Quality Applications Specialist (Finance)

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
In this exciting role as an Quality Apps Spec, you will be responsible for the support in the Neuromodulation business unit. The Structural Neuromodulation Business is one of the firmest businesses, helping chronic pain and Parkinson's disease patients across the globe. This role reports to the Global Supplier Quality Organization for the West Platform. The job is dynamic and demanding, Supplier Quality is an area of service which impacts and collaborates with all the roles in the site, from Finance to Manufacturing, from Compliance to Supply Chain, SQE supports in many ways these areas.
Activities are dynamic through the day and week. Attention to Tier 2 meetings with operations team is key to being aware of escalations or quality events happening in the manufacturing lines. Managing NCMR reports, evaluating non-conformances, escalating events to supplier and looking for improvements to suppliers' performance and process are a couple of the many activities performed during the day. Supporting incoming inspection on possible component rejections. Evaluating rejected material to determine its usage and disposition and maintaining KPIs metrics are some more activities in the life of this role.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Conducts a compliant validation process for quality information technology systems which requires formal validation documentation (including standard operating procedures) under appropriate federal regulations.
• Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
• Qualifies suppliers according to company standards and may administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection to ensure cost effectiveness.
• Monitors parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicates and resolves supplier-related problems as they occur.
• Develops and prioritizes an auditing schedule to ensure that designated suppliers are audited on a regular basis to ensure good manufacturing practices (GMP) and quality standards are met.
• Evaluates suppliers' internal functions to assess their overall performance and provides feedback in assessment of their operation.
• Some individuals may have responsibilities that include Pre-Market Supplier Quality and duties may include: Provides Pre-Market Quality Engineering support to New Product Development (NPD) working in partnership with the Component Engineering and Post-Market Supplier Quality Teams, to deliver quality parts, materials, and services, prevent defects, and allow Medtronic to provide customers with the highest quality and reliable products.
• Provides technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle on newly qualified parts from NPD and implementing strategies for driving product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring purchased products and components are manufactured and qualified in accordance to applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements.
• Collaborates with Component Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy, Approved Supplier List coordination, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, and Control Plans for new products.
• Identifies current and anticipated requirements for compliant operations and suggests methods for the identification, implementation and maintenance of the procedures, actions and documentation necessary to assure compliance according to the appropriate federal and international regulations which govern the user's applications.
• Define Receiving Inspection requirements as required and associated test method validation for all internal Medtronic Test Methods.
• Reports on the status of validation activities to fulfill regulatory requirements.
• Keeps abreast of changing federal and international regulatory requirements, government audit policies, and the availability of current techniques.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Requires minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.

Nice to Have

• Bilingual (English and Spanish)
• Knowledge in SAP
• Knowledge in Minitab
• Knowledge in Agile systems and Factory Works system
• Basic Statistic

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 90,000+ 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.

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