Senior Director, Quality & NPI Excellence (Hybrid)

Daikin Applied Americas; Faribault (MN); Hybrid; USD 162,500 - 285,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Life insurance and disability coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave and tuition assistance

Job summary

Daikin Applied Americas seeks a Senior Director of Quality to lead quality operations across the business unit, enhancing product and process quality and manufacturing readiness.

You will drive D/PFMEA, RCCA, QA trends, and support NPI while collaborating with Corporate Quality to maintain ISO and related certifications. This role is based in Minnesota (Faribault or Plymouth) with hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business or related field
• 15+ years of experience, including 10+ years in people leadership
• Manufacturing & quality leadership with Six Sigma, TQM, APQP, Lean, ISO, or SPC
• Travel 15–20%

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the BU leadership team and implement an aggressive growth strategy with change management.
• Establish functional excellence and create a quality-first culture within the BU.
• Collaborate with Supplier Quality through Quality Clinic on supplier quality activities.
• Build a robust QMS with internal audits, corrective actions, and poka-yoke improvements.
• Support and validate NPI using D/PFMEA to ensure sound quality plans.
• Collaborate with Central QMS on ISO and regulatory certification requirements.
• Mine fielded data to identify RCCA opportunities via Quality Clinic.
• Present Quality KPIs and continuous improvement results to leadership.
• Communicate with customers and support QA program launches.

Skills

People leadership

Quality leadership

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

ISO

APQP

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Daikin Applied Americas seeks a Senior Director of Quality to lead quality operations across the business unit, enhancing product and process quality and manufacturing readiness.

You will drive D/PFMEA, RCCA, QA trends, and support NPI while collaborating with Corporate Quality to maintain ISO and related certifications. This role is based in Minnesota (Faribault or Plymouth) with hybrid work arrangements.