Mgr SQ Supply Optimization

Quality

Supplier Quality

People Leader

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Zuchwil, Switzerland

The Manager Source Quality Supply Base Optimization is a people leader responsible for leading, developing, and deploying a team of Supplier Quality Engineers in support of Med Tech supply base optimization strategies and programs. The position provides strategic, technical, and organizational leadership for Source Quality activities associated with supplier selection, qualification, development, product and process transfers, supplier consolidation, supplier exits, stabilization, and transition to base business.

The Manager Source Quality Supply Base Optimization establishes team priorities, assigns resources, manages performance and development, builds organizational capability, and ensures consistent execution of applicable Quality System and Purchasing Controls requirements. The position partners with Source Quality, Procurement, Network Optimization, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Regulatory, Quality Systems, and other business partners to achieve patient safety, product quality, compliance, supply continuity, productivity, and business objectives.

This position serves as the primary Source Quality leader for assigned Supply Base Optimization programs and is accountable for effective quality and regulatory engagement from business-case development through project implementation, stabilization, and transition to sustaining ownership.

• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a team of Supplier Quality Engineers and, where applicable, contracted resources supporting Supply Base Optimization programs and initiatives.
• Establish clear roles, objectives, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability for team members.
• Translate business and portfolio priorities into resource plans, assignments, development plans, and measurable team deliverables.
• Conduct regular performance and development discussions, provide timely coaching and feedback, recognize strong performance, and address performance or capability gaps in accordance with Company processes.
• Build technical, quality, project-management, leadership, and business capabilities across the team through targeted development plans, mentoring, training, stretch assignments, and knowledge sharing.
• Support workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, recruiting, onboarding, retention, and career development for the Supplier Quality Engineering team.
• Create an inclusive, collaborative, accountable, and high‑performing team environment that enables employees to contribute effectively across a global, matrixed organization.
• Balance team capacity and demand, assign qualified resources to projects based on risk and business priority, and escalate resource constraints or capability gaps when needed.
• Ensure team members maintain required training, qualifications, and technical competencies and consistently execute work in compliance with applicable Quality System requirements.
• Provide technical and leadership guidance for complex supplier quality, compliance, transfer, validation, and risk‑management matters.
• Ensure effective delegation, decision‑making, communication, and escalation within the team.
• Maintain accountability for team performance, project execution, quality outcomes, budget or contractor oversight where applicable, and delivery of agreed business…