Supplier Quality Specialist

Supplier Quality Specialist 

Contract (6-7 Months)

Rochester, NY

Position Summary: The Supplier Quality Specialist partners directly with Bausch + Lomb’s External Manufacturing (EM) suppliers to support commercial nutritional products. This role ensures that finished goods EM suppliers comply with all applicable regulatory requirements and Bausch + Lomb quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Support ongoing manufacturing of nutritional products at EM suppliers to ensure internal and external requirements are met or exceeded.

• Manage batch releases, nonconformances, quality change requests, and CAPAs, including root cause investigations, to ensure timely completion.

• Resolve supplier quality issues using structured problem-solving methodologies and escalate issues affecting product to Quality Management.

• Track and trend quality data, identify adverse trends, and initiate corrective actions.

• Support product complaint investigations.

• Assist Quality Management with all audits, including FDA, Notified Body, other regulatory agency, and licensed customer audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical or scientific field (required).

• Hands-on experience in supplier quality (preferred).

• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.

• Experience using electronic quality management systems.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

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