Global QMS Manager

Job Summary

The Global QMS Manager is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and continuously improving the company's global Quality Management System. This role provides quality system expertise, data analysis, reporting, and cross-functional support to ensure consistent execution of QMS processes across global business units and operating sites. The successful candidate will help drive quality performance, support audit readiness, maintain QMS documentation and metrics, and partner with leaders across operations, engineering, supply chain, and quality to strengthen compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.

Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve global QMS processes, procedures, records, and governance practices.
• Collect, analyze, and report QMS data, including quality metrics, audit findings, corrective and preventive actions, nonconformances, customer issues, supplier performance, and process effectiveness.
• Prepare dashboards, management review materials, trend reports, and executive summaries that provide actionable insight into global quality performance.
• Lead site quality teams and process owners to ensure consistent application of QMS requirements across regions and business units.
• Responsible for internal and external audit programs, including audit planning, evidence collection, finding response, CAPA tracking, and closure verification.
• Maintain controlled documentation and support document control activities, including procedure updates, workflow coordination, records management, and training assignment support.
• Identify process gaps, data trends, and improvement opportunities; recommend actions that improve QMS effectiveness, compliance, and operational performance.
• Provide training, coaching, and guidance to global stakeholders on QMS expectations, tools, reporting requirements, and best practices.
• Support supplier quality, customer quality, and regulatory compliance activities as needed, including supplier evaluations, customer requests, and quality documentation packages.
• Maintain strong working relationships with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams to promote quality ownership and timely issue resolution.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Quality, Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in quality management, quality systems, quality assurance, operations quality, supplier quality, or a related quality function.
• Experience supporting or managing global or multi-site QMS processes in a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, environmental, or technical services environment preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with quality metrics, data analysis, dashboards, audit findings, CAPA, document control, management review, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with ISO 9001 or equivalent quality management system standards preferred.
• ASQ, ISO 9001 auditor, Six Sigma, Lean, or other quality-related certification preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of QMS principles, process improvement, audit practices, corrective action systems, and quality documentation requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, SharePoint, or electronic QMS platforms preferred.

Travel Requirements: Travel will be required to support site audits, supplier visits, leadership meetings, or QMS implementation activities.

ADA RequirementsPositions in this function typically require typing, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods.

• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job. Visits to our manufacturing facility and suppliers' facilities is required to monitor active projects and address design issues.

• Compliance with company attendance standards.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

We Offer:

We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and much more.

At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.