Onsite Supplier Quality Manager

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About the role

  • Supplier Quality Manager responsible for ensuring compliance with quality standards in medical devices. Leading supplier quality initiatives and supervising quality assurance teams in Juarez, Mexico.

Responsibilities

  • Drives the site's Supplier Quality functions, assuring the development of the Quality System and the compliance to corporate Standards, FDA, QSR’s, ISO 13485 among other requirements.
  • Provide direct supervision and/or technical guidance to SQE, Sr. SQE, Supervisors, Clerk, Leaders, IQC inspectors and interns as applicable.
  • Plan and coordinate supplier quality activities and resource requirements.
  • Plan / Supervise and approve Supplier/Component Qualifications to meet requirements.
  • Assure the availability of current product drawings, specifications, and visual inspection boards.
  • Approve the plan to implement and modify, as needed, the Quality Control inspection, audit plans, test procedures for incoming components.
  • Organize, manage and train Supplier Quality employees to execute the full scope of supplier quality program.
  • Assure conformance to good manufacturing practices in the supplier department.
  • Develop quality assurance training standards and assure that the SQE group is trained.
  • Lead continuous improvement projects to increase effectiveness of Supplier Quality System department.
  • Promote, support plant continuous improvement program activities; contribute ideas to these programs and work on implementation. Support to committees, teams, task forces, etc. as assigned.
  • Exercise control over the quality of conformance of the components inspected. Assure component conformance to all design and quality system specifications and requirements included in the drawings.
  • Initiate SCARs, when necessary, follow up on complaints, quality rejects and scrap levels related to supplier quality. Lead problem solving, failure analysis and CAPAs until effective problem solving.
  • Coordinate and administer Supplier Audits and Assessments according to schedule.
  • Lead or participate on supplier management committee (SMC) and teams as assigned.
  • Maintain, generate, and evaluate supplier performance metrics and reports.
  • Conduct Supplier development as needed.
  • Provide support to Production, R&D, Engineering and Quality Assurance Departments on component related issues.
  • Execute key supplier audits in response to significant performance issues that may jeopardize product's quality or compliance to standards.
  • Perform Internal Quality Audits to support annual audit schedule, as necessary.
  • Prepare and implement Corporate Standards procedures or policies related to supplier audits or evaluations activities.
  • Executes other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in engineering sciences
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in supplier / quality systems, or management in medical devices industries position.
  • Experience on Quality Systems (FDA-CFR), GMP’s and ISO 13485.
  • Six Sigma Green Belt Certification or CQE certification.
  • Certified Lead Quality Auditor.
  • Experience applying problem solving techniques (i.e., Six Sigma, 8D's, etc).
  • Experience on quality systems requirements and application of statistical techniques (Control charts, sampling plans, design of experiments, etc.).

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Health Insurance
  • Paid time off

Job title

Supplier Quality Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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