**"Johnson & Johnson companies are equal opportunity employers"**
- At Johnson & Johnson, the largest healthcare company in the world, we come together with one purpose: to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.- Diversity & Inclusion are essential to continue building our history of pioneering and innovation, which has been impacting the health of more than 1 billion patients and consumers every day for more than 130 years.
Regardless of your race, belief, sexual orientation, religion or any other trait, YOU are welcome in all open positions at the largest healthcare company in the world.- When You Join Johnson & Johnson, Your Next Move Could Mean Our Next Breakthrough._
**SENIOR SOURCE QUALITY ENGINEER**
The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (Sr. SQE) provides overall quality assurance leadership in the management of Direct, Indirect Suppliers and/or External Manufacturers engaged in the production of Johnson and Johnson products.
The Sr. SQE will be responsible for external suppliers of direct and indirect materials, finished goods and services for the CSS franchise.
He/she leads the deployment of the Supplier Quality Management (SQM) strategies and associated standards, policies, procedures, programs, systems, processes, and initiatives for suppliers of the CSS supply chain.
**You will be responsible for**:
- Provide timely business support for the assigned CSS Supplier Quality Management (SQM) function globally.
- Lead, develop, and implement supplier/purchasing controls and associated activities including Approved Supplier List management.
- Participate in and/or support the identification, selection, qualification, monitoring, and disengagement of suppliers for Supplier Quality Management.
May lead this process under the guidance of Supplier Quality Manager and/or management representative.
- Collaborate with suppliers and business partners to ensure robust materials, products, processes, and systems.
- Partner with Procurement, R&D, Engineering/Technical Operations, Quality, Operations, and Suppliers in the timely investigation, resolution/prevention of supplier-related issues to minimize/prevent business disruptions
- Monitor and analyze supplier performance metrics, identify areas of opportunity, communicate supplier risks, and drive the resolution of supplier quality issues and risk control processes.
- Implement supplier change management process including change notification, dissemination of information, impact assessment, approval of changes, and supports material/supplier qualifications.
- Own, drive, and lead the assigned Supplier Quality related projects, activities, initiatives with limited supervision.
- Utilize Project Management methodologies to plan, organize, connect, shape, lead, and deliver results for SQM projects.
- Utilize analytical and problem-solving skills to develop and optimize supplier performance working in conjunction with the Worldwide Supplier Quality Management Team.
- Analyze quality data and identify trends impacting risk benefits requirements of product and quality systems for external suppliers.
Actively participates in discussions to drive resolution.
- Collaborate with operations and franchise operations development on process/product improvement projects.
- Prepare Supplier Quality Agreements and drives discussion with supplier while consulting Supplier Quality Manager and/or management representative.
- Own and lead the Supplier Quality Relationship Management (SQRM) process for the assigned suppliers (e.g.
Lead periodic SQRM meetings including supplier quality performance reviews, supplier investigation follow-ups, investigation responsiveness/cycle time, targeted improvement plans (TIP), closed loop corrective actions, NC reductions, supplier quality metrics, etc.).
- Understand or anticipate the customer's needs and adds value by providing specific metric information tailored to the particular business environment.
- Take actions to identify internal customer requirements and translate customer requirements into potential proactive improvements to components or supplier quality systems.
Proactively pursue clarification to confirm understanding of internal customer needs and requirements.
Follow up on commitments and keeps customer, management and appropriate parties apprised.
- Respond proactively to changing regulatory and business needs.
- Lead component qualification change projects in collaboration with key business partners and the supplier's applicable functional groups.
- Comply with all applicable quality management system, environmental, safety and occupational health policies.
(For example, ISO 13485, ISO14001 & OSHAS18001).
Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level.
- For those who supervise or manage a staff, responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to