The Site Supplier Quality Specialist is responsible for defining and executing the supplier management activities required to approve site and local suppliers and to maintain their approved status through their service lifecycle. This is achieved by providing collaborative support to quality leadership and working with other functions in the organization including Quality Engineering, WW Supplier Quality Assurance, Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, and additionally to corporate functions, regulatory agencies, and suppliers. This position is also accountable for the support of the continued improvement and implementation of the Quality Management System as well as maintaining compliance to regulations, standards, and corporate requirements.
Responsibilities :
- Develop applicable Site / Unit procedures / work instructions and may make updates to Unit level procedures and policies.
- Serve as Supplier Quality associate for local and / or site-related suppliers (products and services)
Support identification suppliers and collaborate with cross-functional and / or WW team to complete supplier selection process
Implement supplier approval strategy. Facilitate, manage, and track supplier qualification and approval progressSupport Supplier creation / updates in AravoManage and maintain Quality Agreements with suppliers, when neededProvide on-going Supplier Quality Assurance support to all existing local and site-related suppliersCollect and archive all relevant Supplier-related documentationSupport Supplier Quality performance monitoring.Support and / or conduct supplier quality audits / assessments, as needed.Manage changes initiated by suppliers. Coordinate with appropriate cross-functional teamsSupport QA / QC lab with supplier activities related to product batch release and customer complaints as necessaryLead or support problem-solving and root cause analysis activities (CAPA, Audits, Nonconformances, customer complaints, Supplier related complaints, etc.), as needed.Support internal and external audits as a subject matter expert, and support pre-and post-audit activities, as needed.Track trends of various quality data sources. Analyze and report on metrics.Support Site and WW Quality continuous improvement initiatives