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** ===================== **Careers That Change Lives** A career at Medtronic is like no other. We have a purpose. We are committed. We are driven by our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. We believe that career growth and development involve learning and striving to expand your knowledge and navigate your career path. We offer award-winning programs to accelerate your development and growth, and our size, scope, and market leadership give you the opportunity to explore career opportunities and grow as we grow. Medtronic follows the same path, cultivating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. We believe that when people from diverse cultures, genders, and perspectives come together, everyone benefits. **Your Day-to-Day at Medtronic** * Drive process, system, or product improvements to enhance departmental performance; * Evaluate suppliers’ internal functions to assess their overall performance and provide feedback during evaluation of their operations; * Collaborate with component engineers to develop and deliver the product acceptance sampling strategy, coordinate the Approved Supplier List, implement Supplier Ownership of Quality (SOQ), and establish control plans for new products; * Define incoming inspection requirements as needed and validate associated test methods for all Medtronic internal testing methods; * Develop and prioritize an audit schedule to ensure designated suppliers are audited regularly to verify compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality standards; * Provide technical guidance and quality compliance support for Supplier Quality involvement throughout the NPD lifecycle—including qualification of new NPD parts—and implementation of strategies to drive product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring acquired products and components are manufactured and qualified per applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications; * Lead corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes with suppliers; * Monitor parts from procurement through manufacturing, and communicate and resolve supplier-related issues as they arise; * Qualify suppliers according to company standards and manage a Certified Supplier Program for incoming inspection to ensure cost-effectiveness; * Exchange factual information, status updates, ideas, and issues to achieve objectives and influence decision-making; * Follow guidelines and procedures outlined in the Safety, Medical, and Environmental Manual; * Adhere to standards and instructions defined by your immediate supervisor, fulfilling responsibilities specified for your position in the Quality Manual and Quality documents. **Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; may be substituted by another field of study provided candidate has over 7 years of experience in the healthcare industry. * Advanced knowledge of process improvement tools: CDP, APQP, FMEA, Validation, Minitab, RCA. * Advanced English proficiency in writing, speaking, and reading. * Lean certification preferred (minimum Green Belt). * Practical project management experience or formal training in the field preferred. **About Medtronic** Together, we can transform healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the boundaries of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. That’s what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations—but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to meet universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. **#LI-MDT** **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. **Benefits & Compensation** ============================ **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** =================== We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.