Vice President of Engineering and Quality
Position Summary and Purpose: The Vice President of Engineering and Quality is a strategic executive leadership role responsible for driving innovation, process excellence, and product integrity at Cincinnati Incorporated. This position oversees all engineering and quality functions, ensuring alignment with the company's long-term business objectives, customer expectations, and industry standards. The Vice President will lead the development of new products from concept through production, manage cross-functional engineering initiatives, and implement quality systems that promote continuous improvement. This role is also accountable for fostering a high-performance culture, enhancing collaboration across departments, and strengthening CI’s commitment to delivering exceptional products and services. This position reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and plays a critical role in shaping the future of CI's engineering capabilities.
- Create long-range Engineering, Operating and Manufacturing goals specific to CI’s needs
- Collaborate with the executive committee to determine business strategy for new products and features
- Develop new products based on multi-year new product development roadmap
- Manage sustaining engineering to support existing products internally and in the field
- Drive new product development process ensuring on-time, on budget, and at target cost launch
- Continuously improve new product development process to reduce lead-time and cost
- Design strategies for future development projects based on CI’s overall objectives and resources
- Foster a high-performance, solution-oriented culture focused on design behavior.
- Develop future engineering leadership and technology bench strength
- Contribute and influence strategic direction for senior leadership using informal and formal communication
- Lead Company quality activities to drive in-process quality and capability to meet customer expectations
- Implement plans in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction
- Drive utilization of design for quality tools such as DFMEA and PFMEA
- Lead quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the Company meets and exceeds expectations.
- Stay current with latest quality management best practices and concepts
- Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering field is required
- MBA or Masters in a technical field is preferred
- At least 20 years of progressive experience in a related technical field
- Experience in facilitating Continuous Improvement activities
- Industry relevant production/process experience
- Highly motivated, very detailed and service oriented with a proven track record
- Knowledge of project management principles and practices
- Strong communicator with a positive attitude
- Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects at one time and establish clear goals and accountabilities to ensure success
- Skilled in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
- Team player with exceptional oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong data analytics background with tools like excel and BI Tools
- Strong sense of time organization and urgency
- Fosters a culture of learning and improvement
- Professional, courteous, positive, and respectful; leads by example and knows how to handle conflict
- Strong machining and fabrication background, preferably in a high-mix, low-volume production environment
- High energy level (preferred)
