Lead Supplier Quality Engineer - Life Sciences

Cytiva; Newquay; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva Newquay, UK is seeking a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier quality activities at the Newquay site under the Discovery and Medical Supplier Quality Manager. You will own supplier corrective actions, lead audits, and help shape the annual supplier audit program to safeguard product quality and patient safety.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing and QA to manage supplier onboarding, monitoring and quality improvements, while creating input for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of Quality experience, preferably in applicable or similar field.
• 3+ years of experience in supplier onboarding, supplier auditing, and supplier communications.
• Knowledge of applicable standards and regulations (e.g. ISO, CFR, GMP, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Issue, monitor and approve Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
• Maintain qualified auditor status, train team members, and lead remediation activities due to failed audit.
• Review and communicate supplier change requests; escalate critical SCRs with stakeholders.
• Support containment and correction for supplier defects and document accordingly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on supplier quality requirements, onboarding, and monitoring.
• Create inputs for Management Review and support daily management and supplier quality actions.

Skills

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Auditing

Training

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Audit management systems

Job description

Cytiva Newquay, UK is seeking a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier quality activities at the Newquay site under the Discovery and Medical Supplier Quality Manager. You will own supplier corrective actions, lead audits, and help shape the annual supplier audit program to safeguard product quality and patient safety.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing and QA to manage supplier onboarding, monitoring and quality improvements, while creating input for