Supplier Quality Manager in Oxford

At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. We bring curious minds together to challenge convention, embrace digitalisation, and drive transformation in medical technology. Guided by our purpose and values, we work to shape the future of healthcare with compassion, expertise, and innovation—improving outcomes for patients and supporting those delivering care.

At our Oxford site, you’ll join a collaborative community where world‑class engineering, manufacturing excellence, and healthcare innovation come together under one roof. Here, teams work closely across functions to design, build, and optimise technologies that make a real difference to patients around the world. You’ll be part of an environment that values curiosity, continuous learning, and shared problem‑solving—supported by leaders who empower you to grow, contribute, and shape meaningful change.

As a Supplier Quality Manager, you’ll act as a value‑add orchestrator—defining and continuously improving the quality of our suppliers and their deliveries. You’ll play a key role in fostering strong cross‑functional collaboration across Procurement, Quality Management, Manufacturing & Logistics, R&D, and Project Management. With a focus on digitalisation, sustainability, and prevention‑oriented quality methods, you’ll ensure our supplier network meets the highest standards while enabling smarter, data‑driven decisions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Define a value‑oriented Supplier Quality (SQ) strategy, including a clear digitalisation roadmap.
• Drive efficiency through automated and digital end‑to‑end workflows to enhance information flow across the supply chain.
• Identify deviations and lead risk management and mitigation actions to support informed decision‑making.
• Ensure availability and intelligent use of supplier and process data through advanced analytics and AI.
• Embed prevention‑oriented quality methods and risk management into supplier‑related projects and products.
• Continuously improve the supplier quality aspects of the Integrated Management System (IMS) across the SQM community.
• Initiate continuous improvement actions and lessons learned across SQM.
• Contribute to the company’s sustainability strategy within the supply chain.
• Drive SQM competency management, capability development, and talent attraction within Supplier Quality Management.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across all procurement activities within cross‑functional teams, including supplier qualification and supplier evaluation.
• Negotiate Quality Assurance Agreements (QAAs) with suppliers as defined within SQM processes and standards.
• Support SQM objectives through robust supplier quality controlling and performance reporting, including warranty management and related KPIs.

What skills and experience you’ll bring:

• Technical and functional expertise: Strong expertise in Supplier Quality Management, sustainability in the supply chain, and supplier development. Advanced capability in contract management, non‑conformance management, and supplier audits/assessments. Deep experience in Supply Chain Risk Management, including use of digital risk tools and dashboards. Familiarity with material field strategy development and Procurement digital tools. Strong analytical skills with experience applying smart data analytics techniques to complex datasets.
• Leadership & soft skills: Strong analytical problem‑solving and decision‑making skills, anticipating risks and driving cross‑functional solutions. A customer‑oriented mindset, going beyond standard practice to deliver value. Ability to lead with trust and empowerment, encouraging autonomy and a learning mindset. Experience coaching and developing others, giving structured and supportive feedback. Capability to drive innovation and change, fostering a collaborative environment that enables new ideas and solutions.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive base salary
• 26 days’ annual leave, with the option to buy up to 10 and sell up to 5
• Up to 10% employer‑matched pension contributions
• BUPA Private Medical
• Bonus & Share Save Scheme
• Free‑to‑use on‑site gym
• 2 paid volunteering days per year

We are a team of more than 73,000 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.

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.

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