The Quality Engineer will act as a liaison between suppliers and Stryker, focusing on improving supplier quality, assessing supplier processes, tracking performance metrics, and providing training. The role also involves reducing costs through quality improvements and transferring lessons back to R&D and other functions.
Work Flexibility: Hybrid
What you will do
- Liaison between suppliers and Stryker to drive effective continuous improvement to the supply base.
- Works with internal customers and suppliers to support supplier quality issues and provide technical support for activities related to supplier quality system assessment, performance evaluation and quality improvement projects.
- collaborates with the strategic sourcing, auditing and development groups to understand capabilities and competencies of suppliers to fulfill quality and regulatory requirements
- Assess and critique supplier processes and control documentation and drive improvement in the supplier QMS
- Articulate detailed supplier performance results and trends to appropriate levels of management
- Support tracking and reporting of KPI and other metrics associated with supplier performance
- Provide education and training to suppliers, as necessary
- Maintain and track completion of supplier action plans
- Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities through quality improvements at suppliers.
- Transfer “lessons learned” from the supply base back to R&D, AO, RA, and other functions for incorporation into next generation designs
- Participate in cross-functional projects as needed.
What you need
Basic Qualifications:
- B. Eng. in a science, engineering or related discipline preferred, or equivalent years of experience
- 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing environment or equivalent
- Overall, 3-5 years career experience in Supplier Quality roles.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a highly regulatory environment
- Basic knowledge of FMEA, validation programs and SPC processes
- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, prints, tolerancing, project management and statistics
- Strong interpersonal skills, written, oral communication and negotiations skills
- Knowledge and understanding of US and International Medical Device Regulations
- Travel required.
Travel Percentage: 20%
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