Supplier Quality Engineer

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Quality

Supplier Quality

Professional

Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Oberdorf, Basel-Country, Switzerland, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

• The Staff Supplier Quality Engineer provides overall quality assurance leadership in the management of select contract manufacturing sites and raw material suppliers engaged in the production of Johnson and Johnson products.
• The Staff Supplier Quality Engineer maintains the qualification of suppliers and their processes as well as lead activities associated with resolving complex technical issues that may require the development of new or improved techniques or procedures. The position is the technical specialist able to make independent decisions on technical problems and methods, provide technical leadership and project management to qualify and improve supplier processes for the manufacture of medical devices.

• Support Quality Systems including change control, supplier non‑conformances, ASL management, Quality Agreements and department procedures and system, as assigned.
• Perform and Support supplier/ EM quality evaluations and/or audits, development of quality agreements, and other quality related activities impacting supplier.
• Lead activities associated with resolving supplier quality issues. This includes working with suppliers and internal partners to perform root cause analysis/failure investigations, identifying and implementing corrective actions, and monitoring for effectiveness.
• Lead activities associated with supplier risk management. This includes working with suppliers to identify areas of high risk within their processes; establishing, monitoring and implementing supplier risk mitigation plans; participating in supplier risk management projects; and ensuring management awareness of risks, gaining support for mitigation efforts and tracking progress.
• Lead activities associated with supplier process improvement. This includes working with suppliers to identify sources of variation within their processes; implementing process controls to improve process capability; and driving implementation of best practices.
  
  Provide Quality Engineering support to suppliers including assessments, inspection technique support,…