Senior Supplier Development & Quality Specialist

Kelvion; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelvion is seeking a Supplier Development Specialist to ensure supplier materials and services meet quality, delivery, and regulatory standards. You will drive corrective actions, audits, and new supplier qualifications, supporting risk reduction across the supply chain.

You will lead supplier development, manage crises, and collaborate with procurement, engineering and manufacturing to ensure quality objectives are met and improvements are sustained across programs and ramp-ups.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree in a technical field with 5+ years of supplier quality experience.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and preferably IATF 16949.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools and quality tools.

Responsibilities

• Monitor supplier performance through scorecards and KPIs.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Manage supplier-related crises and cross-team communications.
• Drive supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate and approve new suppliers based on capability and risk.
• Determine supplier suitability via technical reviews in sourcing.
• Develop supplier audit plans and conduct audits / quality assessments.
• Review and approve KPAP/PPAP documentation.
• Verify supplier capacity via Run at Rates.
• Plan and oversee safe launches for new parts and changes.
• Review supplier change requests and ensure QMS compliance.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing and suppliers.

Skills

Supplier quality

KPIs

Root cause analysis

8D method

Audits

PPAP/APQP

Sourcing

CAPA

Statistical analysis

Microsoft Office

Education

BA or BS degree in technical field

Tools

Statistical software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Kelvion is seeking a Supplier Development Specialist to ensure supplier materials and services meet quality, delivery, and regulatory standards. You will drive corrective actions, audits, and new supplier qualifications, supporting risk reduction across the supply chain.

You will lead supplier development, manage crises, and collaborate with procurement, engineering and manufacturing to ensure quality objectives are met and improvements are sustained across programs and ramp-ups.