Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

About the role

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring suppliers deliver quality products and developing supplier capability for future needs. They handle supplier selection, material qualification, control, and development activities. They investigate nonconforming materials to understand the root cause of failure and drive corrective actions internally and externally. They also plan, coordinate, and report on material projects and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Execute supplier management plans to improve supplier and product performance.
• Plan and organize routine and non-routine tasks such as supplier selections, qualifications, change notifications, audits, corrective actions, and supplier scorecards.
• Develop supplier material control plans as part of product qualification.
• Act as the primary supplier quality representative for root cause and corrective action analysis regarding supplier-caused manufacturing issues.
• Visit suppliers to resolve product performance concerns and recommend appropriate field actions to the product regulatory committee.

Requirements

• Degree with experience in engineering, science or quality field (Bachelor 5+ yrs; Masters 3+ yrs).
• Experience in supplier qualification activities such as supplier selection, approval, material qualification, material control, and/or supplier development activities.
• Expertise in investigating nonconforming materials to understand the root cause of failure and driving corrective actions internally and externally with suppliers.
• Experience or involvement in supplier monitoring and improvement activities such as supplier performance reviews, process or quality system audits, supplier change notifications, and action plans.

Essential Requirements

• Ability to travel – 10% travel, overnight, within territory or locations.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• If applicable for role, previous experience in: Internal or External quality system auditing, FDA regulated environment, Knowledge of GDT and ability to interpret engineering drawings.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

If applicable for role, must have the ability to travel up to 10% overnight within the territory or locations.

Pay

The annual salary range for this role is $100-130K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

Schedule

This position reports to the Supplier Quality Manager and is part of Reagent Manufacturing Operations located in Chaska, MN and will be an on-site role.

Benefits

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.