Supplier Quality Supervisor

Requisition Number: 79020

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• •Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• •Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• •Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• •Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences
• •Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation
• •Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Reporting to the Plant Quality Manager, the Supplier Quality Supervisor leads Fairport’s incoming inspection and supplier quality organization, including a multidisciplinary team of approximately 8–10 inspectors, technicians, and quality engineers. The role sets priorities, allocates resources, develops team capability, and ensures that nonconforming purchased material and supplier-related issues are identified, contained, communicated, and resolved effectively. The supervisor partners with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Procurement, and suppliers to improve incoming quality and reduce disruption to plant operations.

This role requires a hands-on, detail-oriented leader who can balance daily operational execution with longer-term supplier quality improvement, using data, structured problem-solving, and strong cross-functional collaboration to improve incoming quality performance and reduce disruption to production.

• •Directly supervise, develop, and hold accountable the IQA inspection and Supplier Quality team, including inspectors, technicians, and quality engineers. Provide daily direction, establish priorities, manage performance, develop technical and leadership capability, and align team resources with plant priorities and business needs.
• •Build a high-performing team culture focused on responsiveness, ownership, discipline, and partnership with internal customers and external suppliers
• •Establish clear roles, standard work, and escalation paths to ensure efficient execution of incoming inspection, non-conformance management, and supplier corrective action follow-up

• •Own plant incoming inspection processes to ensure purchased materials, components, and outsourced services are evaluated against

• •Own supplier quality analysis for the Fairport site, including issue identification, documentation, notification, corrective action follow-up, and escalation as needed
• •Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to hold suppliers accountable through supplier scorecards, performance reviews, corrective action requests, audits, and recovery planning where applicable
• •Drive supplier root cause and corrective action discipline using structured problem-solving methods to reduce repeat issues and improve incoming quality performance
• •Support qualification, evaluation, and ongoing monitoring of suppliers to ensure capability, compliance, and alignment with quality expectations

• •Ensure purchased material non-conformances are documented accurately and routed through the appropriate systems and processes for timely disposition and closure
• •Lead supplier-related corrective action activity, ensuring containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and verification of effectiveness are completed with urgency and rigor
• •Partner with engineering and operations to determine risk, material usability, and disposition paths for discrepant incoming material
• •Track recurring defects and systemic supplier issues, driving sustainable corrective actions rather than repeated containment

• •Partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, and Procurement to resolve supplier and incoming quality issues quickly and effectively
• •Serve as the plant point of contact for supplier quality concerns impacting operations, ensuring communication is timely, fact-based, and action-oriented
• •Support broader plant quality initiatives by providing input on defect trends, supplier performance risks, and opportunities to improve incoming material quality and inspection effectiveness

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