LCI Industries has hired Catherine Grubb as vice president of Global Quality. Grubb will lead Lippert’s global quality initiatives, reporting to Lippert President and CEO Jason Lippert.
“We are excited that Catie is joining the Lippert team to help lead our global quality initiatives. Quality is one of the four foundational pillars that we will be building the future of Lippert upon, and we believe that we have the right person to lead this strategy in Catie. Quality is one of the main reasons our customers decide to partner with us and stay with us for the long haul,” Jason Lippert said. “We have a lot of great initiatives already lined up including the reduction of complexity of our SKUs, focusing on retention of key team members on the front lines and reevaluating our auditing process at the customer level just to name a few. Catie has already hit the ground running with several of these initiatives and we are excited to see the progress in the months to come.”
Grubb has over 20 years of experience leading global quality strategies. She spent 17 years at the Eaton Corp., a diversified power management solutions manufacturer. During her tenure at Eaton, Grubb held quality and engineering leadership positions for several divisions, most notably the Hydraulics Group in North America, which spans 23 different locations. Grubb was promoted to global quality manager, and in this role was responsible for leading all quality functions within the global manufacturing strategy. Grubb also served 13 combined years in the military between the Navy and the Army National Guard.
“I am really excited at the opportunity to join the Lippert team, tackling a role that spans so many different products, markets and industries,” Grubb said. “Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.’ I am ready to dive in headfirst and lend my years of experience of quality improvement to all facets of Lippert and am thankful for the opportunity to be part of its quality evolution.”
With over 120 manufacturing and distribution facilities located throughout North America and Europe, Lippert is a global manufacturer and highly engineered component and customized solution supplier for the RV and other markets.
