Senior Supplier Quality Engineering Supervisor

A Day in the Life

Relieve pain, restore health, and extend life. Guided by this mission, Medtronic continues to bring its innovative therapies to millions of patients. Today, you have the opportunity to join the world’s largest medical device company and take part in this daily challenge.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Manage a team of Supplier Quality Engineers that are responsible for ensuring delivery of quality components, materials, and services in compliance to purchasing controls. 

• Manage performance, develop talent, engagement and inclusion, communicate business and operational developments, plan, prioritize and/or direct the responsibilities of direct reports. 

• Accountable for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting / exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives. 

• Provide leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals. 

• Develop/maintain monitoring systems to track supplier & team performance (training, nonconformances, open actions, Supplier CAPA, supplier change management, Global Supplier Quality improvement programs, goals, etc.). 

• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers and manufacturing functions to investigate and resolve supplier-related quality or compliance issues discovered during incoming inspection and/or production. 

• Lead team in corrective/preventive actions to resolve supplier-related issues (e.g., nonconformances, Supplier CAPA activities, audit findings, complaint investigations, etc.). 

• Ensure compliance to purchasing controls, including supporting internal and external audits and inspections. 

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required. 

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience 

• Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills for the team of direct reports 

• Strong communication, organizational and project planning skills 

Nice to Have:

• MBA, Masters in Engineering, science or technical field 

• ASQ CQE, CQA and/or CSQP certification 

• First Time Quality (FTQ) Coach / Six Sigma / Lean Green Belt or Black Belt certified 

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Switzerland: 132,000.00 CHF - 198,000.00 CHF | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).