Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

Are you ready to take on a critical role in ensuring the delivery of reliable goods and services from our suppliers, ultimately supporting our Company’s commitment to uninterrupted supply of products and services to our patients? Apply now and make a difference!"

We are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer

Welcome in our team

The Supplier Development & Performance Management (SD&PM) team ensures delivery of reliable, compliant goods and services from suppliers to enable an uninterrupted supply of our Company’s products and services to our patients.

Purpose of the role

As a Supplier Quality Engineer you are responsible for serving as a primary point of contact for high risk and escalated supplier issues for our company sites and you will be implementing procedures and best practices supporting our company within the Supplier Development and Performance Management organization. The scope of this position includes suppliers that provide direct materials to our production sites globally with a primary focus in the European region. You will serve as a primary point of contact to our company sites and suppliers in the region, traveling up to 50% as applicable.  The Supplier Quality Engineer will be assigned to the Secondary Packaging category, providing cross-over support to all the categories (Raw Materials, Product Contact Components, Sterile Primary Packaging, and Non-Sterile Primary Packaging), as needed.

Tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Lead deviation investigations for supplier related issues reported by Animal Health and Human Health sites and CAPAs to drive quality and delivery performance improvements.

• Act with urgency to support escalated supplier related issues with the potential to impact supply, manufacturing schedules, and/or product availability to the market.  Serve as a primary point of contact between suppliers and our sites, coordinating technical visits to internal and/or external sites to drive immediate resolution of high-risk issues.  Communicate updates and resolutions in weekly Tier meetings.

• Interface with our site Operations, Quality, Planning, Global Procurement and Global Technology Operations counterparts and stakeholders for issue resolution, SIP completion, and general technical matters.  Including understanding and optimizing component / material usage and upskilling suppliers to provide improved materials and services.

• Develop and manage Supplier Improvement Plans (SIPs) for Constant and Central Care suppliers as applicable and support SIPs for Critical Care suppliers.  Facilitate monthly Supplier Review Meetings (SRMs) to review Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and SIPs.

• Implement procedures and best practices supporting our company within the Supplier Development and Performance Management organization.

• Exercise leadership in monitoring and maintaining supplier compliance with worldwide regulatory requirements, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), our Quality Manuals, Quality Management Systems (QMS), and pertinent legal and/or business contract requirements.

Your profile:

• BS/BA preferably in Engineering, Science or Business

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality, Technical, or Manufacturing / Packaging Operations, preferably with knowledge of cGxPs and pharmaceutical / life science operations

• Demonstrated success working independently with all levels of a matrix organization to get results, while fostering collaboration and maintaining a customer-focused mindset

• Demonstrated leadership skills including professional / interpersonal communication skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills in English

• Exposure to project and/or change management

• Lean Six Sigma certification (e.g. Green Belt / Black Belt) or equivalent demonstrated process improvement experience is a preference

• Experience in Statistical analysis, Deviation management, problem solving, and/or technical writing.

• Experience with related systems such as Reliance ETQ, Qlik, Spotfire, SAP, or CaM is a preference

• Appreciation and respect for diversity of thought and inclusion

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development.

• Competitive salary

• 35.5 days of leave

• Attractive collective health care insurance package with considerable reduction rates

• Solid Pension Plan

• Bonus plan subject to the company annual results

• Travel allowance

• Flexible working arrangements

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

10/2/2024

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Job Posting End Date: 10/02/2024

A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID: R312696