New Product Development Supplier Engineer - Remote

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the medical device industry seeks an NPD Supplier Engineer to enhance supplier engagements and project outcomes. This remote role involves building supplier relationships, managing deliverables, and ensuring project success. Candidates should possess significant engineering experience, particularly in medical devices, along with strong negotiation skills and project management expertise.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Associate Stock Ownership Plan

Potential opportunities for profit-sharing

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years engineering experience in the Medical Device Industry or minimum 8 years general engineering experience.
• Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate with Suppliers or External Customers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain supplier relationships for NPD and supply chain projects.
• Manage supplier owned technical, business, and project deliverables in alignment with project plans.
• Lead project teams through procurement best practices.

Skills

Project Management

Data Analysis

Negotiation

Supplier Management

Collaboration

Job description

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About the Role: We are looking for a New Product Development (NPD) Supplier Engineer to join our NPD Supplier Engineering Team. In this role, you will ensure that Gore Medical receives maximum value from supplier engagements to achieve the technical, business, and project outcomes needed to advance Gore Medical supply chain objectives, strategies, and commitments. As an NPD Supplier Engineer, you will commit to supporting the highest priority work that flows to the NPD Supplier Engineering Team which may include but is not limited to New Product Development project(s), supply chain or procurement projects, and providing additional commercial support to the Commercial Supplier Engineering Team.

This is a remote position, and you can work from home in most locations within the United States.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain supplier relationship(s) for New Product Development (NPD) and supply chain projects
• Manage supplier owned technical, business, and project deliverables in alignment with project plans and established agreements with supplier
• Lead Gore project teams through procurement best practices and standard work needed to achieve successful project outcomes
• Negotiate, influence, escalate, and drive the internal and external alignment needed to achieve successful project outcomes
• Apply appropriate data analysis, scenario planning, problem solving, and decision-making methodology to inform risk-based decisions and to resolve areas of tension and close project gaps
• Ensure clear input to project reviews, areas of project risk, and focus areas needed to ensure project plans stay on track and in alignment with project commitments and objectives
• Partner with supplier(s) to execute supplier capability and validation work needed to ensure high quality parts or devices that meet product manufacturing and supply chain requirements
• Ensure effective communication of project progress to Executive Leadership at both the supplier and Gore
• Demonstrate effective and efficient project execution and collaboration by building strong partnerships with project core team, extended team, and required functions
• Navigate ambiguity and identify opportunities to establish supplier engineering best practices and improve upon existing processes

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years engineering experience in Medical Device Industry or minimum 8 years general engineering experience
• Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate with Suppliers or External Customers
• Demonstrated ability to provide medical device product quality engineering or design assurance engineering
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects effectively and efficiently
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and efficiently using both verbal and written forms of communication
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate, influence and drive alignment and accountability for projects
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changes based on team, project, or business priorities
• Demonstrated ability to make data driven and risk-based decisions using critical thinking, data analysis, problem solving methodology, and scenario planning/decision making tools
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple items and manage prioritization of work and allocation of time appropriately
• Ability to travel up to 15%

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting New Product Development projects in the Medical Device Industry
• Experience with utilization of project management tools and methodology
• Demonstrated ability to partner with suppliers in Medical Device Industry and establish clear expectations, address performance issues, and hold suppliers accountable

Remote Working Arrangements are permitted for Associates in the continental United States (US) and Canada, with appropriate approval and compliance with Gore’s remote working policies, from the country in which they are employed. For fully remote roles, the following locations are not eligible for new fully remote work arrangements: Alaska and Hawaii (for all roles), and Rhode Island (for wage/hourly roles only).

What We Offer: Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.

We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for “profit-sharing”. Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits

We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. We are proud of Associates for building on our rich history of innovation, upholding our values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.

Gore is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the U.S. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.

For 65 years, Gore has improved lives through discovery, product innovation and rewarding careers for Associates. We push the boundaries of what's possible — not just through our products and technologies but also through individual growth and development.

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