Associate Supplier Quality Engineer
Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc, United States
Job Description
Are you ready to thrive? At Kestra, we‘re gathering mission-driven people to establish new processes and collaborate with our team. Contribute ideas, gain visibility, and be supported in a highly engaged work environment where you chart the course of your own career growth. It’s called self-empowerment, and it’s central to our culture. Join us in our uncompromising commitment to the patient and healthcare provider experience and help advance the Kestra mission: To provide innovative, intuitive medical technologies to protect and support at-risk patients.
SUMMARY:
The Associate Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for working with Supplier Quality Engineering, Supply Chain, Ramp;D, and Suppliers to collect and manage supplier quality information, and to present charts, reports, and data for the Kestra and Supplier Teams to manage Supplier Quality and drive continuous improvement. This role processes supplier approval requests, and coordinates required data from suppliers to support approval. The Associate Supplier Quality Engineer also creates and manages weekly and monthly Supplier Quality Metrics for Supplier Approvals, Supplier Scorecards, Supplier SCARS, Supplier Process Quality. This role supports low-medium risk supplier audits. The Associate Supplier Quality Engineer also provides support for Supplier continuous improvement projects.
Requirements
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Develops and maintains run charts, pareto charts and action trackers for Supplier in-process quality data.
- Maintains supplier quality metrics and charts for supplier approvals and supplier SCARS
- Processes supplier approval requests and requests required data to support supplier approval
- Collects data and creates quarterly, and annual supplier scorecards
- Audits Supplier source inspection records and lot acceptance records
- Develops audit plans, conducts audits, writes audit reports, and manages corrective actions as required for low-medium risk suppliers with direction from Sr Supplier Quality Engineers
- Identifies and drives supplier continuous improvement through action plans and process qualification reviews and approvals
COMPETENCIES
- Passion: Contagious excitement about the company sense of urgency. Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Integrity: Commitment, accountability, and dedication to the highest ethical standards.
- Collaboration/Teamwork: Inclusion of Team Member regardless of geography, position, and product or service.
- Action/Results: High energy, decisive planning, timely execution.
- Innovation: Generation of new ideas from original thinking.
- Customer Focus: Exceed customer expectations, quality of products, services, and experience always present of mind.
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognizes, understands, manages one’s own emotions and is able to influence others. A critical skill for pressure situations.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in technical area or equivalent experience
- Strong MS Office Skills; Excellent proficiency in MS Excel
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering
- Previous experience in Supplier Quality
- Experience leading continuous improvement projects
- Experienced with six-sigma and lean manufacturing techniques
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Indoor open office environment
- Minimal noise volume typical to an office environment
- Extended hours when needed
- Drug-free
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Frequent repetitive motions that may include wrists, hands and/or fingers, such as keyboard and mouse usage
- Frequent stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time
- Frequent computer use
- Frequent phone and other business machine use
- Occasional lifting required, up to 20 pounds
TRAVEL
- Domestic travel required, up to 20-25%
OTHER DUTIES:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Benefits
Kestra offers a very competitive benefit package including Medical, Dental, 401K with Match, etc.