory and contractual requirements through audits scorecards and development plans.
• Partner with Supply Chain to drive supplier qualification risk management and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier corrective action processes and escalation management when quality performance is at risk.
• Support sourcing decisions with supplier quality assessments and due diligence.
• Lead quality integration and oversight for third-party manufacturing partners including qualification performance management and ongoing governance.

• Serve as the executive owner for external and internal audits including ISO 9001 certification bodies key customers and regulatory agencies as applicable.
• Ensure timely closure and effectiveness of corrective actions resulting from audits and assessments.
• Proactively identify quality and compliance risks across manufacturing and the supply chain and implement mitigation strategies.

• Champion a culture of quality accountability and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Partner with Operations Engineering and R&D to integrate quality into process design new product introduction and change management.
• Drive standardization and best practice sharing across sites to improve performance and reduce variability.
• Develop and mentor quality leaders and build a strong succession pipeline within the Quality organization.

• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on quality risks opportunities and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to balance quality cost delivery and growth objectives.
• Clearly communicate quality performance trends and risks at an executive level.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelors degree in engineering Quality Manufacturing or a related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• 15 years of progressive quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment including multi-site responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Strong background in supplier quality management and global supply chain oversight.
• Proven ability to lead audits corrective actions and enterprise quality transformations.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling quality systems to support new product introduction and/or external manufacturing partnerships.
• Experience working with global suppliers and cross-cultural teams preferred.

Compensation: