Director of Quality

Society of Defense Financial Management; Greenville (OH); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Potential

401k

Excellent Benefits

Room for Growth

Job summary

Society of Defense Financial Management seeks an experienced Director of Quality to lead enterprise-wide quality strategy across multiple manufacturing locations. You will oversee ISO certifications, drive continuous improvement, and partner with senior leadership to elevate product quality and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities include leading the QMS, managing audits, developing metrics, and coaching quality teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Management, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of professional experience in manufacturing operations and/or quality.
• 8–10+ years of quality management and leadership across multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems, ISO standards, CAPA, internal auditing, document control, and supplier/customer quality.
• Lean manufacturing training with the ability to lead Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s Quality Management System across multiple manufacturing locations and establish the long term vision for quality excellence.
• Assess quality system effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve processes, product quality, customer satisfaction, and overall performance.
• Own and oversee ISO certifications and ensure sites maintain compliance with quality standards.
• Lead the global customer complaint process, identify recurring trends and root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain quality metrics, including cost of quality, and report to executives.
• Partner with senior leadership to improve quality systems, manufacturing processes, and product performance.
• Provide leadership to quality managers and teams across locations and supervise internal audits.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Kaizen, root cause analysis, corrective action, and other quality methodologies.
• Manage supplier quality evaluations and address supplier performance issues.
• Oversee calibration programs and ensure measurement systems are effective and compliant.
• Ensure raw material specifications and quality requirements are established and monitored.
• Develop quality training programs and establish competency and certification standards for leaders and auditors.
• Support sites experiencing critical quality issues or certification risks.
• Manage quality system software and ensure adoption and compliance organization-wide.

Skills

Quality Leadership

Quality Management Systems

ISO Standards

CAPA

Lean Manufacturing

Kaizen

Root Cause Analysis

Supplier Quality

Auditing

ERP Systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Physical Sciences/Management

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Quality system software

ERP experience

Job description

Director of Quality Role with National Industry Leader / $150,000 - $200,000 per year depending on Experience / Excellent Benefits and Room for Growth

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are a leading U.S. manufacturer of highly engineered materials and specialty products serving a diverse range of industries, including automotive, consumer products, building and construction, aerospace, defense, and security.

With manufacturing operations across the United States, we combine the resources and stability of an established organization with an environment where leaders have the opportunity to make a visible impact. We are seeking an experienced Director of Quality to lead our enterprise wide quality strategy and drive continuous improvement across our manufacturing operations.

Why join us?

• $150,000 - $200,000 per year depending on Experience
• Room for Growth
• Excellent Benefits
• Bonus Potential
• 401k

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s Quality Management System across multiple manufacturing locations and establish the long term vision for quality excellence.
• Assess quality system effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve processes, product quality, customer satisfaction, and overall performance.
• Own and oversee ISO certifications and ensure manufacturing sites maintain compliance with applicable quality standards.
• Lead the global customer complaint process, identify recurring trends and root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop and maintain company wide quality metrics, including cost of quality, and communicate results through executive dashboards and reporting.
• Partner with senior leadership and plant teams to improve quality systems, manufacturing processes, and product performance.
• Provide leadership and guidance to quality managers and quality teams across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Lead internal quality audits and support customer and external certification audits.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Kaizen, root cause analysis, corrective action, and other quality methodologies.
• Manage supplier quality evaluation processes and partner with sourcing and operations teams to address supplier performance issues.
• Oversee calibration programs and ensure measurement systems remain effective and compliant.
• Ensure raw material specifications and quality requirements are properly established, monitored, and maintained.
• Develop quality training programs and establish competency and certification standards for quality leaders and auditors.
• Provide direct support to manufacturing sites experiencing significant quality issues, customer concerns, or certification risks.
• Manage quality system software and related applications to ensure consistent adoption and compliance across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Management, or a related discipline required. Master’s degree preferred.
• 15+ years of professional experience within manufacturing operations and/or quality.
• 8 to 10+ years of quality management and leadership experience.
• Experience leading quality across multiple manufacturing locations strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems, ISO standards, CAPA, internal auditing, document control, process control, supplier quality, and customer quality.
• Lean manufacturing training with the ability to lead Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Operational Excellence or Black Belt certification is highly preferred.
• Experience conducting internal quality audits and responding to customer and external audits.
• Experience within plastics, thermoplastic processing, automotive, or a related manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong ERP and manufacturing systems experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem solving skills with the ability to influence plant and executive level leadership.

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