Global Quality Systems Director: Strategy & Transformation

The Dupont Group; Wilmington, Northern (DE, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont is seeking a Quality Business Systems Director to define and scale the global manufacturing quality strategy. You will lead a small global team and partner with cross-functional leaders to enhance customer outcomes and operational performance.

You will deploy quality standards, tools, and playbooks, and drive capability-building through training and communities of practice, with 50% global travel expected.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or operational excellence.
• Proven ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization and lead through others.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy DuPont’s global manufacturing quality excellence strategy across businesses and sites.
• Partner with Business Quality Leaders, Operational Excellence Directors, and IT leaders to improve end-to-end SQDIP performance.
• Develop and continuously improve quality standards, toolkits, playbooks, training, and communities of practice.
• Leverage AI to develop/improve quality management approaches and techniques.
• Establish quality metrics, analytics, and single sources of truth for data-driven decisions.
• Integrate quality excellence into the DuPont Business System to create a consistent enterprise approach.

Skills

Quality management

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen

Continuous improvement

Data-driven decisions

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

DuPont Business System

Danaher Business System

Toyota Production System

Job description

DuPont is seeking a Quality Business Systems Director to define and scale the global manufacturing quality strategy. You will lead a small global team and partner with cross-functional leaders to enhance customer outcomes and operational performance.

You will deploy quality standards, tools, and playbooks, and drive capability-building through training and communities of practice, with 50% global travel expected.