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

Medtronic

At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress and deliver meaningful innovations.

Our Purpose

At our Supplier Quality Department in Medtronic, plc, we partner with Medtronic’s suppliers to deliver the highest quality and most reliable products to our customers. The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer works with a Supplier Quality team who works with external suppliers and in a cross-functional Medtronic team on a daily basis to resolve supplier related issues, drive continuous improvement while driving key quality metrics across the Parkmore Campus. They will liaise with our extensive network of suppliers to execute on quality improvements, cost savings, while managing and implementing Supplier and Medtronic driven changes. Part of a larger team within supplier quality department, this role would support post-market quality for components supplied to Galway.

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A Day in The Life Of:

• Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
• Monitors parts through the manufacturing cycle and communicates and resolves supplier-related problems as they occur.
• Builds a collaborative relationship with suppliers to quickly address any non-conformances.
• Drive appropriate root cause investigations with the supplier.
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented and monitor for desired results.
• Drive supplier improvement/corrective actions through the following activities:
• Work with the supply base to drive corrective/preventative action.
• Based on feedback from incoming inspection, Medtronic/supplier internal quality metrics and customer complaints.
• Coordinate and monitor change control process (including review and approval) to ensure performance, compliance and regulatory requirements are met and properly documented.
• Review/prepare test plans and reports (qualification, validation) for change and improvement activities (supplier certifications, material/sub-supplier changes and supplier performed special processes).
• Collaborates with the operating platform to address issues and gain alignment when required.
• Represent the Supplier Quality group in operating meetings providing status updates on supplier base.

Key Skills & Experience

• We are looking for a qualified person with a Level 8 Degree in Engineering/Science or related discipline with a minimum 4 years’ relevant experience.
• You are a dynamic team player and leader and can work effectively and proactively on cross-functional teams with a high level of enthusiasm and motivation.
• Good communication, organizational, presentation and leadership skills are desirable.
• You are technically orientated with a strong risk-based approach to problem solving.
• You can work independently under limited supervision to determine and develop this best approach.
• Experience with Agile, SAP & Microsoft Project an advantage.

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here