We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 May 2026

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

         

         

Join a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation.

The Opportunity

The Medtronic Mindset calls on leaders to act boldly, move with urgency, collaborate effectively, and deliver results—the right way. At Medtronic, our most impactful leaders are those who step into complexity, set clear direction, and elevate teams through strong communication, accountability, and purpose.

We are seeking a hands-on Supplier Quality Engineering Manager to lead a critical turnaround at our Grand Rapids, MI manufacturing site. This role is designed for a proven people leader who brings energy, decisiveness, and a track record of driving results through others. The successful candidate will quickly assess gaps, stabilize supplier quality performance, and elevate the capability and effectiveness of the SQE team while building strong cross-functional partnerships.

This site manufactures approximately 600 finished products within our Cardiac Surgery (CS) portfolio, including cannulae and beating heart products. Success in this role requires visible leadership, clear and effective communication, and the ability to balance near-term remediation with long-term capability building. This is not a maintenance role—it is an opportunity for a leader energized by transformation, collaboration, and measurable impact.

Who Will Thrive Here

This role is best suited for leaders who are energized by challenge and motivated by building momentum and results. Successful candidates will bring:

• A proven track record of leading and developing teams in fast-paced or changing environments

• The ability to drive results through clear direction, accountability, and follow-through

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the presence to influence across functions and with suppliers

• Comfort stepping into complex or ambiguous situations, quickly assessing gaps and prioritizing actions

• A hands-on leadership style with a passion for elevating team capability and performance

• Motivation to lead transformation rather than maintain the status quo

Candidates seeking a steady-state role or a first-time people management opportunity may find this position misaligned.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead, develop, and elevate a team of Supplier Quality Engineers, setting clear expectations, driving accountability, and building a high-performing, engaged team.

• Drive supplier quality performance and improvement, ensuring delivery of quality components, materials, and services in compliance with purchasing controls.

• Lead cross-functional team in supplier-related investigations and corrective/preventive actions, including nonconformances, Supplier CAPAs, audit findings, and complaint investigations.

• Partner cross-functionally with Operations Quality, Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to resolve supplier-related quality or compliance issues.

• Develop and maintain monitoring systems to track supplier and team performance, including nonconformances, open actions, Supplier CAPA, supplier change management, training, and Global Supplier Quality improvement initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with purchasing controls and regulatory requirements, including supporting internal audits, notified body audits, and FDA inspections.

• Provide active people leadership through coaching, mentoring, performance management, goal setting, regular 1:1s, and succession planning.

• Communicate clearly and effectively, translating complex technical and quality issues for leadership and cross-functional partners.

• Prioritize and execute strategic and department-level initiatives to drive both near-term results and long-term capability.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person collaboration is essential to our success. This role requires a minimum of 5 days per week onsite as part of our commitment to professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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