at Anvil International in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position Title: Vice President of Quality
Department: Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Employment Type Full Time
Location: Oak Brook, IL
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Reporting To: Ron Rabe
Compensation: $230,000 - $330,000 / year
Vice President of Quality
The Vice President of Quality is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing, scaling, and continuously improving the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS) across a multi-plant, ISO 9001 certified manufacturing organization and its global supply chain. This leader ensures product and process quality, regulatory compliance, supplier quality performance, and a strong culture of continuous improvement.
This role is critical to enabling product line expansion, supporting third-party manufacturing partners, and ensuring quality is designed into new products and processes from concept through commercialization. The VP of Quality partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Research & Development to embed quality into business strategy, new product introduction, and operational execution.
How You Will Help:
Quality Management System (QMS) Leadership
- Develop, deploy, and continuously improve a scalable, standardized Quality Management System aligned with ISO 9001 requirements and business objectives.
- Ensure consistent interpretation and application of QMS requirements across all manufacturing sites and supporting functions.
- Own global quality policies, procedures, standards, and governance models.
- Lead management review processes and ensure actionable outcomes tied to business performance.
- Ensure the QMS effectively supports new product introduction, product line expansion, and integration of external manufacturing partners.
- Provide functional leadership and accountability for plant Quality leaders across all manufacturing locations.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer requirements, and internal standards at each site.
- Drive disciplined use of core quality tools (e.g., corrective action, root cause analysis, SPC, PFMEA, PPAP, risk management, control plans).
- Establish and track key quality KPIs including internal and external PPM, FPY, COPQ, audit findings, and customer complaints.
- Lead enterprise response to significant quality events, customer escalations, and containment actions.
- Partner with Engineering and R&D to ensure quality is embedded in product design, validation, and launch readiness.
- Establish and execute a robust Supplier Quality Management framework across a global and increasingly outsourced/partnered supply base.
- Ensure supplier compliance to quality, regulatory, and contractual requirements through audits, scorecards, and development plans.
- Partner with Supply Chain to drive supplier qualification, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead supplier corrective action processes and escalation management when quality performance is at risk.
- Support sourcing decisions with supplier quality assessments and due diligence.
- Lead quality integration and oversight for third-party manufacturing partners, including qualification, performance management, and ongoing governance.
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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