Vice President, Quality and HSE Americas

Summary

The Head of Quality Americas is responsible for overseeing and leading quality management systems and processes within the Group Division Americas. The role's primary purpose is to advance the principles and habits associated with our value of "Operational Excellence". Additionally, the role involves fostering a culture of quality and accountability throughout the organization to allow the Belimo "Credibility Culture" to flourish. This position reports to the Head of Group Quality with a strong dotted line to President, Belimo Americas. 

What You'll Do

• Leadership of Americas Quality & HSE Organization: Leads and manages the Americas quality organization (as part of the Americas Leadership Team), ensuring effective leadership, coaching, and development across the following six domains: Customer Quality, Development Project Quality, Integrated Management System (IMS), Operations Quality, Functional Excellence, Sustainability and Product Compliance fostering a culture of accountability and operational excellence across the region.
• Translation of Global Quality Strategy into Regional execution: Translates the Global Quality strategy into actionable regional initiatives for the Americas and ensures their implementation in alignment with the HGQS, the Head of Group Division Americas, and other regional leaders.
• Deployment and standardization: Ensures the effective deployment of global quality initiatives, standards, and systems within the Americas, including harmonization and standardization of quality processes across all regional sites and subsidiaries.
• Integrated Management System and Regulatory compliance: Develops, maintains, and continuously improves the integrated Quality Management System for the Americas in line with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, ensuring operational compliance with regional legislation as well as Group requirements.
• Customer Quality and Internal Case resolution: Oversees the resolution of customer quality issues and internal quality cases within the Americas ensuring timely closure, cost control, root-cause analysis, and robust corrective and preventive actions. Provides transparency through regional metrics, forecasts, and accruals.
• Continuous Improvement and cross-functional Quality excellence: Drives regional continuous improvement efforts by identifying quality gaps, initiating cross functional improvement projects, and embedding best practices throughout Operations, Production, Product Management, Innovation, Purchasing, and Customer Service.
• Health, Safety and Environmental performance: Ensures compliance with regional occupational health, safety, and environmental requirements, maintains a low TRIR, and promotes a culture of safety across the sites in the Americas. Provides guidance, training, and oversight of HSE responsibilities in alignment with global HSE standards.
• Audit, Certification and ISO readiness: Supports internal and external audits, and ensures site readiness for certifications, recertifications and ISO compliance.
• Complaint management and Aftersales Quality: Oversees the complaint management of the Americas and aftersales quality processes, including warranty, goodwill, and time-to-resolution KPIs, ensuring transparency and closed loop improvement.
• Compliance Process Oversight and risk Management: Ensures effective application of compliance processes in the Americas, assigning responsibilities, supporting risk assessments, and monitoring adherence to Group directives and regional regulatory frameworks.
• Implementation of Quality Methods and Performance Measures: Supports the implementation of global qualitative and quantitative quality methods within the Americas, such as customer satisfaction surveys or other performance measures defined by Group Quality.
• KPI Management and Group Reporting: Establishes and monitors regional KPIs and reports about quality and HSE performance into Group structures, including contributions to the Annual Quality Management Review.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant field such as engineering, business process management or quality management
• Internal/ Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 is a must, ISO 14001/ ISO45001 is a plus)
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Passion for sustainability and a demonstrated commitment to driving positive change within the organization and society.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision making. High affinity for creating customer value by leveraging quality issues to demonstrate that the customer has chosen the very best company in the industry.
• Extensive experience (10+ years) in quality management or operations management in a global or multinational organization. Proven track record in leading quality programs, driving process improvements, and achieving quality targets.
• Proven success mentoring and growing diverse talent; able to manage teams remotely. Strong leadership skills and enthusiasm to continually improve the unique Belimo culture. Experience in change management and an open and collaborative innovation culture. Promotes cross-functional and cross-regional exchange and facilitates the generation of ideas
• Proficient in English, multilingual preferred.
• Travel requirements: 10 - 20% globally

Who We Are

Belimo is the global market leader in the development, production, and marketing of field devices for the energy-efficient control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Damper actuators, control valves, sensors, meters, and gas monitors make up the company's core business. Founded in 1975, Belimo employs approximately 2,400 people in over 80 countries and is listed on the Swiss Exchange (SIX) since 1995.

Belimo is committed to paying all employees in a fair, equitable and transparent manner. The base pay for this position ranges from $165,000 - $185,000 annually with a target performance bonus of 20% of an employee’s annual base salary. Compensation is based on several factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, education and experience. Belimo is a total compensation company which includes a comprehensive benefits package including a full range of medical, financial, and other competitive benefits. Belimo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. #WeAreBelimo

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship such as H1B, TN, E-3, STEM OPT.