Supplier Quality Engineer III

Verathon is a global medical device company focused on supporting customers by being their trusted partner, delivering high-quality products that endure over time and ensure clinical and economic utility.

Two areas where Verathon has significantly impacted patient care, and become the market leader in each, are bladder volume measurement and airway management.

The company’s BladderScan portable ultrasound and GlideScope video laryngoscopy & bronchoscopy systems effectively address unmet needs for healthcare providers and meaningfully raise the standard of care for patients.

Verathon, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, is headquartered in Bothell, Washington, USA and has international subsidiaries in Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific.

For more information, please visit www.verathon.com .

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for primary Quality contact with suppliers and for assessment of new suppliers.

Monitors the performance of existing suppliers, requalifying suppliers, and the effectiveness of the Quality System in managing the supplier base.

Provides routine daily support for Supplier Quality activities through attendance and support of the Material Review Board team and related activities.

Supports supplier selection, development and audit process through monitoring, review and quality analysis of the supplier selection process.

• Develop supplier audit processes and procedures
• Manage the performance of onsite supplier quality audits in support of cGMP compliance procedures
• Provide support for onsite supplier selection surveys and capability studies, in support of corporate supplier development goals
• Coordinate with internal commodity teams to establish development plans
• Provide quality systems expertise to suppliers (e.g., statistical process control support, capability studies)
• Establish policies and procedures that govern development of inspection characteristics to be followed in incoming quality inspection
• Monitor inspection effectiveness.
• Resolve supplier quality issues at incoming inspection and on the production line
• Provide team leadership for projects/investigations relating to supplier quality issues
• Manage supplier corrective action request (SCAR) initiation and follow-up with assigned supplier base processes
• Facilitate resolution of internal/external material quality issues by participating in root cause analysis and by working with suppliers to monitor corrective action