nVent · 14 hours ago
Global Quality Director
St Louis Park, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$173K/yr - $257K/yr
12+ years expnVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, seeking a Global Quality Director who will shape and deliver the enterprise-wide quality strategy. This role involves driving quality excellence across all business segments and functions, while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and operational rigor.
Electrical DistributionElectronicsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Develop and deploy a unified enterprise quality vision, strategy, and governance model
Establish and maintain quality standards, metrics, policies, and procedures aligned with enterprise objectives
Provide insights, risk assessments, and quality performance updates to leadership
Lead the Enterprise QMS framework to ensure compliance with ISO9001 and all relevant industry certifications
Integrate QMS processes with emerging digital systems
Oversee global audit programs; ensure timely closure of corrective and preventive actions
Drive root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving to eliminate chronic issues
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Logistics, and segment quality leaders to embed quality in design and production
Strengthen global control plans, inspection programs, and validation processes
Monitor and improve enterprise customer quality metrics, complaints, and field performance
Improve feedback loops to enhance product reliability and enhance customer experience
Ensure strong escalation, communication, and coordinated customer issue resolution
Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven methodologies
Establish and manage global dashboards for defect rates, COPQ and audit performance
Identify and deploy digital quality tools to advance analytics, monitoring, and predictive quality capabilities
Partner with Sourcing and Procurement to develop the enterprise supplier quality strategy
Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and ongoing performance management
Lead and develop a high-performing global quality organization across sites and corporate functions
Mentor and advance segment and site quality leaders, ensuring alignment, capability development, and succession strength
Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Serve as a strategic quality subject-matter expert across the enterprise
Champion a consistent, enterprise-wide quality culture
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Science, or a related technical field required; advanced degree preferred
12+ years of progressive leadership experience in Quality, Operations, or Engineering including international experience
Deep expertise in quality systems, standards, and regulatory requirements
Demonstrated success leading multi‑site, enterprise‑wide, global quality initiatives
Extensive knowledge in building Quality Management Systems
Exceptional analytical, problem solving & root-cause analysis skills
Ability to build and maintain effective work relationships both internally and externally (customers, suppliers, internal functions)
Strategic and enterprise‑level approach
Strong analytical and structured problem‑solving capability
Ability to influence and collaborate across complex, global organizations
Executive presence with strong communication skills
Proven leadership of multi-functional, geographically distributed teams
Data‑driven decision‑making and commitment to operational excellence
Preferred
One or more professional quality certifications - CQE, CQM, CQA preferred
Certified six sigma black belt level or higher preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.
Company
nVent
nVent is an electronics manufacturing firm that specializes in providing electrical connection and protection solutions to customers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2023-04-24Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2018-04-20IPO
Leadership Team
Beth Wozniak
Chief Executive Officer
Martha Claire Bennett
Chief Marketing Officer & EVP
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