Director of Global Organizational Excellence

GrowTech Industries, LLC•Buffalo, NY

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Global Organizational Excellence is responsible for improving process capability, stability, and systemic performance across all GTI Fabrication sites. This role drives Lean and Six Sigma deployment, ensures disciplined execution of APQP and product realization processes, and strengthens Built-In Quality through robust PFMEA, Control Plans, and process validation. The role focuses on performance improvement, prevention, and process capability, not ISO compliance or daily production quality execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree inEngineering, Quality, Operations, or related field or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
8+years experiencein Continuous Improvement, APQP, or Process Quality
Strong experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, and process validation
Strong problem-solving and root causeexpertise
Experience in manufacturing or fabrication environment
Proven ability to lead cross-functional improvement

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (or higher)
ASQ – Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational ExcellenceCertification
APQP / PPAP experience (automotive or structured manufacturing preferred)
Experience in multi-site or global operations
Welding Experience and/or container construction is a plus!
Statistical analysis / process capabilityexpertise
Experience implementing Built-In Quality or operator-driven quality systems

Responsibilities

Lead global deployment of Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving (A3, 8D)
Improve process stability, flow, and predictability across sites
Reduce variation, waste, scrap, and rework through data-driven improvement
Establish standard work and operational discipline
Identifyand deploy best practices across all facilities
Own the global APQP framework and standards
Ensure disciplined execution of Feasibility reviews, Design & process risk assessment, PFMEA development and maintenance, Control Plan development and effectiveness, and Process validation and readiness
Ensure cross-functional ownership of APQP deliverables
Drive prevention-based thinking across product lifecycle
Strengthenprocess-based defect prevention
Improve operator-driven quality systems (OAP / layered quality)
Ensure controls are designed into the process, not inspected in later
Improve first-pass yield and process predictability
Drive process capability culture (Cp,Cpk,Ppk)
Establish statistical thinking across operations
Ensure process controls are measurable and effective
Improve use of data for root cause and predictive quality
Lead systemic improvement across Phoenix, Buffalo, Goodyear, and Monterrey
Deploy global standard work for key quality and manufacturing processes
Eliminatevariation in how processes are executed across sites
Build a continuous improvement pipeline tied to business performance
Develop Lean / Six Sigma culture and training roadmap
Coach Quality Managers and engineers in structured problem solving
Improve PFMEA / Control Plan competency across sites
Strengthen prevention mindset across organization