Supplier Audit/ Evaluation Specialist – Polymer/ Chemical commodity

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Job Title: Supplier Audit/ Evaluation Specialist – Polymer/ Chemical commodity

Location: Beachwood, OH

Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite

The pay range is $40/hr. - $45/hr.

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.

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