Senior Supplier Quality & Logistics Specialist

Job summary

Establish and oversee supplier quality standards, inspections, receiving controls, inventory management, and freight coordination to ensure outsourced materials and work are complete, compliant, and delivered on schedule. Monitor supplier performance and corrective actions, coordinate with Production and installation partners, and manage quality and logistics risks through to project readiness.

Job details

Company Description Holman Exhibits Limited, a Human Experiences Company, specializes in designing, fabricating, and installing interactive environments for retail, museum, and trade show clients. Every project is custom-built to reflect client goals and brand vision, combining creative design with practical construction expertise. The team continuously pushes the boundaries of design innovation, construction methods, and material usage to deliver immersive, memorable displays. With over six decades of experience, Holman Exhibits is committed to creating experiences that captivate and engage visitors at every level. Role Description The Senior Supplier Quality & Logistics Specialist oversees supplier quality, logistics, and material readiness throughout the supply chain lifecycle. Responsible for ensuring externally sourced materials, components, and outsourced work arrive complete, compliant, and on schedule, this role provides the quality oversight and operational discipline needed to support efficient production and installation. Through proactive supplier management, quality assurance, inventory control, and freight coordination, the Senior Supplier Quality & Logistics Specialist minimizes rework, reduces supply chain risk, and helps ensure projects are delivered smoothly, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Key Responsibilities Establish supplier quality standards, inspection requirements, documentation and acceptance criteria for purchased and outsourced items. Review outsourced items, production drawings and relevant instruction manuals to identify quality or execution risks before release and shipment. Conduct or coordinate supplier site visits, in-process spot checks and mid/final progress reviews for critical outsourced work. Track supplier defects, non-conformances, rework and corrective actions; ensure recurring issues are addressed through vendor performance management. Own receiving inspection requirements and coordinate disposition of damaged, incomplete or non-conforming deliveries. Establish and manage inventory controls covering stocking, monitoring, allocation, identification and exception handling. Coordinate freight, shipping and receiving requirements, including logistics-provider evaluation and selection support, distribution coordination and logistics management. Support installation readiness through vendor coordination, site/condition confirmation, documentation, manuals and day-of issue escalation where required. Work closely with Production to ensure externally sourced work is manufacturable, compatible with internal requirements and ready when needed. Provide technical input to vendor qualification and scorecards, particularly for quality, workmanship, reliability and production capability. Maintain quality and logistics metrics and proactively identify recurring failure points across vendors and projects. Authority to hold, reject or escalate non-conforming supplier product pending appropriate disposition. Accountable for supplier-quality inspection standards, receiving controls and quality issue documentation. Accountable for visibility of freight, receiving, inventory and installation-readiness risks. Provides technical/quality recommendation on vendor qualification and continued approved-vendor status. Partners with Production on technical and quality acceptance while maintaining clear separation between supplier commercial ownership and supplier quality oversight. Experience & Qualifications 5+ years of supplier quality, manufacturing quality, production, logistics, technical operations or procurement experience. Hands-on understanding of fabricated/custom products, outsourced manufacturing and production quality requirements. Ability to interpret production drawings, specifications, BOMs and workmanship standards. Experience with receiving inspection, root-cause analysis, corrective actions and supplier-quality processes. Working knowledge of freight, shipping/receiving and inventory control. Strong practical problem-solving skills and willingness to work directly with vendors, production teams and installation partners. How We Measure Success in this Role Supplier defect and non-conformance rates. Rework, replacement and warranty costs attributable to suppliers. First-pass acceptance of outsourced items. Corrective-action closure time and recurrence rate. Receiving accuracy and damage/shortage rates. Inventory accuracy and availability. Freight/logistics exceptions and delivery performance. Installation issues attributable to supplier quality, completeness or documentation. Benefits Company events HCSA for medical, dental and vision care Life insurance Paid time off Salary: $58,000 - $68,000 CAD

What you’ll do

Establish and oversee supplier quality standards, inspections, receiving controls, inventory management, and freight coordination to ensure outsourced materials and work are complete, compliant, and delivered on schedule. Monitor supplier performance and corrective actions, coordinate with Production and installation partners, and manage quality and logistics risks through to project readiness.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of experience in supplier or manufacturing quality, production, logistics, technical operations, or procurement, along with hands-on knowledge of custom fabricated products and outsourced manufacturing. Candidates should be able to interpret drawings, specifications, bills of materials, and workmanship standards, and have experience with receiving inspection, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, freight, and inventory control.

Benefits

• Company Events
• Health Care Spending Account
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
• Inventory Control · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Supplier Quality Management
• Supplier Audits
• Receiving Inspection
• Quality Assurance
• Root-Cause Analysis
• Corrective Actions
• Inventory Control
• Freight Coordination
• Shipping and Receiving
• Production Drawing Interpretation
• Bill of Materials Interpretation
• Vendor Qualification
• Non-Conformance Management
• Production Readiness
• Installation Readiness
• Vendor Performance Management

Job areas

• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership
• Construction

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