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Why engineering at Stryker?
At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products. You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.
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Job Summary
This is an M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) focused role where you will perform supplier assessments, conduct supplier development and/or quality improvement projects, help prevent supplier defects, and support various supplier-facing activities throughout the pre-close confirmatory diligence and post-close integration execution phases of M&A deals. You will collaborate with suppliers and other cross-functional internal stakeholders to assure the quality of supplied products, materials, components, and/or services.
This position requires professional mastery of a specialized field of expertise that typically requires a college degree or equivalent. The job requires professional knowledge gained through substantial applicable work experience, to supplement formal knowledge, in order to apply principles and concepts of own subject/technical discipline in resolving issues as they emerge. The job requires attention to detail in making risk-based, evaluative judgements based on sound analysis.
Who we want:
- Business-oriented evaluators. People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulation and industry trends for sales, management and leadership teams.
- Self-directed imitators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
- Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
- Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
What you will do:
You will serve as a liaison between Global Supplier Engineering and multiple internal teams, including Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, Business Development, R&D, RAQA to successfully integrate suppliers absorbed through acquisitions. You will partner with suppliers to prevent supplier-caused defects, drive effective continuous improvement projects, and provide technical support for activities related to supplier quality system assessment and performance evaluation. Key responsibilities include:
- Project manage supplier quality integration activities associated with your assigned M&A deals, acting as single point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead detailed process and quality system audits at supplier's manufacturing site.
- Articulate supplier quality risk associated with assigned M&A deal to various levels of internal and external management.
- In partnership with supplier, close non-conformances found during supplier assessments.
- Develop effective quality improvement projects to be implemented at suppliers.
- Lead and/or execute Supplier Quality Agreements and/or Supplier Change Control
Agreements.
- Provide education and training to suppliers as necessary to build capability.
- Support tracking and reporting of KPI and other metrics associated with supplier performance, including analysis of non-conformances for systemic supplier issues.
- Support Continuous Improvement projects and initiatives.
- Develop relationships and collaborate with suppliers and internal cross functional partners.
- Identify and execute on cost reduction opportunities.
- Communicate “lessons learned” and “best practices” with colleagues.
- Develop and drive completion of personal development plans (IDP).
- Train, mentor and assist in the development of less experienced engineers.
What you will need:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, engineering, or related discipline
- 5+ years’ experience in quality, engineering, and/or manufacturing
Preferred Qualifications:
- Lead Auditor certification (ISO 13485, CFR 820 or comparable industry standard and regulatory requirements).
- ASQ CQE/CMQ/OE/PE certification.
- Lean Six Sigma green certification, or overall sound knowledge of lean tools with the ability to apply lean principles.
- Experience in a highly regulated environment.
- Working knowledge of FMEA, validation, and SPC processes.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing prints and tolerancing, and manufacturing processes.
- Experience executing and negotiating supplier-facing commercial and/or quality agreements.
- Strong interpersonal skills, written, oral communication and negotiations skills. Must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate up/down and across different levels of the organization.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of US and International Medical Device Regulations.
- Project management certified or 5+ years managing projects.
- Demonstrated experience in positively influencing supplier quality performance.
- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to draw insights from data quickly and to define executable actions.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional team environments.
- Ability to plan, organize, and execute multiple concurrent tasks with a sense of urgency.
- Good knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities.
- Confident navigating without much clarity and/or guidance.
- Demonstrated ability to connect tasks to business impact.
Travel: 30% travel based on volume of work
Remote or hybrid or onsite. Prefer candidate who resides within a reasonable driving distance to existing Stryker site.
About Stryker
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.
The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.
More information is available at stryker.com
