Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Position Summary

•    Primary contact to a Global Procurement, Site Buyers, and Site Quality to perform supplier quality functions and activities for the purchase of Commodities, Purchased Finished Goods (PFG’s), and Critical Services
•    Lead supplier quality improvement projects
•    Assist with the development of suppliers to provide reliable, trusting, and productive relationships
•    Primary contact to an assigned BU and/or manufacturing site for the resolution of supplier issues, new projects, and new acquisitions
•    To serve as a subject matter expert in the area of Purchasing Controls 
•    Write, coordinate, track, and review supplier quality agreements
•    Perform supplier audits
•    Mentor coworkers
•    Develop strong partnering relationships with Global Procurement, Supply Chain, QA/RA, Design, and Manufacturing groups
 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Coordinate with Global Procurement, Site Buyers, and Site Quality to provide the appropriate supplier quality support for the purchase of Commodities, PFG’s, and Critical Services.
•    Perform supplier compliance and qualification functions and activities for prospective new commodity, PFG, and critical service suppliers.
•    Work with Global Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Site Buyers, and Site Quality on the development of key and critical suppliers to improve supplier’s performance, quality, cost, responsiveness, and technology.
•    Perform supplier development activities with suppliers of defective materials including developing and executing supplier quality plans, conducting “for-cause” audits, SCAR follow-up, coordinating business reviews, and implementing six-sigma and continuous improvement methods and techniques.
•    Implement quality improvements related to suppliers of materials, products, or critical services in development or manufacturing.
•    Resolve ineffective supplier corrective action plans with suppliers.
•    Coordinate component and product quality testing.
•    Coordinate supplier-initiated change requests.
•    Analyze and identify trends from quality data and develop proactive measures with supplier in support of continuous improvement.
•    Lead supplier related activities in support of business objectives.
•    Assist the business units with the acquisition of new companies and the integration of their suppliers into the Teleflex quality system.
•    Serve on project teams in the area of problem-solving methodologies.
•    Provide other departmental support requested by immediate supervisor.
•    Adhere to and ensure compliance to the Teleflex code of conduct, all company policies, rules, procedures and housekeeping standards.
 

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Four-year college degree with scientific/technical discipline preferred.
•    5-10 years of experience working within an FDA regulated industry, Medical Device preferred.
•    Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis.
•    Advanced knowledge of 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 9001 (with emphasis on purchasing controls).
•    Knowledge of statistical techniques.
•    Minimum 3 years of auditing experience (3rd party certification preferred).
•    Engineering degree or 3rd party engineering certification preferred (ASQ CQE).
 

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Experience with manufacturing 
•    Experience with Visio, Access, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and statistical applications
•    Excellent verbal communication (English language)
•    Excellent technical writing skills (English language)
•    Excellent presentation skills
•    Team facilitation skills
•    Experience with Minitab preferred

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