Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Primarily support sites in US on all Supplier Performance issues
• Lead the development and management of Supplier Quality Engineering methodology in multiple sites within region and suppliers globally
• Train, mentor, and use Quality tools such as PPAP, APQP, Six Sigma to drive supplier improvement
• Participate and lead NPI/ CE/VE projects to drive cost savings and compliance to Quality requirements across regions
• Drive Supplier Engineering metrics such as Cost of Poor Performance, Supplier PPM, Delivery (OTTR), Productivity and Lead Time as needed within the regional supply base to deliver results
• Assist Sourcing and Supplier Engineering leadership in Supplier selection, verification, development of suppliers globally.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in SQE/SDE field with at least 3 years in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in healthcare industry
• Experience with ISO standards and supplier quality auditing.
• Must have demonstrated understanding of APQP and PPAP processes and implementation.

• Six Sigma expertise.

Preferred Skills

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

• Experience dealing in multisite environment and managing requirements of multiple stakeholders.

• Experience working with FDA Medical Devices and Drugs.

• Strong background in Statistical process control, DOE, capability analysis (Cp, Cpk).