Quality Manager - Suppliers & Incoming Inspection

Department: Quality Assurance | Reports To: Director, Quality Assurance | Direct Reports: Supplier Quality Engineers and Incoming Inspection Team

About the Role

The Quality Manager for Suppliers and Incoming Inspection oversees ConMed Largo’s supplier quality program, which encompasses supplier qualification, audit processes and compliance, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role also has ownership of the Incoming Inspection operation where the manager will establish strategies to optimize the incoming inspection program, enhancing operational efficiencies, and establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) that ensure timely flow of compliant parts and components to factories and internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Management – Lead Supplier Quality Engineering and Incoming Inspection teams, fostering accountability, customer service, and process excellence.
• Regulatory Expertise – Act as subject matter expert during regulatory inspections and customer audits for supplier management topics.
• Supplier Conformance – Ensure suppliers understand product design specifications and validate/qualify manufacturing processes to meet established requirements.
• Measurement Systems – Establish and guide accurate measurement methods for both legacy and new components.
• Risk Management – Establish and maintain supplier risk assessment processes and support overall supply chain risk mitigation strategies.
• Process Improvement – Develop and execute projects to enhance incoming inspection processes and supplier audit programs.
• Supplier Oversight – Manage supplier qualification process, changes, and performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partner with Procurement, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, and Operations to evaluate/onboard suppliers and resolve product and process challenges.
• Performance & Documentation – Oversee non-conformance resolution (root cause, CAPA, verification), manage supplier quality metrics, and ensure robust documentation/traceability.
• Talent Development – Coach and mentor direct reports, build competencies, ensure efficient team performance, and maintain a highly engaged team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality, or a related technical field; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, or manufacturing in a regulated industry (medical devices strongly preferred).
• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of supplier management, purchasing controls, and compliance (FDA QSR, ISO 13485, MDSAP).
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles in engineering and quality assurance context.
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing methods encompassing molding, turning, boring, drilling, and milling.
• Knowledge of material properties and applications across metals, plastics, composites, and other engineering materials.

Skills

• Proven skill in leading teams through ambiguity, ensuring clarity of direction and swift execution under critical scenarios.
• Highly organized with proven time-management skills.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with suppliers and internal teams.
• Proficiency with electronic Quality Management Systems (eQMS).

No visa sponsorship; relocation assistance considered.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability plus life insurance – cost fully paid by CONMED.
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) – CONMED matches contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – allows stock purchases at a discounted price.
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate-level courses.