Do you want to redefine the skyline?

We are hiring for a Quality Vendor Specialist to join our team (in our Bloomfield or Mendota Heights Locations)

The Quality Vendor Specialist exists to serve as the primary field liaison for the Quality and Procurement departments, ensuring that architectural materials produced by external vendors meet strict technical specifications and quality standards. The position is designed to mitigate project risk through on-site material inspections, observation of contractually required testing, and active production expediting to ensure project continuity and timely delivery.

Responsibilities

1. Material Verification: Perform physical inspections and technical variance comparisons of materials at vendor facilities to ensure compliance with supply agreements.
2. Contractual Testing: Observe on-site testing performed by vendors as mandated by specific project contracts.
3. Schedule Management: Monitor vendor production timelines and expedite schedules on behalf of project management and procurement teams.
4. Stakeholder Communication: Document and deliver real-time, comprehensive reports on inspection results and vendor progress to internal project teams.
5. Quality Standards: Identify material defects and technical discrepancies to maintain Permasteelisa’s high quality benchmarks.
6. Safety Compliance: Actively participate in safety initiatives and strictly adhere to all safety policies during shop visits.
7. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively within a team environment to support the Senior Quality Manager and broader procurement functions.
8. Values Leadership: Act as a champion for the company’s core values—respect, commitment, quality, passion, and growth—in all vendor interactions.

As an employee you, must communicate effectively on safety values, which are incorporated into the company’s values. Safety assessments are a priority within the company’s values and you must enforce and promote safety policies and procedures.

At Permasteelisa North America we are united by our shared values, which drive the way we conduct our business and ourselves: work with respect, deliver on commitment, embrace quality, inspire passion, and pursue growth. In a leadership role, you must incorporate values into performance objectives, model values, and provide daily coaching and mentoring of our values