Job Description Summary
The Supplier Quality Development (SQD) is responsible for driving supplier quality performance, supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), supplier qualification, transfer projects, cost productivity initiatives, and supplier development activities. The role works closely with Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Suppliers to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable product delivery while achieving quality, delivery, and business objectives.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
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Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead execution of Supplier Quality & Development strategies that support business priorities, including New Product Introductions (NPI), product transfers, and sustaining quality improvement initiatives.
- Act as a key escalation leader, supporting complex supplier quality issues, leading root cause investigations, and ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions
- Drive supplier performance improvements across key metrics, including DPPM, SCAR effectiveness, and NPI/Transfer quality readiness
- Conduct supplier risk assessments and resiliency reviews, improve tier-2 supply chain visibility, and drive mitigation plans for critical risks.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, and Product Management to deliver high-quality products
Compliance & Quality System
- Ensure execution of QMS and regulatory requirements associated with Supplier Quality & Development, including supplier audits and audit readiness
- Support internal and external audits and ensure supplier compliance with GE HealthCare and regulatory standards
- Drive consistency in supplier qualification, monitoring, and corrective action processes
Required Qualifications
- This role requires advanced experience in the Sourcing & Supplier Quality Development. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage complex projects, ensuring deliverables are executed on time and in a compliant manner
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
Desired Characteristics
- Experience working within medical device or other regulated industries
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience preferred
- Ability to travel 10% - 25% of the time
Inclusion and Diversity
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.
