Superintendent

Sumitomo Electric Group•Marysville, OH

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for leading and managing all sorting, containment, and rework activities associated with quality and engineering-related issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimizing impact to customers and production. The role also oversees ongoing receiving inspection processes at OCSC to verify product quality, identify potential nonconformities, support operational excellence, and ensure compliance with customer, company, and regulatory requirements. Through effective coordination of resources, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration, this position plays a critical role in protecting product quality, maintaining customer satisfaction, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree Required or Technical Certificate
8-10 years progressive plant experience including 2-4 years in supervisory capacity
Past Supervisory experience is required.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, direction, and oversight for all sorting, containment, inspection, and rework activities related to Honda products at OCSC through the QA Inspection Team Leaders.
Responsible for ensuring that inspection activities are properly planned, staffed, and executed in accordance with customer requirements, quality standards, and established work instructions.
Monitors performance, drives accountability, and supports the development of inspection personnel to ensure consistent execution of containment activities, timely issue resolution, and the delivery of conforming product.
Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams to proactively address quality concerns, minimize risk, and support continuous improvement efforts.
Responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels are maintained to effectively support daily sorting, inspection, containment, and rework activities.
Coordinates temporary labor resources based on workload demands, production priorities, customer requirements, and quality-related issues to ensure timely and efficient execution of all assigned activities.
Monitors resource utilization, adjusts staffing plans as needed, and works closely with staffing agencies and internal departments to maintain operational flexibility, meet performance objectives, and support uninterrupted customer service.
Provides leadership, direction, and supervision to QA Technicians responsible for inspecting all mass production (MP) harness change points and verifying that engineering and process changes are implemented accurately and in accordance with approved specifications.
Ensures inspections are conducted thoroughly, documentation requirements are met, and any discrepancies are promptly identified, communicated, and resolved.
Supports product quality and customer satisfaction by maintaining compliance with change management requirements, validating the effectiveness of implemented changes, and driving accountability for the successful execution of all change point verification activities.
Responsible for ensuring that all IPPAARs and IPP tags are accurately generated, verified, and properly affixed to the correct containers at the appropriate stage of the process.
Ensures compliance with customer, quality, and traceability requirements by validating that identification and inspection documentation is applied correctly, maintained accurately, and available when needed.
Monitors adherence to established procedures, provides guidance to personnel, and promptly addresses any discrepancies to prevent misidentification, shipping errors, or potential quality concerns.
Responsible for ensuring that inspection standards, work instructions, and acceptance criteria for all sorting and rework activities are complete, accurate, and clearly documented.
Ensures that inspection requirements are communicated in a manner that is easily understood and consistently applied by all inspection personnel, including temporary and full-time associates, to promote standardized execution, product quality, and compliance with customer and company requirements.
Provides guidance, training, and ongoing support to inspection teams to ensure effective implementation of inspection standards and containment activities.
Responsible for coordinating, in partnership with the primary Quality Engineer, all inspection activities associated with New Model harness programs prior to product inspection and shipment to Honda.
Helps ensure that inspection requirements, quality standards, and customer expectations are clearly defined and effectively implemented to support on-time delivery of conforming product.
Facilitates communication between operations, quality, and engineering teams to proactively address issues, maintain launch readiness, and ensure compliance with all applicable customer and company requirements.
Act as the primary Quality Assurance and Technical Services (QA/TS) representative and key point of contact for all internal SEWS audits and third-party audit activities.
Responsible for coordinating audit preparation efforts, facilitating audit execution, and ensuring timely resolution of audit findings.
Helps maintain a state of continuous audit readiness by monitoring compliance with quality management system requirements, supporting corrective action activities, and working cross-functionally to ensure OCSC is fully prepared for scheduled and unscheduled audits while promoting a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Responsible for coordinating and communicating with Warehouse Operations and Logistics teams to ensure effective management of in-transit containers and accurate tracking of parts throughout the supply chain.
Monitors material movement from shipment through receipt, maintains visibility of inventory status, and facilitates timely resolution of transportation, delivery, or container-related issues.
Serves as a key liaison between internal departments and external partners to ensure uninterrupted material flow, accurate inventory traceability, compliance with customer requirements, and the timely availability of parts to support production and customer commitments.