Quality Sr. Supervisor

nVent • Anoka, MN

35d • $76,000 - $141,100 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. At nVent, quality is more than inspection—it is how we deliver confidence to our customers and support the continued growth of our business. As the Quality Senior Supervisor – Receiving Inspection, you will lead a team responsible for ensuring incoming materials meet quality requirements before they enter production. This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll drive standardization, develop people, strengthen supplier quality performance, and implement continuous improvement initiatives that help ensure our products meet the highest standards for safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressive quality experience in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated experience leading receiving inspection, supplier quality, or quality operations.
• Proven experience leading, coaching, developing, and training Quality Technicians or similar inspection teams.
• Solid understanding of receiving inspection methodologies, GD&T, blueprint reading, metrology equipment, and inspection technologies.
• Experience developing standardized inspection plans, inspection instructions, and standardized work.
• Strong knowledge of quality tools including Root Cause Analysis, Control Plans, FMEA, SPC, PPAP, Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO 9001 standards for quality assurance.

Nice To Haves

• ASQ Certification (CQE, CMQ/OE, CQA, or similar).
• Experience with CMMs, vision systems, or other advanced inspection technologies.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and electronic quality management systems.
• APQP, supplier development, or New Product Introduction experience.
• High-volume manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Quality Technicians while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the Receiving Inspection function.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve consistent inspection protocols and inspection methods to ensure consistent evaluation of incoming materials across all product lines.
• Establish inspection priorities and allocate departmental resources to ensure incoming materials are inspected and released in support of production schedules while maintaining quality standards.
• Ensure Quality Technicians are accurately trained and proficient in inspection methods, precision measurement instruments, and evaluation technologies, while maintaining standardized work and certification requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve receiving inspection efficiency, accuracy, and throughput through process improvements, technology, automation, and Lean methodologies.
• Lead investigations of supplier and incoming material quality issues, including containment activities, identification of underlying causes, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
• Monitor Nonconformance Report (NCR) activity to ensure timely disposition, cross-functional follow-up, and closure while identifying trends that drive systemic corrective actions.
• Monitor receiving inspection performance metrics, identify trends, and lead initiatives that improve inspection effectiveness, supplier quality, material flow, and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior