Vice President, Product Quality

About Us:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.   

One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.

POSITION SUMMARY:

All brands strategy, product development and innovation are led and driven by certain PVH affiliates in the US with respect to products under the Calvin Klein, and Tommy Hilfiger sold in NA, Asia and SA; and in the Netherlands with respect to products bearing the Tommy Hilfiger Europe, Calvin Klein Europe with respect and sold in the Asia region. The position in this job description helps the above-mentioned PVH related parties meet their operating and strategic needs.

The Vice President, Quality Assurance, Product Integrity & Product Compliance, will serve as the enterprise leader responsible for defining, integrating, and operationalizing the organization’s end-to-end quality strategy across the global value chain. This role will lead all pillars of the Quality First agenda, including Brand Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Quality Governance, Product Integrity, and Product Compliance, ensuring a consistent, consumer-centric approach to quality from product conception through delivery.

The VP will drive a proactive culture of prevention, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence by aligning cross-functional teams, regional organizations, suppliers, and external partners around a unified quality vision. This leader will establish scalable governance frameworks, strengthen risk identification and mitigation capabilities, elevate manufacturing and supplier performance, and ensure products consistently meet brand standards, regulatory requirements, and consumer expectations across all markets.

Working closely with Product Creation, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Technical Design, Raw Materials, Sustainability, Legal, Compliance, and Commercial teams, the VP will translate quality strategy into measurable business outcomes, balancing brand protection, consumer trust, speed, cost, and innovation. The role requires a strategic and transformational leader who can influence globally, build high-performing teams, leverage data and quality intelligence, and embed a “quality at the source” mindset throughout the organization and partner ecosystem.

This position will play a critical role in strengthening enterprise resilience, protecting brand reputation, reducing quality-related risk, and enhancing the overall consumer experience through best-in-class quality systems, governance, and execution.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities of the Job: (Please list and describe the most important duties of the role):

• 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

 CORE VALUE

• Embrace PVH's core values: Individuality, Partnership, Passion, Integrity, and Accountability.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience:

• 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 preferred.

Education :

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

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.