Vice President of Quality

Vice President of Quality

Vice President of Quality is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing, scaling, and continuously improving the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS) across a multi-plant, ISO 9001 certified manufacturing organization and its global supply chain. This leader ensures product and process quality, regulatory compliance, supplier quality performance, and a strong culture of continuous improvement. This role is critical to enabling product line expansion, supporting third-party manufacturing partners, and ensuring quality is designed into new products and processes from concept through commercialization.

The VP of Quality partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Research & Development to embed quality into business strategy, new product introduction, and operational execution.

Quality Management System (QMS) Leadership

• 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.

Manufacturing Site Quality Oversight

• 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.

Supplier Quality & Global Supply Chain Oversight

• 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.

Compliance, Audits & Risk Management

• 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.

Continuous Improvement & Quality Culture

• 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.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• 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.

• Bachelor's 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.

The base salary range for this position is $ - $ USD…