Quality Business System Director

DuPont•Midland, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

At DuPont, we are advancing manufacturing and supply chain performance through Operational Excellence, digital enablement, and the DuPont Business System to deliver safer, more reliable, higher-quality outcomes for our customers. We are seeking a Quality Business Systems Director to define and scale DuPont’s global manufacturing quality strategy. Reporting to the Vice President, Enterprise Excellence, this leader will partner closely with Business Quality Leaders, Business Operational Excellence Directors, Integrated Operations Leaders, and functional partners to improve quality performance, reduce cost of poor quality, and strengthen enterprise-wide capability. This role is ideal for a quality and operational excellence leader who can connect strategy to execution, influence across a matrixed organization, and build a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and customer focus.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality, supply chain, operations, or operational excellence, including significant exposure to plant operations.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise or business-level quality, manufacturing, or operational excellence transformation.
Experience partnering with Business Quality, operations, and functional leaders to improve customer service, reliability, and operational performance.
Proven ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization and lead through others without relying solely on direct authority.
Experience leading and developing high-performing technical or subject matter expert teams.
Deep expertise in quality management systems, Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, Kaizen, structured problem solving, and operational excellence methodologies.
Experience deploying business systems such as the DuPont Business System, Danaher Business System, Toyota Production System, Honeywell Operating System, or similar frameworks.
Strong track record of using data, performance metrics, and operational insights to identify losses, prioritize action, and sustain results.
Strategic thinker who uses data, customer insights, business priorities, and diverse perspectives to shape quality strategy and make sound, timely decisions.
Results-oriented leader who translates strategy into clear priorities, builds accountability, simplifies work, and removes barriers to execution.
Collaborative influencer who builds strong relationships across business, site, and functional teams and leads effectively in a global, matrixed environment.
Capability builder who coaches others, develops talent, and strengthens organizational routines that sustain continuous improvement.
Inclusive and trusted leader who communicates with authenticity, demonstrates commitment and care, encourages teams to speak up, and connects work to customer and business impact.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and deploy DuPont’s global manufacturing quality excellence strategy across businesses and manufacturing sites.
Partner directly with Business Quality Leaders, Business Operational Excellence Directors, Integrated Operations Leaders, and Manufacturing, Engineering, Digital, Automation, and IT leaders to improve end-to-end SQDIP performance.
Develop and continuously improve global quality standards, toolkits, playbooks, training, and communities of practice.
Leverage and integrate artificial intelligence to develop/improve quality management approaches and techniques
Serve as a trusted advisor to business and site leaders by facilitating Kaizen events, problem-solving workshops, and transformation initiatives.
Establish quality performance metrics, analytics, and single sources of truth that enable data-driven decisions from the plant floor to senior leadership.
Integrate quality excellence practices into the DuPont Business System to create a consistent enterprise approach.
Build organizational capability and foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and customer-focused execution.