Ingeniero Calidad Proveedores II

Medtronic

About The Position

The Supplier Quality Engineer II ensures suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services. The role qualifies suppliers to company standards, may administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection, monitors parts from acquisition through manufacturing, and communicates and resolves supplier-related problems. It develops and prioritizes supplier audit schedules and evaluates suppliers’ internal functions to assess performance and provide feedback. Some individuals may also support Pre-Market Supplier Quality and New Product Development (NPD). This work includes providing quality engineering support in partnership with Component Engineering and Post-Market Supplier Quality; guiding supplier quality engagement across the NPD lifecycle; and helping ensure purchased products and components meet applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements. Responsibilities may include coordinating product acceptance sampling strategies, Approved Supplier List activities, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, control plans, receiving inspection requirements, and validation of internal Medtronic test methods. This is an established, productive individual-contributor role in the technical specialist career stream. The engineer works independently with general supervision on moderately complex assignments, contributes to project milestones, and may provide guidance to entry-level professionals. The position also requires managing supplier change requests through their lifecycle, assessing supplier changes and their impacts, maintaining supplier records and qualifications, coordinating implementation across manufacturing sites and Operating Units, and ensuring compliance with supplier quality processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Advanced English.
Knowledge of Supplier Change Control processes, including assessment, coordination, implementation, and closure of Supplier Change Requests (SCRs).
Experience evaluating supplier changes and determining their potential impact on manufacturing sites, products, supplier qualifications, and quality system documentation.
Knowledge of Approved Supplier List (ASL) management, including supplier additions, inactivations, manufacturing site changes, and supplier information updates.
Experience coordinating supplier change implementation across multiple manufacturing sites and Operating Units (OUs).
Knowledge of supplier qualification and maintenance processes, including evaluation of supplier status and associated quality requirements.
Experience identifying discrepancies between supplier records, change requests, and quality system documentation, and coordinating corrections.
Experience managing assigned supplier change requests through their lifecycle, including tracking deliverables, resolving implementation barriers, and ensuring timely closure.
Ability to interpret supplier change documentation and determine actions needed to maintain compliance with established supplier quality processes.

Responsibilities

Ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
Qualify suppliers according to company standards and potentially administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection.
Monitor parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicate and resolve supplier-related problems.
Develop and prioritize supplier audit schedules to ensure designated suppliers are regularly audited against good manufacturing practices and quality standards.
Evaluate suppliers’ internal functions and provide feedback on their operations and performance.
For applicable roles, provide Pre-Market Quality Engineering support to New Product Development in partnership with Component Engineering and Post-Market Supplier Quality teams.
Provide technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle.
Support strategies for product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring purchased products and components are manufactured and qualified according to applicable standards and requirements.
Collaborate with Component Engineers on Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy, Approved Supplier List coordination, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, and control plans for new products.
Define receiving inspection requirements and validate associated test methods for internal Medtronic test methods.
Assess supplier changes and their potential impact on manufacturing sites, products, supplier qualifications, and quality system documentation.
Coordinate supplier change implementation across multiple manufacturing sites and Operating Units.
Manage assigned supplier change requests throughout their lifecycle, track deliverables, resolve implementation barriers, and ensure timely closure.
Maintain supplier qualification and status requirements, identify discrepancies in supplier records and quality documentation, and coordinate corrections.
Contribute to project milestones and may guide entry-level professionals or employees in the Support Career Stream.