Job Summary
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages a bucket of suppliers and works asmain point of contact windowbetween suppliers and Corporate QA and Shanghai Office QA.
- Monitors the suppliers’ maintenance of QMS throughvigilance auditwith primary focus on P&PC and quality control.
- Supports/Drives the suppliers to build their ownmaster process validation planand monitor the execution progress;
- Coordinates and managesnon-conformitieswith all related stakeholders and suppliers.
- Directs and collaborates with supplier representatives on quality issues (contain but not limit to complaints, rejections, findings…), ensures timelycorrective actionimplementation (CAPA and SCAR) and contributes to supplier quality improvement programs.
- Works with suppliers onCAPA follow upsas results of QSR and SA (social accountability) audits.
- Keeps track ofsuppliers overall capacity and our volumepurchased from them.
- Works with broader Quality Organization to establish and maintainsupplier ratingsand executes the program to improve ratings of suppliers assigned to him/her when needed.
- Coordinates the suppliers’change requestsfrom the initiation to the end, including standardizing the initiation, leading or assisting to review supplier change requests for assessing impact on product quality and QMS, progress communication, etc.;
- Transition of QA/QC related knowledgefrom QE to SQE once the supplier is fully approved for mass production. It includes ensuring the related documents transferring from development to mass production, holding pre-production meeting to align inspection attributes with Medline consistently, and training the QCs (both Medline’s and suppliers’) and production personnel, etc.
- Identifies and implements improvement opportunities to increase theefficiency and effectivenessof the supplier quality engineering and supplier quality management programs.
- Work with QC/QA to optimizeproduct inspection criteriawith LEAN and effective quality inspection purpose.
- Completes theother tasksassigned by his/her supervisor or the supplier quality manager.
Qualification
Education level: Bachelor degree in engineering field;
3+ years’ experience on supplier quality management with sound improvement knowledge, working in medical device industry is a plus;
Good communication skills, both English and Mandarin;
Team Spirit, Integrity, self-motivated and ready to work under pressure;
Proven learning and adaption capability.
Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.
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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
