Global Quality Leader, Pneumatics

IDEX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

IDEX Corporation seeks a Director of Global Quality for Pneumatics to drive quality strategy across Gast, Airtech, and U.S. Valve.

You will standardize processes, lead a global quality organization, and partner with operations, engineering, and supply chain to improve customer satisfaction and reduce risk. Ideal candidate has 10+ years in quality leadership in industrial manufacturing, and strong experience with QMS, SPC, CAPA, and Lean Six Sigma.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of quality management systems and ISO 9001 or comparable standards.
• Audit management experience and knowledge of SPC, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and Lean/Six Sigma methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a global quality strategy aligned with priorities, regulatory requirements, and standards.
• Build a standardized global quality operating model across sites and functions.
• Establish and maintain quality dashboards for customer satisfaction, complaints, defects, warranty trends, supplier performance, audits, and CAPA effectiveness.
• Define and deploy critical quality metrics with clear definitions, targets, ownership, and cadence.
• Lead customer quality performance, including issue resolution, root-cause analysis, CAPA, and reduction of repeat non-conformances.
• Strengthen sustaining quality processes by monitoring defects, scrap, warranty, audits, and quality trends; translate data into actions.
• Partner with Supply Chain to improve supplier quality and drive corrective actions with critical suppliers.
• Embed quality planning into new product introductions with design reviews, validation, FMEA, control plans, and production handoff.
• Communicate quality priorities and risks across the organization and ensure timely follow-through.
• Lead, coach, and develop a global quality organization focused on continuous improvement.

Skills

Quality leadership

ISO 9001 knowledge

Audit management

Statistical process control

Root-cause analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Quality dashboards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

IDEX Corporation seeks a Director of Global Quality for Pneumatics to drive quality strategy across Gast, Airtech, and U.S. Valve.

You will standardize processes, lead a global quality organization, and partner with operations, engineering, and supply chain to improve customer satisfaction and reduce risk. Ideal candidate has 10+ years in quality leadership in industrial manufacturing, and strong experience with QMS, SPC, CAPA, and Lean Six Sigma.