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Supplier Quality Engineer II

Job Description

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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. 

You’ll

also have access to:

  • Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

  • Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

  • An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

  • Tuition reimbursement, the 

    Freedom 2 Save

    student debt program, and 

    FreeU

    education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

  • A company recognized as

    a great place

    to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. 
  • A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity 

This position works out of our Woodridge site in St. Paul, MN location in the Structural Heart Division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As a Supplier Quality

Engineer II

you will lead efforts to enhance and correct the quality of components from external suppliers. Establishes acceptance criteria for materials. Tracks supplier performance to enforce corrective actions, address manufacturing yield issues, and resolve field failures. Coordinates supplier-initiated changes with cross-functional teams

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What

You’ll

 Work On

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 Work closely with external suppliers to gain

insights

into their manufacturing processes and fulfill all required qualifications. 

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 Work together with manufacturing engineers to resolve production-related challenges

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Work with cross-functional teams to assess and implement supplier changes. 

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Generates and

maintains

incoming inspection procedures. 

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Develops and/or

sources

inspection tools and equipment. 

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Work with internal/external suppliers investigating material issues including implementing corrective actions 

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Generate test protocols,

monitor

testing, issue qualification test

reports

and approve components for use in products. 

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Analyzes incoming material defects. 

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Communicates issues to suppliers. 

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Investigates

field failures related to supplier materials. 

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Investigate and develop corrective action plans for internal and external issues as needed.

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Implement and drive corrective actions accordingly. 

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Support Audits (internal/external) 

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Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to

facilitate

completion of tasks. 

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Oversee project team(s) with a moderate scope 

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Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management. 

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Plans, organizes, and prioritizes

own

daily work routine to meet

established

schedule. 

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Exercises

authority and judgment within defined limits to determine

appropriate action

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelors

 Degree (± 16 years) - Related field. 

Masters

 Degree (± 18 years) - Preferred. 

Experience/Background

Minimum

2 years 

of related experience

required

.

2-5 years of related work experience in technical or other QA related position 

2-5 years preferred experience in medical

device

or similar regulated industry. 

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Working technical knowledge and application of concepts,

practices

and procedures

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General understanding of business unit/group function

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Will perform this job in a quality system environment

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Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations. 

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Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors

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Exercises

judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action

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Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  

www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at 

www.abbott.com

, on Facebook at

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,

 and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is

$61,300.00 – $122,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

DIVISION:

SH Structural Heart

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota> St. Paul > Woodridge : 177 East County Rd B

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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