Supplier Quality Engineer

Location: Arden

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve.

Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care.

Global Reach with a Local Touch

* 140+ years serving healthcare

* Over 14,000 teammates worldwide

* Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries

* Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland

* 40+ distribution centers

* Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings

* 1,000 branded medical product suppliers

* 4,000 healthcare partners served

Benefits

* Comprehensive Healthcare Plan - Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.

* Educational Assistance - We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.

* Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability - We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.

* Voluntary Supplemental Programs - We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.

* Support for your Growing Family - Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.

* Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.

* Paid Leave - In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave - including parental leave.

* Well-Being - Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs - all at no cost to you.

The anticipated pay range for this position is $75,000 to $85,000 annually. The actual compensation offered may vary based on job related factors such as experience, skills, education and location.

Job Summary

Investigate, analyze and resolve supplier quality problems by conducting audits, analyzing defect trends and leading continuous improvement projects. Position will require some travel (20-30% locally and to out of state suppliers for audits).

Core Responsibilities

* Work with Purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported, Supplier Scorecard, and that appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented.

* Maintain and update critical supplier audit system and schedule.

* Conduct supplier audits to drive process standardization, waste elimination, and continuous improvement.

* Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI's, including Supplier OTD (Past due), DPPM and waste.

* Establish specific short / long term supplier quality goals.

* Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers and customers to eliminate recurrence of non-conformances. Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) and Corrective Action and Preventative Action {CAPdJ.

* Work to resolve supplier technical issues in a timely manner to ensure continuity of supply.

* Develop long-term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas.

* Aide Production and New Products Teams in the evaluation and qualification of new supplier materials following a defined new product development process.

* Strategically lead supplier performance improvement projects in an effort to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting Owens & Minor. Projects may include: process analysis, value stream mapping, process capability and throughput analysis, 6-Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events.

* Drive "Zero Defect" mentality within the supply base.

* Develop positive relationships and effective lines of communication with suppliers:
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