The Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for ensuring suppliers meet Bio-Rad’s requirements for quality, service, delivery, and cost. Drive suppliers to continuously improve business and manufacturing processes. Help Procurement teams evaluate and select suppliers. Guide Engineering in choosing suppliers for new products and provide DFM (Design for Manufacturability) input to new designs. Supports both NPI and on-going production. Executes detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality, cost, capacity, risk, and sub-supplier management.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Coordinate suppliers and verify supplier quality standards are in accordance with Bio-Rad’s requirements.
- Track and qualify or disqualify suppliers according to Bio-Rad standards.
- Monitors supplier quality performance by tracking product defects, delivery failures and other recorded incidents involving he supplier’s failure to meet requirements.
- Compiles Supplier Quality Reports for Management. Works closely with sourcing group to establish and maintain a Supplier Quality Scorecard.
- Works closely with materials sourcing group to establish and maintain a Supplier Quality Scorecard
- Performs regular and routine supplier quality audits to ensure compliance with regulatory standards, waste elimination and continuous improvement.
- Maintain successful relationships with procurement, engineering, manufacturing and regulatory departments.
- Develop long-term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas.
- Identify technical problems with suppliers and recommend corrective actions to internal management.
- Maintain accurate quality records, certifications and database records.
- Same as the previous level plus:
- Audits potential new suppliers’ processes and capabilities to ensure they meet the standards and needs of the organization.
- Partners with problem suppliers to identify root cause of quality issues and ensures timely corrective action is taken to secure continuity of supply.
- Serves as liaison with vendors for supply chain, suggests structural quality and process improvements and collaborates with other engineers in a team environment.
- Assist in the development and implementation of supplier management programs.
What You Bring:
While this list of qualifications may help an employee to succeed in this position, capable candidates may have a wide range of backgrounds or skills. If you have experience that aligns with the responsibilities of this role, we encourage you to apply.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical.
- More than 3 years in an engineering, quality assurance and/or manufacturing supplier quality environment.
- Experience with Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing.
- Good verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with internal customers and suppliers, and to develop and present communication plans and strategies.
- Knowledge of quality tools; i.e. supplier assessments, First Article Inspections (FAI), Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), 8D Problem Solving, Root-Cause Analysis, Corrective Action, Mistake Proofing and Process Control.
- Good interpersonal, organizational, analytical, problem solving, and time management skills.
- Ability to create and deliver presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to perform complex statistical reporting, including skill in composing logical, detailed, and analytical reports.
- ASQ CQE, ASQ CQA, or ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Certification preferred.
Who We Are: For 70 years, Bio-Rad has focused on advancing the discovery process and transforming the fields of science and healthcare. As one of the top five life science companies, we are a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of high-quality research and clinical diagnostic products. We help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. Recently voted a Best Place to Work, Bio-Rad offers a unique employee experience with collaborative teams that span the globe. Here, you are supported by leadership to build your career and are empowered to drive change that makes an impact you can see.
Benefits: Bio-Rad's biggest asset is our people, and this is the reason why our Total Rewards deliver programs that provide value, quality, and inclusivity while satisfying the diverse needs of our evolving workforce. Our offerings serve to enrich the overall health, wealth, and wellbeing of our employees and their families through the various stages of an employee’s work and life cycle. We’re proud to offer comprehensive medical plans and insurance, flexible benefits, wellness programs, extensive learning and development opportunities and more.
EEO Statement: Bio-Rad is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and we welcome candidates of all backgrounds. Veterans, people with disabilities, and people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, and orientations are encouraged to apply.
Agency Non-Solicitation: Bio-Rad does not accept agency resumes, unless the agency has been authorized by a Bio-Rad Recruiting Representative. Please do not submit resumes unless authorized to do so. Bio-Rad will not pay for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
