Vice President Quality

Evenflo•Miamisburg, OH

32d

About The Position

Examples of Typical Activities: Develop and implement a global Quality and Compliance strategy that aligns with corporate goals, ensuring consistent product integrity and consumer trust across all markets. Serve as the executive sponsor for quality systems modernization, advancing digital transformation, AI-based analytics, and real-time quality dashboards. Provide strategic counsel to the CEO and executive team on product quality trends, compliance risks, and emerging regulatory requirements. Establish and govern enterprise-wide Quality KPIs that link directly to financial performance (e.g., warranty cost reduction, customer satisfaction, and defect rates). Oversee all product testing, compliance documentation, and certification programs to safeguard brand reputation and consumer safety. Partner with Customer Care, Marketing, and eCommerce to identify quality-related consumer insights and reduce returns, complaints, and negative reviews. Act as the executive liaison with major retail partners, regulatory agencies, and certification bodies. Own and govern the enterprise-wide Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring ISO 9001, CPSIA, ASTM, and JPMA compliance across all sites. Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of sound quality systems at both the corporate and operations levels. Establish global supplier quality standards and audit programs, focusing on high-risk components and contract manufacturers. Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement to drive quality-based supplier scorecards and performance improvement. Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Quality and Regulatory Affairs team with clear accountability and succession planning. Identify opportunities for improvement within the Quality Management System, make recommendations, facilitate implementation, and share lessons learned within the organization. Continuous upgrading consumer experience with perception quality and bring more value to Evenflo products. Foster a culture of quality excellence, accountability, and proactive risk management throughout the organization

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical field required; Master's degree (MBA, MS in Quality or Operations Management)
15+ of progressive experience leading Quality and Regulatory functions in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments, including 5-7 years in a senior leadership capacity overseeing enterprise-level quality systems and compliance in consumer goods, juvenile products, or related industries.
Executive Communication & Influence: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to distill complex quality, safety, and compliance topics into clear strategic insights for executive leadership, regulatory bodies, and external partners.
Enterprise Program Leadership: Proven expertise leading large-scale, cross-functional quality initiatives and transformation programs across global manufacturing, supply chain, and product development functions - from strategy design to measurable results.
Advanced Quality & Compliance Systems: Deep knowledge of global Quality Management Systems (QMS), regulatory compliance, and product safety standards including ASTM, JPMA, CPSIA, CPSC, ISO 9001, and applicable FDA regulations for juvenile products.
Operational Excellence & Root Cause Methodology: Mastery of quality disciplines such as Six Sigma, Lean, and FMEA, with the ability to institutionalize structured problem-solving, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes across all sites and suppliers.
Digital Quality & Analytics: Demonstrated experience implementing AI-enabled quality tools, predictive analytics, and digital dashboards to proactively identify trends, prevent defects, and optimize decision-making through real-time performance data.
Manufacturing & Process Expertise: Strong understanding of injection molding, plastics, and assembly operations, including design-for-quality principles (DFMEA/PFMEA), tolerance analysis, and supplier process validation.
Governance & Documentation: Skilled in developing and enforcing enterprise-wide quality policies, technical standards, and audit frameworks that ensure regulatory readiness and sustained product integrity.
Project & Change Management: Exceptional ability to lead complex, multi-site projects; set clear milestones and KPIs; and drive adoption of new systems and cultural behaviors that elevate quality performance across the organization.
Team development: capable to set up the organization, recognize the people, training the people, foster the organizational development as well as the staff career development.
Personal Leadership - Leads by envisioning the future, engaging others, energizing people and enabling self and others to develop and execute plans to deliver strategy.
Aligning Performance for Success - Focuses and guides others in accomplishing work objectives.
Building Partnerships- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, teams, departments, units or organizations to help achieve business goals.
Customer Focus - Makes customers and their needs a primary focus on one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships.
Information Monitoring- Sets up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to manage an organization or ongoing activities within it.
Initiates Action - Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; is proactive.
Strategic Decision Making- Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long0range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints and organizational value.

Nice To Haves

Strongly preferred. ASQ certifications (CQE, CMQ/OE, Six Sigma Black Belt) considered a plus

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a global Quality and Compliance strategy that aligns with corporate goals, ensuring consistent product integrity and consumer trust across all markets.
Serve as the executive sponsor for quality systems modernization, advancing digital transformation, AI-based analytics, and real-time quality dashboards.
Provide strategic counsel to the CEO and executive team on product quality trends, compliance risks, and emerging regulatory requirements.
Establish and govern enterprise-wide Quality KPIs that link directly to financial performance (e.g., warranty cost reduction, customer satisfaction, and defect rates).
Oversee all product testing, compliance documentation, and certification programs to safeguard brand reputation and consumer safety.
Partner with Customer Care, Marketing, and eCommerce to identify quality-related consumer insights and reduce returns, complaints, and negative reviews.
Act as the executive liaison with major retail partners, regulatory agencies, and certification bodies.
Own and govern the enterprise-wide Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring ISO 9001, CPSIA, ASTM, and JPMA compliance across all sites.
Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of sound quality systems at both the corporate and operations levels.
Establish global supplier quality standards and audit programs, focusing on high-risk components and contract manufacturers.
Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement to drive quality-based supplier scorecards and performance improvement.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Quality and Regulatory Affairs team with clear accountability and succession planning.
Identify opportunities for improvement within the Quality Management System, make recommendations, facilitate implementation, and share lessons learned within the organization.
Continuous upgrading consumer experience with perception quality and bring more value to Evenflo products.
Foster a culture of quality excellence, accountability, and proactive risk management throughout the organization