Sr Supplier Manufacturing Engineer Plastics
Sr Supplier Manufacturing Engineer Plastics
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Job Description
Primary Function of the Position:
Responsible for ensuring suppliers meet ISI requirements for quality service delivery and cost. Drive suppliers to continuously improve business and manufacturing processes. Evaluate and select suppliers. Guide Engineering in choosing suppliers for new products and provide DFM input to new designs. Supports both NPI and ongoing production monitors and works with suppliers to improve supplier performance. Executes detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality cost capacity risk and subsupplier management.
The ideal Candidate possesses broad and deep handson plastic injection molding extrusion and silicone molding experience along with skills to select and develop suppliers.
Essential Job Duties:
- Complete project/ part qualification deliverables including Supplier pFMEA Process Validations (IQ/OQ/PQ) Inspection Reports Gage R&R and Process Capability Analysis
- Work with suppliers to execute cost reductions capacity improvements and risk mitigation.
- Select the right process and supplier for the part considering longterm fit and total cost of ownership.
- Manage supplier changes including manufacturing process changes production optimization facility changes new equipment qualification and new line validations.
- Drive changes to ISI requirements as necessary by initiating and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the engineering change order process.
- Own and drive to closure supplier variances from symptom through root cause analysis to corrective action including careful CAPA documentation.
- Effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks
- Clearly communicate project status to key stakeholders
- Build own and relentlessly pursue a vision for developing suppliers.
- Understand proper level of documentation detail for tracking of actions and justification of decisions.
- Generate key metrics for the team and suppliers and continually drive for timely achievement of those metrics.
- Drive suppliers to continually improve their business and manufacturing process performance to meet Intuitives requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management Six Sigma Lean SPC and negotiation. Lead these efforts without managerial guidance at several suppliers simultaneously.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions for supplier process by driving suppliers investigations and root cause analysis.
- Provide effective and timely supply base health information and recommendation to management by creating and delivering datadriven supply base information to any level of management at ISI with little or no guidance.
- Prepare and deliver supplier communications as required by independently working with suppliers on scorecard creation.
- Work with suppliers and ISI engineering for the new product introduction to:
- Create product supplier landscapes to determine launch readiness and report to management.
- Develop supplier ramp readiness plans by judging business risk based on forecast supplier capacity quality performance and process capability.
- DFM by engaging suppliers early in development cycle to feedback manufacturability improvements in the designs prior to production.
- Influence and guide Engineering in choosing suppliers by determining selection criteria for preferred suppliers and leading the team effort to evaluate preferred suppliers.
- Review analyze and close customer complaints manufacturing variance requests and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications.
- Evaluate corrective and preventive actions at suppliers looks for opportunities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence.
Qualifications :
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 8 years related experience with an BS Engineering degree or 6 years experience with MS in Engineering or 3 years experience with PhD.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentations to executive level management.
- Excellent Interpersonal skills and team building skills.
- A proven history of implementing Lean/6 Sigma/SPC Programs at suppliers.
- Excellent Project Management skills.
- Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills along with good judgment.
- Demonstrable knowledge in evaluating and challenging supplier technical quality and business capabilities.
- Demonstrable knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing processes including understanding of key input variables for quality cost and capacity (specialization can be in metal fabrication plastics electronics and/or contract manufacturing).
Required Education and Training:
- Minimum Education: BS degree in Engineering advanced degree preferred.
- Experience with statistical analysis software such as Minitab
- Ability to read and interpret detailed mechanical drawings (GD&T) and communicate technical information.
Working Conditions
- Ability to travel to suppliers on an asneeded basis domestic and international.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- CAD experience with 3D modeling tools
- Experience in a highvolume medical device company
Additional Information :
Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.
EEO and AA Policy
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.
We provide marketcompetitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
