Vice President of Quality

A privately held manufacturing company is seeking a Vice President of Quality to lead a comprehensive rebuild and modernization of its Quality Management System (QMS). This senior role is responsible for transforming quality from a reactive, inspection-driven function into a proactive, data-driven capability embedded across products, processes, suppliers, and culture.

Reporting to executive leadership, the VP of Quality will act as a strategic change agent, partnering closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, and customers to establish quality as a core competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise quality strategy aligned with business objectives

• Design, rebuild, and deploy a scalable, sustainable Quality Management System

• Lead ISO 140001 and customer-driven certification and compliance efforts

• Drive defect reduction, scrap elimination, CAPA, and root cause analysis initiatives

• Embed quality upstream in manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain processes

• Build and lead supplier and customer quality programs

• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and governance routines to drive accountability and results

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing quality organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related technical field. 

• 12+ years of progressive quality leadership in metal or industrial manufacturing

• Proven success in building or rebuilding a Quality Management System

• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 or 140001 and advanced quality methodologies (RCA, CAPA, SPC, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Lean/Six Sigma)

• Demonstrated hands-on ability to lead enterprise-level systems and cultural change