Supplier Engineer Manager , External Operations

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At Boston Scientific, the Supplier Engineer Manager I, External Operations, will manage the supplier engineering team: the leader will concentrate on all aspects of supplier selection, supplier process & material changes and technical support for the finished device products sourced for the Endoscopy division. The supplier engineering team is responsible for manufacturing excellence at BSC’s finished device suppliers, ensuring best in class quality, cost, and delivery.

This includes responsibility for New Product Launches, Acquisition Integrations & Supplier Onboarding and sustaining supplier operations including process validation and manufacturing controls at the supplier, assessment, and approval of supplier changes, manufacturing capacity, and achieving year‑on‑year material cost reduction targets.

• Interface effectively with key stakeholders internally and externally (Divisions, Suppliers, and commercial sourcing teams) to deliver key strategies in terms of Quality, Cost and Service improvement. Develop key relationships with Supplier leadership to influence effective execution and achievement of key deliverables and results.
• Responsible for leading and developing a best‑in‑class supplier engineering team that is proficient in the use of lean, 6σ and engineering first principal methodologies.
• Lead supplier engineers in the development, implementation, and monitoring of plans to support divisional objectives in onboarding new suppliers, introducing New Products through the full network of SFMD suppliers and ensuring that change management is resourced and is aligned with policy.
• Ensure that suppliers are educated on BSC Change management Processes and work with suppliers to assess any new risk that changes may introduce.
• Ensure that supply chain objectives are achieved through enabling and improving our key business processes. Supplier performance Reviews, Finished Goods Material Risk Mitigation, and execution of materials VIP.
• Acts as resources for department engineers on technical issues. Drive the use of structured problem solving and statistical techniques. Provide immediate assistance for supplied material failures and support long‑term efforts to eliminate causes of failures.
• Understand FDA, ISO and corporate requirements pertaining to qualification of supplied material.
• Manage and support the identification and development of new or existing supply sources with the purchasing team. Collaborate with other BSC cross functional resources in identifying in sourcing / outsourcing opportunities.
• Proactively identify and drive Value Improvement Projects (VIPs) with suppliers at all Tiers in the supply chain.
• Collaborate with vendors to improve process capability and stability through introduction and sustaining new product projects.
• Develop negotiation strategies with the procurement team to maximize value add initiatives.
• Play a lead role in the development of commodity strategies in conjunction with commercial sourcing and supplier quality team members.
• Develop and execute department budgets – headcount, overhead/project spend and capital planning/control.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally is required.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/Technical from ABET accredited institution.
• 7+ years professional engineering, technical and lean manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading cross‑functional and matrixed organizations with ability to influence and drive performance.
• Experience managing ambiguous situations with strong change management and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated…