PVH Vice President, Product Quality

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the enterprise-wide Quality First strategy across Brand Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Quality Governance, Product Integrity, and Product Compliance.
• Establish a unified, consumer-centric quality operating model that drives consistency, prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement across the global value chain.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product Creation, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Technical Design, Sustainability, Legal, and Commercial teams to embed quality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Oversee global manufacturing quality programs, supplier performance management, factory capability assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen execution and reduce defects.
• Define and govern enterprise quality standards, policies, KPIs, escalation processes, and reporting frameworks to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability.
• Lead enterprise product integrity and compliance programs, ensuring adherence to global regulatory, safety, chemical, testing, labeling, and performance requirements.
• Drive quality intelligence and analytics capabilities to identify risks, improve decision-making, and proactively address consumer and operational quality trends.
• Build and develop a high-performing global quality organization while strengthening supplier capability, training, and quality culture across the partner ecosystem.
• Deliver measurable improvements in consumer satisfaction, product reliability, supplier performance, compliance adherence, operational resilience, and reduction of quality-related costs and risks.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Product Integrity, Compliance, or Supply Chain within a global consumer products, apparel, footwear, retail, or related industry environment.
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise quality transformation initiatives across multiple regions, product categories, and supplier networks.
• Deep expertise in Brand Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Product Integrity, Product Compliance, supplier quality management, and quality governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory requirements, product safety standards, chemical compliance, testing protocols, restricted substances, labeling, and risk management practices.
• Demonstrated success building and implementing quality systems, KPIs, governance models, and continuous improvement programs within complex global organizations.
• Experience working closely with cross-functional partners including Product Creation, Technical Design, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Legal, Sustainability, and Commercial teams.
• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities with the ability to leverage data and quality intelligence to drive business decisions and operational improvements.
• Proven leadership capability with experience building, developing, and leading high-performing global teams across matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across all organizational levels and external partner networks.
• Demonstrated ability to balance consumer expectations, brand protection, speed-to-market, cost efficiency, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Experience operating in complex international sourcing and manufacturing environments with extensive supplier engagement and factory operations exposure.

Skills

Experience

15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Product Integrity, Compliance, or Supply Chain within a global consumer products, apparel, footwear, or retail environment. Proven success leading enterprise-scale quality transformation initiatives across multiple regions, product categories, and international supplier networks. Deep expertise in Brand Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Product Integrity, Product Compliance, and quality governance frameworks, with strong understanding of global regulatory, safety, chemical compliance, and testing requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality Management, Textile/Apparel Technology, Operations, or related field preferred.

Workplace

About Cerulean

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