Supplier Quality Management Supervisor

Corden Pharma is a leading full-service Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) specializing in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, drug products (DPs), and packaging. With around 3,000 employees worldwide, we help pharmaceutical and biotech companies manufacture medicines with the ultimate goal of improving people’s lives.

Corden Pharma's network, spanning Europe and the U.S., provides flexible and specialized solutions across six technology platforms:
Peptides, Lipids & Carbohydrates, Injectables, Highly Potent & Oncology, Small Molecules, and Oligonucleotides. We strive for excellence in supporting this network and are committed to delivering the highest quality products for patient well‑being.

The Supervisor, Supplier Quality Management is responsible for the daily oversight and execution of the Supplier Quality Management (SQM) Program to ensure suppliers, materials and service providers meet applicable quality and regulatory requirements.

This role provides direct leadership to Supplier Quality personnel and supports supplier qualification, supplier performance monitoring, material review activities, supplier investigations and risk‑based supplier lifecycle management.

The Supervisor partners cross‑functionally with Quality Assurance, Supply Chain (Procurement, Planning and Warehousing), Manufacturing and external suppliers to support reliable material supply, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

This position is responsible for driving operational execution of supplier quality activities, monitoring key performance indicators, supporting supplier remediation initiatives and ensuring adherence to internal procedures and global quality standards.

• Supervises daily Supplier Quality Management (SQM) operations including workload coordination, prioritization, escalation management and execution of supplier quality activities
• Provides direct leadership, coaching, mentoring and development to Supplier Quality personnel, including support of onboarding, training and qualification activities
• Oversees supplier qualification, requalification and supplier lifecycle management activities in accordance with site procedures, regulatory expectations and risk‑based principles
• Supports management and maintenance of the Approved Supplier List (ASL), including supplier approval status, periodic reviews and supplier performance monitoring activities
• Performs and/or approves supplier qualification assessments utilizing supplier questionnaires, quality agreements, audits, technical documentation, risk assessments and supplier performance data
• Supports the establishment and adherence to the supplier audit schedule. In execution and tracking of supplier audits, including audit scheduling, audit response coordination, effectiveness follow‑up and supplier remediation activities
• Responsible for identifying and prioritizing supplier audits including requirements for and performance of supplier audits; and issuance of reports and coordination of responses
• Collaborates cross‑functionally with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehouse, QC, Process Engineering and Project Management to support compliant and reliable material supply
• Responsible for establishing, maintaining and evaluation of compliance to Quality Agreements with Material Suppliers and Service Providers
• Responsible for partnering with customers across site, key stakeholders and management, to communicate/escalate and ensure timely and adequate management of quality risks
• Monitors supplier quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement and site QMRs
• Provides oversight and support for supplier‑related investigations, supplier corrective actions (SCARs), material review board (MRB) activities, deviations, complaints and discrepancy investigations
• Supports supplier change management activities, including assessment of supplier‑initiated changes and evaluation of potential quality, regulatory and operational impacts
• Supports inspection and audit readiness activities related to…