Your mission<br>                                <ul><li>You build a robust supplier quality ecosystem by assessing and auditing suppliers remotely and on site, covering QMS (ISO 9001), EHS (ISO 14001/45001), lab competence (ISO 17025), and traceability/data integrity, and you ensure findings are closed on time.</li><li>You build risk-based supplier control plans with input from R&amp;D, Product Quality, and Production, defining what to check, how to check, and at which frequency.</li><li>You design incoming inspection and rapid screening approaches, set sampling plans and acceptance criteria, and establish clear quarantine and disposition workflows.</li><li>You review incoming lots against the control plan, use dashboards and auto-flagging to spot issues early, and coordinate release or quarantine efficiently.</li><li>You lead supplier-related nonconformities from triage and containment to root-cause analysis with 5-Why and Ishikawa, facilitate 8D with suppliers, and verify CAPA effectiveness.</li><li>You partner with suppliers on focused improvements to cut defects, moisture and impurities, and delivery variability, aligned with production needs.</li><li>You maintain supplier scorecards and risk heatmaps, report meaningful KPIs across quality and delivery performance, and recommend mitigations including dual-sourcing or exit strategies.</li></ul>                            Your profile<br>                                <ul><li>You have 3+ years of supplier quality engineering experience in automotive, battery, chemical, materials, or related process industries; startup or scale-up exposure is a plus.</li><li>You hold a degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field.</li><li>You have strong knowledge of specifications and analytical methods (ICP, FTIR, Karl Fischer, GC/HPLC) as well as SPC, MSA, FMEA, and 8D/5-Why.</li><li>You have a good knowledge of ISO 9001 and are familiar with ISO 17025, ISO 14001/45001, and chain-of-custody schemes.</li><li>You are comfortable working with QMS/LIMS/MES systems, understand data integrity principles, and can navigate supplier portals.</li><li>You communicate with clarity and influence, tailoring your message to suppliers, operations, engineers, and customers; you negotiate constructively and build trust.</li><li>You are experienced in conducting value-adding audits and are able to travel to supplier sites internationally (up to 20%).</li><li>You are proficient in German and English.</li><li>You thrive in a dynamic environment with high management exposure and are willing to go the extra mile when required.</li></ul>                            Why us?<br>                                <ul><li>Working in a young and interdisciplinary scale-up team </li><li>A lot of responsibility and creative freedom right from the start </li><li>Active contribution to climate protection &amp; circular economy  </li><li>Active involvement in decisions</li><li>Team spirit and a family atmosphere </li></ul>                            

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<div id="ember55" class="ember-view organization-about-module__content-consistant-cards-description"><span class="lt-line-clamp__raw-line">cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylib's proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Lilian Schwich (CEO), Paul Sabarny (CTO), and Dr.-Ing. Gideon Schwich (COO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.</span></div>
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Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

Your mission<br>                                <ul><li>You build a robust supplier quality ecosystem by assessing and auditing suppliers remotely and on site, covering QMS (ISO 9001), EHS (ISO 14001/45001), lab competence (ISO 17025), and traceability/data integrity, and you ensure findings are closed on time.</li><li>You build risk-based supplier control plans with input from R&amp;D, Product Quality, and Production, defining what to check, how to check, and at which frequency.</li><li>You design incoming inspection and rapid screening approaches, set sampling plans and acceptance criteria, and establish clear quarantine and disposition workflows.</li><li>You review incoming lots against the control plan, use dashboards and auto-flagging to spot issues early, and coordinate release or quarantine efficiently.</li><li>You lead supplier-related nonconformities from triage and containment to root-cause analysis with 5-Why and Ishikawa, facilitate 8D with suppliers, and verify CAPA effectiveness.</li><li>You partner with suppliers on focused improvements to cut defects, moisture and impurities, and delivery variability, aligned with production needs.</li><li>You maintain supplier scorecards and risk heatmaps, report meaningful KPIs across quality and delivery performance, and recommend mitigations including dual-sourcing or exit strategies.</li></ul>                            Your profile<br>                                <ul><li>You have 3+ years of supplier quality engineering experience in automotive, battery, chemical, materials, or related process industries; startup or scale-up exposure is a plus.</li><li>You hold a degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field.</li><li>You have strong knowledge of specifications and analytical methods (ICP, FTIR, Karl Fischer, GC/HPLC) as well as SPC, MSA, FMEA, and 8D/5-Why.</li><li>You have a good knowledge of ISO 9001 and are familiar with ISO 17025, ISO 14001/45001, and chain-of-custody schemes.</li><li>You are comfortable working with QMS/LIMS/MES systems, understand data integrity principles, and can navigate supplier portals.</li><li>You communicate with clarity and influence, tailoring your message to suppliers, operations, engineers, and customers; you negotiate constructively and build trust.</li><li>You are experienced in conducting value-adding audits and are able to travel to supplier sites internationally (up to 20%).</li><li>You are proficient in German and English.</li><li>You thrive in a dynamic environment with high management exposure and are willing to go the extra mile when required.</li></ul>                            Why us?<br>                                <ul><li>Working in a&nbsp;young&nbsp;and&nbsp;interdisciplinary&nbsp;scale-up&nbsp;team&nbsp;</li><li>A&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;responsibility&nbsp;and&nbsp;creative&nbsp;freedom&nbsp;right&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;start&nbsp;</li><li>Active&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;to&nbsp;climate&nbsp;protection&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Active&nbsp;involvement&nbsp;in&nbsp;decisions</li><li>Team spirit and a family atmosphere&nbsp;</li></ul>                            

Supplier Quality Manager (m/f/d)

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