Supplier Quality Lead Engineer in Newquay

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The Cytiva Newquay, UK Lead Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for leading the supplier quality activities at the Cytiva Newquay site under the management of the Discovery and Medical Supplier Quality Manager.

What you will do:

• Issue, monitor and approve Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
• Provide meaningful feedback and collaborative support on RCA with suppliers.
• Able to provide support on improvements to suppliers as needed.
• Maintain qualified auditor status, able to train team members, and lead remediation activities due to failed audit.
• Support development and management of annual supplier audit program.
• Review, assess impact, communicate with internal stakeholders and suppliers on supplier change requests.
• Escalate critical SCRs accordingly with relevant stakeholders and able to progress records according to requirements.
• Support containment and correction for supplier defects and document accordingly, able to own and execute quality event tasks and train colleagues on process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (i.e. Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing, QA, etc.) on all activities to effectively manage supplier quality requirements, supplier onboarding, and supplier monitoring.
• Create inputs for Management Review, provide meaningful insight.
• Support daily management and develop supplier quality related action plans as needed.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, technical discipline, or equivalent non-technical discipline with experience in manufacturing, engineering, or quality assurance.
• Minimum 5 years of Quality experience preferably in applicable or similar field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supplier onboarding, supplier auditing, and supplier communications.
• Knowledge of applicable standards and regulations (e.g. ISO, CFR, GMP, etc.).

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.