Supplier Quality Specialist

Job Title: Supplier Quality Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Industry:
REF: 122806
Contact Name: Larry O’Leary
Contact Email: larry@rftgroup.ie
Job Published: about 7 years ago

Job Description

Supplier Quality Specialist
Currently seek a Supplier Quality Specialist to lead all supplier quality issues and be the main point of contact in liaise with product support teams, R&D and regulatory on component quality issues and supplier initiatives while responsible for coordinating and following-up on all supplier quality issues.
Responsibilities of Supplier Quality Specialist:
Perform vendor Audits on all raw material vendors and manage supplier approval/rating programme.
Liaise directly with vendors, which involves travel to supplier sites so this person must be available to travel at short notice.
Provide cost recovery from vendors and provide methods for reduced inspection cost savings.
Pro-actively identify, prioritise and project manage high risk component issues
Support new supplier qualification initiatives and manage the supplier process change controls.
Provide supplier quality support for the Strategic Supplier initiatives and corporate sourcing initiatives.
Support implementation of initiatives such as ?Supplied Data? and ?Ship to Stock?.
Facilitate the monthly Supplier Controls MRB process
Requirements of Supplier Quality Specialist:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Engineering or similar field
3 years experience dealing with Quality issues regarding suppliers in a manufacturing environment, preferably GMP environment.
Experience in the FDA requirements is an advantage.
Experience in auditing vendors or a third party is preferred.
Please phone Larry on 01-2302400 / larry@rftgroup.ie
The RFT Group, BioPharmaceutical Division specialise exclusively in the recruitment of scientists, engineers and executives for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.

Key Words; FDA, GMP, Engineering, Engineer, Supplier Quality, Vendor Audits, Quality Management, Compliance, Auditing, CAPA, Medical Devices, Munster, Cork, Waterford, Ireland.