Supplier Quality Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for activities related to supplier quality management including Incoming non-conforming material reports (NCMRs), supplier corrective actions (SCARs), supplier quality agreements and supplier evaluation and audit management. 

Contributes to the development, establishment and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems and practices which meet Abbott and regulatory requirements. Responsible for maintaining a strong collaborative partnership with cross-functional team members that facilitates organizational success for assuring high product quality and meeting business needs.

What You’ll Work On

• Supplier Corrective actions - Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action (SCARs) and manages supplier audit CAPAs (corrective and preventive actions).
• Supplier Audit management - Supports Supplier evaluation, audit management and related records
• Supplier Quality Agreements - Participates in the evaluation and development of Supplier Agreements with suppliers.
• Non-conforming materials management - Supports incoming Non-Conforming Material Report (NCMR) activities, participates in Incoming and production Material Review Board (MRB) and related corrective and improvement actions with suppliers.
• Internal and external Audit support – Supports the organization for internal and regulatory audits. Basic technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems.

Required Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, or closely related discipline is required OR relevant combination of education or experience.
• Demonstrates understanding of how their function supports the business
• Demonstrates technical and business competencies that drive results and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in one of the following Engineering disciplines: Electrical, Bio-Medical, or Mechanical

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