Supplier Quality Manager

Danaher Corporation • Chaska, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, the work involves saving lives within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is a global leader in clinical diagnostics, with over 90 years of experience, and its diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices worldwide. The company's systems run over one million tests per hour globally, impacting 1.2 billion patients and over three million clinicians annually. The Danaher Business System drives continuous improvement and innovation. The Supplier Quality Manager leads a team responsible for ensuring reliable and compliant products through supplier selection & approval, material qualification, material control, and supplier development activities. This role involves independently planning, coordinating, and reporting on material projects and supplier performance, demonstrating technical ability and decision-making. The individual will represent Supplier Quality on development, manufacturing, and product improvement projects, supporting cross-functional cooperation between Procurement, Quality, Logistics, Development, and Production. This position is located in Chaska, MN and is an on-site role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years exp. OR Master’s degree with 7+ years exp.
• Minimum 2 years of people management
• Ability to travel domestically up to 15% including overnight.
• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 25lb, any other physical requirements

Nice To Haves

• Supplier quality and supplier management
• Working within a global, multi-cultural, matrixed organization

Responsibilities

• Directly manage Supplier Quality team in relation to supporting daily operations to meet customer needs.
• Clearly direct and optimizes the Quality team resources by driving accountability to meeting goals and commitments to the business through clear prioritization of work assignments
• Engage and develop talent by training, coaching, and modeling behaviors that align with Danaher Core Values and use of Danaher Business System Tools
• Establish and drive clear objectives for the team with SMART goals that stretch the organization to grow and are tracked and reported to Operations partners and within the Quality organization on a regular basis
• Collaborate with Operations and align on goals as well as short term actions.
• Maintain, implement, and continually improve the processes and QMS infrastructure, with the purpose of providing both best in class compliance and business support.
• Continually develop and proactively manage local metrics needed to gauge the performance of processes.
• Provide guidance to Operations, Quality, extended Quality groups and others functions regarding Compliance.

Benefits

• broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives
• health care program
• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• bonus/incentive pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager