Supplier Quality Engineer

What Quality Engineering contributes to Cardinal Health

Supplier Quality develops and implements quality policies, procedures, and processes to ensure products, services and raw materials comply

with regulatory standards and specifications.

Supplier Quality Engineering manages suppliers for product, service and raw materials, quality planning, evaluation and control. This role

works cross-functionally in the development and implementation of prevention-based methodologies used in designing, manufacturing,

testing, and correction of products and services.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• Advanced level of English (written and verbal) is required.

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manage and report supplier audit program in line with ISO and/or FDA 21 CFR part 820/ other regulations and company requirements assuring the execution of it in a timely manner.
• Assure that the Supplier Corrective Action program is consistent in the handling of corrective actions by suppliers (closing on time/effective investigations) and the correct product disposition when is applicable.
• Maintains supplier performance matrix according to the plant objectives, and reports performance to top management and the suppliers.
• Oversee supplier performance regarding components by quality and monitor the supplier performance.
• Administrate the inclusion of new suppliers to the ASL.
• Bring support to Quality System according with all procedures applicable to the position.
• Maintain compliance to set Key Performance Indicators related with suppliers.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and cost reduction with existing and new suppliers.
• Conduct quick and efficient assessments of potential Supplier Quality systems, with limited information.
• Work with new and existing suppliers to develop, implement, and maintain technical quality assurance systems and activities,to include MSAs, SPC, Quality Plans, Control Plans, and FMEAs.
• Ensure proper approval and documentation practices are followed for any process, material or tooling change (SCR – Supplier Change Request) at suppliers.
• Drive together with Engineering department supplier events, changes, and new activities that requires validations, CDPs and any other requirement.
• Provides technical support for the introduction of component from new supplier or updates in the currents RMPS and analyzes incoming material defects.
• Perform deviation investigations into quality issues arising from supplier activities.