Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer - Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
Billerica, MA 01821
About the Job
Responsibilities:
- Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
- Qualifies suppliers according to company standards and may administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection to ensure cost effectiveness.
- Monitors parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicates and resolves supplier related problems as they occur.
- Builds a collaborative relationship with suppliers to quickly address any non-conformances.
- Drive appropriate root cause investigations with the supplier. Ensure corrective actions are implemented and monitor for desired results.
- Work with the supply base to drive corrective/preventative action.
- Based on feedback from incoming inspection, address client/supplier internal quality metrics and customer complaints.
- Review/prepare test plans and reports (qualification, validation) for change and improvement activities (supplier certifications, material / sub-supplier changes and supplier performed special processes).
- Collaborates with the operating platform to address issues and gain alignment when required.
- Collaborates with Component Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy, Approved Supplier List coordination, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, and Control Plans for new products.
- Define Receiving Inspection requirements as required and associated test method validation for all internal Test Methods.
- Lead PPAP execution with supplier and ensure robust supplier process qualification / validation through IQ, OQ & PQ methodology.
- Perform supplier audits.
- Education Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering.
- Years' Experience Required: 5-7 years of Supplier Quality and Quality Engineering experience.
- Execution of Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP).
- Exposure to range of supplier types, such as PCBA, sheet metal, and injection moulding, will be preferred.
- Evaluation and improvement of the Receiving Inspection process.
- Execution of Test Method Validation, Process Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), and MSA.
Source : Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences