Manager, Global Supplier Quality

Overview

Requisition : 33963

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 7,000+ global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world.
For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve.
Advancing healthcare with heart.

With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference.
Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.

As the Manager, Supplier Quality Commodity Manager for Extrusion, you will lead the quality initiatives for our extrusion commodity, ensuring the reliability and compliance of externally sourced components and materials. This pivotal role bridges procurement, engineering, and quality assurance, driving supplier development, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement. As the quality lead for extrusion, you’ll manage supplier performance, conduct audits, and ensure adherence to regulatory standards while supporting new product introductions and strategic sourcing decisions.

If you’re passionate about quality, collaboration, and innovation in a global medical device environment, we invite you to make a lasting impact with us.

• Develop and implement supplier quality strategies for assigned commodities working closely with supply chain and the quality assurance team.
• Drives proactive solutions and development that improve overall supplier performance. Supports supplier performance and risk processes to create predictive measures to help BCT prevent issues that might impact our facilities or customers.
• Assume overall responsibility for the commodities quality performance within Terumo BCT and in accordance with assigned KPI’s.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Monitor, measure and action supplier performance using KPIs such as PPM, on-time delivery, and corrective action responsiveness.
• Serve as a quality expert for the specific commodity and collaborate with engineering and sourcing to define quality requirements and specifications.
• Acts as a lead for supplier quality in supplier selection. Drives the process to standard procedures, coordinates with supply chain, and holds the supplier quality team accountable to deliver quality suppliers that meet or exceed our expectations.
• Drives supplier escalations and resolution, solving problems through problem solving methodology (8D, A3, DMAIC). Monitors solutions to prevent repeat issues.
• Support supplier transfers, new product introductions, and projects that impact their commodity suppliers.
• Provides guidance and mentorship to junior members of the team on the principles of supplier management, new product design, and component qualifications.
• Instills quality processes and best practices within Terumo BCT and ists in the development of new processes that improve supplier quality.
• Leads and manages continuous improvement activities for the supplier quality team as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, supplier quality, or operations field.
• MBA preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years in similar role or related experience at a global manufacturing company.
• Experience with Extrusion.
• Preferred – Experience in Medical Device industry.

Skills

• Supplier relationship management & negotiation.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management in a global company.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, leadership, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to consistently work through multiple issues by capitalizing on available resources and prioritizing accordingly.
• Demonstrated use of…