Director Of Quality

Overview

The Director of Quality leads quality across all current and future Spectre sites in Vietnam. This includes establishing unified standards, building a strong country-wide quality organisation, commissioning new facilities, and ensuring Spectre remains a benchmark for high-end technical apparel manufacturing.

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Key Responsibilities

Strategic Quality Leadership

• Lead quality across the entire Vietnam manufacturing network with consistent standards and aligned systems.

• Build a cohesive quality organisation with country-level governance, shared best practices, and collaborative ways of working.

• Oversee the quality commissioning of all new facilities, including the upcoming northern site.

Quality Performance & Defect Reduction

• Deliver measurable reductions in internal defects, rework, and customer findings.

• Lead structured root-cause analysis (8D, CAPA, SPC) that produces permanent solutions.

• Improve first-pass yield and product consistency across all categories.

Quality Systems & Compliance

• Maintain ISO 9001, Oeko-Tex, WRAP/BSCI/SA8000 and customer-specific standards.

• Ensure all quality processes support Spectre’s sustainability commitments, responsible production, and customer ESG expectations.

• Strengthen supplier quality assurance across materials, trims, and incoming goods.

Advanced Quality Technologies

• Introduce and scale relevant Industry 4.0 quality technologies including automated inspection, machine vision, digital dashboards and real-time monitoring.

• Build digital-first systems that enhance detection capability, traceability, and responsiveness.

Customer Partnership & Audit Excellence

• Act as the primary quality interface for major European brand partners.

• Lead customer audits with preparation, transparency, and strong technical grounding.

• Provide clear, data-driven reporting and proactive communication that builds long-term trust.

People, Culture & Capability Development

• Foster a right-first-time mindset aligned with Spectre’s DRIve values (Dedication, Responsibility, Integrity, Proactive).

• Build capability through coaching, training, and problem-solving development.

• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration with Production, CI, Planning, and Sourcing.

Who You Are

• 12+ years of manufacturing quality leadership with multisite responsibility.

• Deep expertise in ISO systems, 8D/FMEA/CAPA, and statistical methods.

• Comfortable with digital quality tools and automated inspection technologies.

• Experience with European or international manufacturing environments preferred.

• Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

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Success in the First 18 Months

• Quality systems established and stabilised across all existing and new sites.

• Measurable reduction in defects and customer-reported issues.

• Strong improvement in first-pass yield across facilities.

• Consistent performance in customer and compliance audits.

• A capable, aligned country-wide quality organisation delivering reliably.

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Why Spectre

Spectre combines Scandinavian values, long-term customer partnerships, and strong investment in people, technology, and responsible production. In this role, you help strengthen a quality organisation aligned with our B-Corp values and science-based sustainability commitments, supporting world-leading outdoor brands with absolute consistency.