Global VP of Quality & Launch Excellence

nVent Enclosure Systems LLC; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 242,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

nVent seeks a Vice President of Quality to lead enterprise quality performance and strategic initiatives across product, manufacturing, and supply chain. The role reports to the Chief Supply Chain Officer and partners with engineering, product management, sourcing, and finance to elevate quality as a core business capability.

The leader will drive analytics, digital quality, and scalable governance to improve customer outcomes, reliability, and warranty performance while advancing a culture of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, business, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive quality, operations, engineering, or supply chain leadership experience in a global manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience improving quality performance outcomes including escapes, cost of poor quality, first-pass yield, and warranty.
• Strong experience in new product quality, design validation, process validation, and launch readiness.
• Experience advancing digital quality capabilities, including eQMS, analytics, predictive insights, and AI-enabled risk detection.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise quality performance outcomes across the value chain, including customer escapes, cost of poor quality, and launch quality.
• Translate quality strategy into measurable business results linked to customer experience and growth.
• Establish accountability for quality metrics at enterprise, segment, region, and site levels.
• Lead operating reviews to identify gaps and drive sustainable improvement.
• Elevate new product quality across major programs from concept to field performance.
• Build robust NPI gates, readiness reviews, and escalation criteria to prevent defects and warranty exposure.
• Lead modernization of quality management systems and ensure readiness for compliance.

Skills

Executive leadership

Quality strategy

Enterprise quality

Global manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

nVent seeks a Vice President of Quality to lead enterprise quality performance and strategic initiatives across product, manufacturing, and supply chain. The role reports to the Chief Supply Chain Officer and partners with engineering, product management, sourcing, and finance to elevate quality as a core business capability.

The leader will drive analytics, digital quality, and scalable governance to improve customer outcomes, reliability, and warranty performance while advancing a culture of