VP, Quality & Safety

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Oct 20, 2026 4 hr. ago

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AAR VP, Quality & Safety

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SUMMARY
Develop and maintain a system to assure that all products accrued by suppliers and supplied to customers meet AAR specifications to achieve superior quality.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Development and implementation of effective quality program(s) for the business

- Maintenance of adequate command media to support all business goals

- Maintaining a current and thorough working knowledge of quality systems and state-of-the-art quality techniques as defined by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), FAR and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

- Ensuring that adequate quality resources are applied to division’s programs to ensure compliance with all regulatory, contractual, and company requirements.

- Interfacing at all levels with customer and government representatives as necessary

- Suggests and debates alternative methods and procedures in solving problems and meeting changing market opportunities.

- Cooperates with top management personnel in formulating and establishing company policies, operating procedures, and goals.

- Conducts management meetings with product assurance program department heads to establish, delineate, and review program organizational policies, to coordinate functions and operations between departments, and to establish responsibilities and procedures for attaining objective.

- All other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilties include interviewing, hiring, and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CORE COMPETENCIES
- Commitment to company values and ethics.
- Dependability\: personally responsible, completes work in a timely manner, and performs tasks accurately.
- Motivation\: must maintain a positive attitude and strong work energy.

- Initiative\: plans work and carries out tasks without detailed instructions, prepares for problems or opportunities in advance, undertakes additional responsibilities
- Leadership\: demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
- Creativity\: makes constructive suggestions and creates novel solutions to problems; evaluates new technology as potential solutions to existing problems
- Organization\: very detail oriented and always comes prepared
- Project management skills
- Continuous learning\: ability to learn new procedures and adapt to change
- Teamwork\: works harmoniously with others to get a job done, responds positively to instructions/procedures, and works well with others
- Strong customer orientation
- Negotiating skills\: must have confidence and the ability to be persuasive and assertive
- Independent\: must have the ability to carry out and follow through on tasks with minimal supervision
- Dependability\: personally responsible, completes work in a timely manner, and performs tasks accurately
- Advanced computer proficiency
- Strong judgment and decision making
- Must maintain strict confidentiality and professionalism
- Communication\: excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
- Management\: must possess coaching and development skills
- Motivation\: must maintain a positive attitude and strong work energy
- Problem Solving\: ability to develop and implement new ideas to improve processes

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