Supplier Quality Engineer

ITH Icoserve; Llanberis; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Pension contribution

Share and bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Dental cover

Volunteer days

EAP

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers has an opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer at our Llanberis, Gwynedd site. The role focuses on maintaining high quality parts from suppliers within an ISO 13485 and FDA-regulated environment.

You will develop world-class supply chain processes and manage supplier performance, driving root cause investigations and corrective actions while supporting technology transfer and new projects. A robust quality mindset and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a supplier facing Quality Engineering role.
• Experience across the whole supply chain including supplier environments.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Auditing experience to ISO 9004:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.
• Ideally working knowledge of Six Sigma, Statistical Analysis and Lean principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop world-class supply chain processes between low-volume, high-complexity tech and higher-volume reagents.
• Manage suppliers to deliver quality products to internal customers via investigations and evaluations.
• Liaise with external suppliers to ensure training and adherence to requirements.
• Issue Supplier Corrective Action Reports and drive root cause investigations and corrective action.
• Conduct Supplier Performance Reviews and report key supplier quality metrics.
• Support technology transfer initiatives and assess new suppliers as applicable.
• Provide day-to-day inspection expertise to Goods Inwards Inspection and interface with suppliers.
• Contribute to continuous development of the quality system and SOP documentation.
• Oversee KPIs for supplier quality oversight and ensure requirements are met.

Skills

Supplier quality

Auditing

Communication

Six Sigma

Lean

Job description

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products Ltd

Experienced Professional

Job type

Full-time

Office/Site only

Employment type

Permanent

Location(s)

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Siemens Healthineers has an opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer at our In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation / reagent manufacturing site in Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales. The Supplier Quality team works cross functionally with engineering, production, and procurement with responsibilities focused on maintaining a high level of delivered quality parts from our suppliers.

This role will support our supplier quality management services within an ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 regulatory environment.

Your Role:

• To develop world-class supply chain processes between a low volume, high complexity multi-technology environment (diagnostic instrumentation) and a higher volume allergen manufacturing (reagents.)
• To manage our suppliers to deliver quality product to our internal customers, through product & process investigations & evaluations.
• Liaising with a wide variety of external suppliers to ensure suppliers are trained and adhere to Siemens First Articles, Quality and Regulatory requirements.
• Issuing of Supplier Corrective Action Reports and working with suppliers on Root Cause Investigations and Corrective action.
• Conducting Supplier Performance Reviews and Reporting of Key Supplier Quality metrics.
• To support technology transfer initiatives and new projects. Involving the assessment and selection of new suppliers where applicable.
• To provide day to day inspection expertise support to the Goods Inwards Inspection Team in the areas of Component and Mechatronic Inspection and acting as a technical reference to interface with the supplier.
• To contribute to the continuous development of the quality system, including standard operating procedures (SOP's) coupled with the ability to write concise technical reports.
• Support a Strong Supplier focus to ensure that that our requirements are met appropriately and oversee relevant KPIs for supplier quality oversight.

Your Expertise:

• Previous experience in a supplier facing Quality Engineering role.
• Ability to work in technically complex areas across the whole supply chain, including the supplier environment.
• Excellent Communication skills both oral and written.
• Auditing experience to both ISO 9004:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.
• Ideally have a working knowledge of Six Sigma, Statistical Analysis and Lean principles for investigations, problem solving and continuous improvement.
• 26 days' holiday with the option to buy or sell an additional 5
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Share and bonus scheme
• Access to our flexible benefits from private medical insurance to dental cover
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities including 2 paid volunteering days per year and support from our 24/7 employee assistance programme

Who we are:

We are a team of more than 71,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work:

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals with disabilities.

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