Regional Supplier Development Leader - EMEA​/NA

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The Regional Supplier Development Leader is responsible for driving Qnity Electronics’ regional supplier performance, capability, and risk management while ensuring strong alignment with the Quality Management Systems (QMS) of Qnity’s manufacturing sites. This role leads the deployment and continuous improvement of Qnity’s Supplier Development Program and collaborates closely with manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and technology teams across North America and Europe to ensure supplier performance directly enables site operational excellence.

The leader is accountable for building a cohesive, standardized supplier quality model that supports both regional business needs and site-level QMS requirements, strengthening Qnity’s overall supply base and manufacturing reliability.

• Serve as the primary regional leader for Supplier Development, ensuring suppliers meet Qnity’s expectations for quality, delivery, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Own and evolve Qnity’s Supplier Development Program, establishing standard governance, risk evaluation, supplier performance rating, and improvement processes across the organization.

• Ensure that supplier development activities are fully integrated with the Quality Management Systems (QMS) at Qnity manufacturing sites, including ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and other applicable standards.

• Provide direct engagement and support to North American and European manufacturing sites, ensuring supplier quality practices actively support site audits, certifications, customer requirements, and regulatory obligations.

• Lead regional deployment of a standardized supplier management and performance rating framework—including governance, risk assessment, supplier score carding, and quality oversight.

• Centralize supplier performance data and manage quality escalations, ensuring consistent and aligned communication across Qnity businesses.

• Partner with Sourcing, Supply Chain, Technology, and Quality teams to evaluate supplier capabilities, qualifications, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Drive suppliers to develop and execute robust quality plans, process controls, and standard work that ensure conformance to Qnity, regulatory, and customer expectations.

• Lead and resource improvement efforts—including discrete supplier‑focused projects—to enhance quality, capability, delivery, and cost performance.

• Plan and execute supplier audits (process, system, product-specific) to validate compliance with Qnity standards and QMS expectations.

• Ensure supplier inspection and testing methodologies effectively reduce quality risk and support reliable delivery performance.

• Facilitate structured corrective and preventive actions (CAPA/SCAR), ensuring sustainable closure and documented effectiveness.

• Serve as the key interface between supplier development activities and manufacturing site Quality Management Systems.

• Support sites during internal, customer, and third‑party audits related to supplier management, incoming quality, and externally provided processes.

• Provide subject‑matter support for QMS implementation, certification maintenance, and advancement initiatives (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, etc.).

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