Job Description:

Careers that Change Lives

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

•Ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
•Qualify suppliers according to company standards.
•Monitor parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle, promptly identifying and resolving supplier-related problems.
•Develop and prioritize an auditing schedule to ensure suppliers meet GMP and quality standards through regular audits.
•Evaluate suppliers' internal functions to assess overall performance and provide feedback.
•Manage Non-Conformance Material Reports (NCMRs) on materials-related quality issues and trends (Incoming, Production, Sterilization).
•Provide guidance for supplier change requests, including communication, project management via MAP Agile workflow, and regular reporting.
•Provides technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle on newly qualified parts from NPD, accurately translating design requirements into quality acceptance criteria
•Manage the Approved Supplier List, including administrative work in MAP Agile.
•Improve suppliers' performance and reduce escapes to manufacturing.
•The job requires travel to visit suppliers within the United States.
•Ability to effectively identify root cause and coordinate with supplier to ensure corrective & preventive actions through the SCAPA process.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience

Nice to Have
•Experience with metal manufacturing processes (CNC Machining, Laser Marking, etc.) of implants and instruments.
•Medical device manufacturing industry experience, preferably ISO 13485.
•Hands-on experience with SAP, Trackwise, Agile change management.
•Ability to manage tasks and projects under tight deadlines with a sense of urgency.
•Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to confidently address external audiences and high-level leadership.
•Comfortable navigating through complex networks with diplomatic approaches and reporting to a flattened organization.
•Equipped with sophisticated problem-solving methodologies (Lean/Sigma) and great attention to detail to fit for fast-accurate action-driven environments.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

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