Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Expected Travel:
Up to 25%

Requisition

About Teleflex Incorporated

As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people's lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.

Teleflex is the home of Arrow, Barrigel, Deknatel, Quik Clot, LMA, Pilling, Rüsch, Uro Lift and Weck - trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.

At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit

Global Operations - Global Operations is a complex and diverse organization within the company which is responsible for product fulfilment to all our customers from end to end. We pride ourselves on being totally Customer Centric in our unrelenting focus on Improving Quality, Service and Value as perceived by our customers. Our employees are dedicated to the Global Operations Enterprise Excellence journey.

Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients' lives.

Position Summary

This position is a key liaison between Global Procurement, Site Buyers, Site Quality, and business units, ensuring high-quality materials, products, and services. It drives supplier performance through improvement initiatives, resolving complex quality issues, and building strategic supplier relationships. The role involves developing and managing supplier quality agreements, compliance, and audits. It supports supplier qualifications, component testing, and manages supplier-initiated changes, using quality data for decision-making and continuous improvement.

The Senior Supplier Quality professional also acts as a quality representative during acquisitions, collaborating with teams in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Design, and Manufacturing. Additionally, it involves mentoring team members and representing supplier quality in cross-functional projects to meet company and regulatory goals.

Principal Responsibilities

* Coordinate with Global Procurement, Site Buyers, and Site Quality to provide the appropriate supplier quality support for the purchase of Commodities, PFG's, and Critical Services

* Perform supplier compliance and qualification functions and activities for prospective new commodity, PFG, and critical service suppliers

* Work with Global Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Site Buyers, and Site Quality on the development of key and critical suppliers to improve supplier's performance, quality, cost, responsiveness, and technology

* Perform supplier development activities with suppliers of defective materials, including developing and executing supplier quality plans, conducting "for-cause" audits, SCAR follow-up, coordinating business reviews, and implementing six-sigma and continuous improvement methods and techniques

* Implement quality improvements related to suppliers of materials, products, or critical services in development or manufacturing

* Resolve ineffective supplier corrective action plans with suppliers

* Coordinate component and product quality testing

* Coordinate supplier-initiated change requests

* Analyze and identify trends from quality data and develop proactive measures with the supplier in support of continuous improvement

* Lead supplier-related activities in support of business objectives

* Assist the business units with the acquisition of new companies and the integration of their suppliers into the Teleflex quality system

* Serve on project teams in the area of problem-solving methodologies

* Provide other departmental support requested by the immediate supervisor

* Adhere to and ensure compliance to the Teleflex code of conduct, all company policies, rules, procedures, and housekeeping standards

Education / Experience Requirements

* Four-year college degree with a…