Specialist - Procurement Integrations

What you will do

Primary responsibilities include:

• Liaison between suppliers and Stryker to drive effective continuous improvement to the supply base.
• Works with internal customers and suppliers to support supplier quality issues and provide technical support for activities related to supplier quality system assessment, performance evaluation and quality improvement projects.
• collaborates with the strategic sourcing, auditing and development groups to understand capabilities and competencies of suppliers to fulfill quality and regulatory requirements
• Assess and critique supplier processes and control documentation and drive improvement in the supplier QMS
• Articulate detailed supplier performance results and trends to appropriate levels of management
• Support tracking and reporting of KPI and other metrics associated with supplier performance
• Provide education and training to suppliers, as necessary
• Maintain and track completion of supplier action plans
• Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities through quality improvements at suppliers.
• Transfer “lessons learned” from the supply base back to R&D, AO, RA, and other functions for incorporation into next generation designs
• Participate in cross-functional projects as needed.

What you need

Basic Qualifications:

• B. Eng. in a science, engineering or related discipline preferred, or equivalent years of experience
• 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing environment or equivalent
• Overall, 3-5 years career experience in Supplier Quality roles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a highly regulatory environment
• Basic knowledge of FMEA, validation programs and SPC processes
• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, prints, tolerancing, project management and statistics
• Strong interpersonal skills, written, oral communication and negotiations skills
• Knowledge and understanding of US and International Medical Device Regulations
• Travel required.