Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Summary

Manages a bucket of suppliers and works as main point of contact window between suppliers and Corporate QA and Shanghai Office QA.

• Monitors the suppliers’ maintenance of QMS through vigilance audit with primary focus on P&PC and quality control.
• Supports/Drives the suppliers to build their own master process validation plan and monitor the execution progress; coordinates and manages non‑conformities with all related stakeholders and suppliers.
• Directs and collaborates with supplier representatives on quality issues (complaints, rejections, findings…) ensures timely corrective action implementation (CAPA and SCAR) and contributes to supplier quality improvement programs.
• Works with suppliers on CAPA follow‑ups as results of QSR and SA (social accountability) audits.
• Keeps track of suppliers overall capacity and our volume purchased from them.
• Works with broader Quality Organization to establish and maintain supplier ratings and executes the program to improve ratings of suppliers assigned to him/her when needed.
• Coordinates the suppliers’ change requests from 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.
• Transitions QA/QC related knowledge from QE to SQE once the supplier is fully approved for mass production: ensuring the related documents transfer from development to mass production, holding pre‑production meetings 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 the efficiency and effectiveness of the supplier quality engineering and supplier quality management programs.
• Works with QC/QA to optimize product inspection criteria with LEAN and effective quality inspection purpose.
• Completes the other tasks assigned by his/her supervisor or the supplier quality manager.

• Bachelor degree in engineering field.
• 3+ years’ experience on supplier quality management with sound improvement knowledge; experience 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 adaptation capability.

• Health insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) contributions.
• Paid time off.
• For employees working 30 or more hours per week, benefits also include access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

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.