VP, Enterprise Quality

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About the role

The VP, Enterprise Quality is the senior-most quality leader for Trane Technologies. Reporting to the SVP of Global Integrated Supply Chain, this role is responsible for defining the global quality strategy, establishing the enterprise quality management system, and driving quality excellence across all regions, SBUs, products, and manufacturing locations. This leader will build global standards, governance, talent, and performance management systems across core elements of quality, including: quality control and assurance, supplier quality, APQP/PPAP, New Product Development (Design For Quality), early launch containment, warranty and field quality, customer experience feedback loops, and enterprise quality metrics.

This leader partners closely with Engineering, GISC functions, and customer-facing teams such as Services and Field Operations to drive an integrated approach that connects customer experience, design intent, supplier performance, manufacturing execution, and lifecycle reliability.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Quality Strategy & Governance
  • Establish and own the Enterprise Quality Strategy that sets the long-term vision for enterprise quality excellence.
  • Build a unified, global Quality Management System (QMS) with clear standards, processes, and accountability across all SBUs and regions.
  • Build a proactive, prevention-driven approach to quality, aligned with Trane Technologies’ growth, sustainability, and customer experience priorities.
• Improve Product, Supplier, and Manufacturing Quality
  • Oversee global quality performance across the full value chain: suppliers, manufacturing, engineering, and aftermarket.
  • Build proactive quality capabilities including mistake-proofing, advanced quality planning, and early launch containment.
  • Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to significantly reduce COPQ through improved design, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, and field performance.
  • Implement structured problem-solving and preventive methodologies to reduce rework, defects, warranty cost, and escapes.
  • Drive improvements in supplier qualification, incoming quality, and corrective action effectiveness.
  • Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations on shop-floor quality systems, standard work, and ABC quality improvements.
• Transform Quality through Advanced Digital Capability
  • Partner with the Supply Chain Digitization leader and the VP of AI for Business Transformation to implement advanced digital capabilities including:
    • Predictive and prescriptive quality analytics
    • Real-time defect detection (IoT, computer vision)
    • Automated quality workflows and digital traceability
  • Expand AI-enabled quality tools and machine-learning models to support early defect detection and continuous improvement.
  • Lead the development of Quality Data Warehouse as part of the broader ISC data lake to enable standardized metrics, automated dashboards, and enterprise-wide quality insights.
  • Ensure enterprise data standards and conformed metrics enable high-quality insights and decision-making.
• Strengthen New Product Development (NPD) Quality
  • Partner with Engineering to embed quality into design through DFQ, risk assessment, and VOC integration.
  • Establish robust Design for Quality (DFQ) practices and ensure quality requirements are integrated from concept through launch.
  • Establish early launch containment and post-launch learning loops.
• Improve Field Quality And Customer Experience
  • Create strong connections between customer complaints, service data, warranty analytics, and factory processes.
  • Improve warranty performance and reduce related costs through systemic corrective action and predictive analytics.
  • Establish global feedback loops that translate customer pain directly into engineering and manufacturing action.
• Leadership, Talent & Culture
  • Champion quality as a core value that transcends job titles and is embraced across engineering, supply chain, operations, and field teams.
  • Build a global, high-performing enterprise quality organization, with clear roles across regions, SBUs, and plants.
  • Strengthen quality competencies across inspection, problem-solving, supplier quality, NPD quality, and digital quality.
  • Establish a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in quality leadership within global industrial, manufacturing, or complex engineered product environments.
• Deep expertise in enterprise-wide quality management systems, APQP/PPAP, design quality, supplier quality, and manufacturing quality.
• Proven track record reducing COPQ, improving customer satisfaction, and building proactive quality cultures.
• Experience working within global, matrixed organizations with diverse product lines and manufacturing footprints.
• Familiarity with digital quality tools (IoT, computer vision, predictive analytics, automated inspection) strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering or technical field preferred.
• Advanced degree or certification in Quality (e.g., Six Sigma Black Belt, CQE) valued.
• Ability to travel globally up to 25–30%.

Skills

• Visionary and strategic, with the ability to create global standards and align diverse teams behind them.
• Builder who can establish global standards, talent pipelines, and processes from the ground up.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to influence senior leaders across engineering, supply chain, and customer-facing organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead transformation and drive adoption across complex organizations.
• High integrity, decisive problem-solving, and a relentless focus on the customer.

Benefits

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives.
• Family building benefits including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range: $304,791.66 - $398,124.99

Incentive Eligible: Yes

Schedule

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.