The role involves serving as a liaison between suppliers and Stryker, focusing on quality improvement in the supply base, assessing supplier processes, tracking supplier performance metrics, providing training and expertise at supplier locations, and supporting third-party audits. The position requires collaboration with various groups to ensure compliance with quality and regulatory standards.
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
- Support tracking and reporting of KPIs and other metrics associated with supplier performance
- Articulate detailed supplier performance results and trends to appropriate levels of management
- Propose and develop effective quality improvement plans to be implemented at appropriate suppliers
- Maintain and track completion of supplier action plans
- Provide training and problem-solving expertise at supplier locations, as needed
- Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities at suppliers
- Transfer lessons learned from the supply base to internal functions for inclusion into next generation designs
- Train, mentor and assist in the development of less experienced engineers
- Provide support in third party audits relating to supplier quality engineering deliverables
- May act as a single point of contact for Strategic Business Partners and participate in supplier reviews
- Serve as a subject matter expert, for assigned commodity; share expertise within global Stryker organization
- Additional duties, as assigned
What you need
Basic Qualifications:
- B. Eng. in a science, engineering or related discipline preferred, or equivalent years of experience
- 3+ years experience in manufacturing environment or equivalent
- Overall, 5-7 years career experience in Supplier Quality roles.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Lead Quality Auditor Qualification preferred (ISO 13485, CFR 820 or comparable standard / regulation)
- Experience in a highly regulatory environment desirable
- Basic knowledge of FMEA, validation programs and SPC processes
- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, prints, tolerancing, statistics and project management
- 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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