Electronics Vertical / Displays & Electronics Product Platform Quality Director

Job Description:

Electronics Vertical / Displays & Electronics Product Platform Quality Director  

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World  

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.  

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.  

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role  

As a Quality Director, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:  

• Leads long‑term quality strategy for the Electronics Vertical and Displays & Electronics Product Platform by partnering with TEBG and ESC leadership, interpreting industry trends and customer needs, and establishing cross‑business quality guidelines and continuous‑improvement initiatives. 

• Oversees functional strategic planning, including budgeting, resource allocation, and approval of budget deviations, while directing multiple quality disciplines such as customer quality, product quality control, incoming inspection, and warranty analysis. 

• Ensures all Quality deliverables within the 3M NPI process are completed on time to support successful product launches; actively participates in NPI gate reviews to provide a strong quality voice in decision making. 

• Provides leadership to managers and teams through coaching, performance management, conflict resolution, and development, while reinforcing a strong “Quality Is My Job!” culture and monitoring customer scorecards to identify risks. 

• Develops innovative solutions to complex, cross‑functional quality challenges by applying advanced analytical skills, leveraging resources across businesses, and making high‑impact decisions affecting multiple regions and sites. 

• Represents the Quality function with senior executives and external customers, delivering strategic recommendations, leading QMS activities (including ISO audits and management reviews), and ensuring alignment with corporate programs, policies, and 3M values. 

Your Skills and Expertise   

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).  

• Proficient experience in a quality or manufacturing setting in a private, public, government or military environment.  

• Demonstrated experience in a Quality or Manufacturing leadership position.   

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:  

• Master's degree or higher from an accredited institution  

• Advanced expertise across multiple quality disciplines, such as quality assurance, product quality control, incoming inspection, Six Sigma, ISO standards, and warranty analysis.  

• Experience administering and maintaining ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.  

• Strong project management capabilities, with a track record of leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives.  

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage senior leadership, peers, teams, customers, and regulatory stakeholders.  

• Proficiency with corporate systems and digital tools commonly used in Quality functions, along with strong English verbal and written communication skills.  

• Experience with Statistical Process Control and other advanced analytical methods used to manage and improve quality performance.  

Work location: Global - local to a 3M office (Maplewood, MN / APAC / Shanghai, CN) 

Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international  

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized   

Supporting Your Well-being  

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.  

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