Supplier Audit/ Evaluation Specialist – Polymer/ Chemical Commodity
Location:
Near to Beachwood, OH Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite Travel: 50% Function: Supplier Quality / Procurement Auditor Overall Experience: 12–15 years | Supplier Risk Audit Experience: 8-10 years
Role Summary:
You will lead the supplier audit and risk program for Polymer/ Chemical commodity, ensuring resilient, compliant, and high-quality supply. This role blends on-ground audits, analytical risk management, cross-functional collaboration, and supplier capacity to deliver measurable improvements in quality, compliance, and service.
Key Responsibilities:- Audit Strategy Delivery
- Risk Assessment- Build and maintain supplier risk registers.
- Material, Process Polymer/ Chemical commodity validation- Preferably commodities like Adhesion Engineered Polymer, Inorganic Specialty Chemicals, Upstream Chemical Polymers
- Supplier Performance- Deploy scorecards (OTD, DPPM, NCRs, audit scores, response times, certification status), drive maturity.
- Compliance Governance to specific norms (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, OHS, IATF etc.)Stakeholder Collaboration
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering / Polymer Science / Chemistry or equivalent.8–10 years in supplier auditing, supplier quality, supplier assessment within Polymer/ Chemical commodity (Adhesion Engineered Polymer, Inorganic Specialty Chemicals, Upstream Chemical Polymers) Demonstrated experience in auditing suppliers leading to measurable outcomes.
Core Skills Competencies:- Supplier Operational Assessments – Perform Onsite assessments for Quality, Supply Chain Capacity
- Apply value stream mapping, create material, and process flows, Document pain points and gaps.
- Sound knowledge of risk modeling (FMEA/ SRM), SPC, Pareto/ 5-Why/8D, dashboarding, trend analysis.
Supplier communication, negotiation, crisp documentation, stakeholder management, decision-making under ambiguity."" is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at *.
