Director, Enterprise Quality Management Systems

Director, Enterprise Quality Management Systems (QMS) – MBI TN, Loudon, TN 37774

The Director, Enterprise Quality Management Systems (QMS) is responsible for defining, establishing, governing, and executing the enterprise-wide quality strategy. The director drives and oversees the comprehensive quality management system that ensures products, services, and operational processes meet regulatory standards, customer expectations, and business objectives across all Malibu Boats brands, business units, and manufacturing locations. This position provides strategic leadership for quality governance, policy deployment, compliance management, audit systems, quality risk management, and enterprise quality standards.

• Establish and communicate the enterprise quality vision, strategy, and policies aligned with company and brand goals.
• Develop a roadmap, including quality standards, policies, procedures, and governance frameworks across operations and supply chain.
• Deploy and maintain the enterprise QMS strategy in phases.
• Act as the designated enterprise authority for QMS governance and quality system effectiveness.
• Establish quality governance councils and management review processes across all business units.
• Lead the development of long‑range quality maturity plans and quality system roadmaps.
• Ensure consistent application of quality standards across all brands and manufacturing locations.

• Provide strategic leadership to the Sr. Manager, QMS Program and related quality system resources.
• Define enterprise requirements for document control, change management, records retention, and procedural governance.
• Establish standardized quality processes and enterprise quality requirements.
• Review and approve enterprise‑level quality procedures and policy changes.
• Ensure integration of quality requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

• Serve as executive owner for enterprise audit programs.
• Direct internal audit strategy, scheduling, governance, and corrective action systems.
• Maintain compliance with applicable quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer‑specific requirements.
• Oversee third‑party certification activities and registrar relationships.
• Monitor organizational compliance and elevate significant risks to executive leadership.
• Ensure recurring management reviews are conducted and documented according to established standards.

• Develop enterprise quality risk management methodologies.
• Lead identification and mitigation of systemic quality risks.
• Investigate the use of tools such as APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA, and Controls Plan for NPI/ECNs.
• Establish governance for CAPA effectiveness.
• Monitor leading and lagging quality indicators to proactively identify emerging risks.
• Lead enterprise quality risk assessments involving products, suppliers, manufacturing processes, and customer experience.

• Establish enterprise quality scorecards and executive reporting systems.
• Develop quality‑related KPIs focused on system effectiveness, compliance, customer performance, audit health, and risk reduction.
• Present quality performance trends and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
• Drive accountability for quality objectives throughout the organization.
• Establish and propel measurable improvement roadmaps tied to cost, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.

• Define enterprise quality competency requirements.
• Develop quality leadership development programs.
• Promote a culture of quality ownership and prevention throughout the organization.
• Lead enterprise‑level quality awareness initiatives.
• Ensure quality‑related training systems remain effective and aligned with business requirements.

• Serve as a member of the enterprise quality leadership team.
• Advise executive leadership regarding quality strategy, governance, compliance, and risk.
• Participate in acquisition integration activities, new facility launches, and enterprise transformation initiatives as the quality systems…