Global Supplier Audit Manager

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead mentor and develop a global team of Lead Auditors responsible for executing recurring supplier surveillance audits.
• Manage a supplemental team of contract auditors to ensure adequate global capacity and coverage.
• Ensure auditor qualifications are maintained and verified including ISO 13485/ISO 9001 (and/or applicable regulations) lead auditor credentials audit experience requirements and ongoing training needs.
• Establish clear expectations accountability and performance measurement for the audit team.

Ownership of Audit Procedures

• Serve as global Process Owner for supplier audit procedures including authoring maintaining updating and harmonizing audit SOPs across all regions.
• Drive standardization and compliance of audit processes across business units aligned with quality governance and CoE process design principles.
• Identify scope and implement efficiency improvements in audit workflows tooling checklists data accuracy and reporting.
• Partner with tool owners to ensure audit systems include correct criteria validation qualification checks and automated compliance monitoring.

Global Audit Schedule Ownership

• Own and manage the global sustaining supplier audit schedule ensuring all riskbased surveillance audits are planned and executed across all regions.
• Maintain compliance with audit frequencies determined by supplier risk level and regulatory expectations (e.g. MDR MDSAP 21 CFR 820).
• Ensure timely scheduling and coordination between Lead Auditors business unit segments suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor adherence to the schedule and escalate risks related to overdue or delayed audits.

Oversight of Audit Execution Quality

• Ensure that all sustaining audits follow approved procedures standardized methods and correct audit criteria.
• Oversee audit planning quality including scope selection criteria alignment and auditor qualification verification.
• Review audit outcomes verify process effectiveness and ensure consistent report quality and closure of findings.
• Ensure surveillance audits meet internal and regulatory compliance requirements and support regulatory inspection readiness.

CrossFunctional & Executive Collaboration

• Work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering Procurement Quality Operations Engineering and Business Unit leadership to align audit priorities and escalate significant findings or systemic supplier risks.
• Support organizational change initiatives and CoE deployment strategies related to audit and ASL management.
• Represent the audit function in crossfunctional forums audits and leadership reviews.

Program Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Develop dashboards KPIs and governance metrics for audit execution findings cycle time audit backlog and closeout performance.
• Identify systemic gaps inefficiencies and automation opportunities including AI or tool-supported enhancements where appropriate.
• Ensure consistent and accurate documentation in audit management systems globally.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelors/ Masters Degree in Engineering Science Supply Chain Management Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering or equivalent.

Minimum required Experience:
Minimum 10 years of experience with Bachelors OR Minimum 7 years of experience with Masters in areas such as Quality Engineering Safety Engineering Process Engineering Continuous Improvement Techniques or equivalent.

Required

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Quality Life Sciences or related field.
• Proven experience in supplier quality auditing or medical device QMS (ISO 13485).
• Lead Auditor certification (ISO 13485/ISO 9001 or equivalent).
• Experience managing teams ideally in a global or matrixed environment.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory requirements (MDR MDSAP FDA QSR).

Preferred

• Experience leading process ownership or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with supplier risk management and surveillance audit programs.
• Experience with audit management tools such as Archer or equivalent.
• Prior leadership of contract auditor networks or external audit resources.

Key Competencies

• Strategic leadership & global mindset
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Process ownership and continuous improvement capability
• Ability to manage complexity across regions time zones and diverse stakeholders
• High level of organization accountability and decisionmaking judgment

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
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