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What you will do:

The Supplier Quality Engineer serves as a liaison between suppliers and Stryker to drive effective continuous improvement to the supply base. Works with internal customers and suppliers to support supplier quality issues and provide technical support for activities related to supplier quality system assessment, performance evaluation and quality improvement projects.

The Supplier Quality Engineer collaborates with the strategic sourcing, auditing and development groups to understand capabilities and competencies of suppliers to fulfill quality and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:
• Assess and critique supplier processes and control documentation and drive improvement in the supplier QMS.
• Articulate detailed supplier performance results and trends to appropriate levels of management.
• Support tracking and reporting of KPI and other metrics associated with supplier performance.
• Provide education and training to suppliers, as necessary.
• Maintain and track completion of supplier action plans.
• Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities through quality improvements at suppliers.
• Transfer “lessons learned” from the supply base back to R&D, AO, RA, and other functions for incorporation into next generation designs
• Participate in cross-functional projects as needed.

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Engineering or related discipline preferred.
• 3+ years experience in manufacturing environment or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in a highly regulatory environment
• Basic knowledge of FMEA, validation programs and SPC processes
• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, prints, tolerancing, project management and statistics
• Strong interpersonal skills, written, oral communication and negotiations skills
• Knowledge and understanding of US and International Medical Device Regulations
• Travel required.