.**This is where you save and sustain lives**At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.JOB SUMMARY:In this role, you will provide leadership to a team of Supplier Quality Engineers in our Monterrey, Mexico Operations. Primary areas of focus and responsibility include: to reduce Cost of Quality and incurred by the company, implementation of Supplier Quality procedures, tracking supplier performance, nonconformance resolution, supplier development activities, continuous improvement initiatives, and localization of supplied products.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Other duties may be assigned:- Work directly with suppliers to dramatically improve overall part quality and drive improvements to their overall quality systems.- Oversee the supplier certification program.- Participate in NCMR failure analysis activities, drive corrective action when appropriate, and ensure company concerns are adequately addressed by the supplier.- Interface with supplier's engineering and quality management concerning problems reported. Ensure that adequate corrective & preventive action is taken to preclude recurrence.- Penetrate the supplier's organization to understand the players who can affect change on pricing, delivery, quality improvement, and other key functions within the organization.- Develop control plans that define the supplier's processes, identify those areas of risk and institute quality tools and programs that focus on identification and prevention of quality defects.- Verify that suppliers are performing quality and process audits, maintaining performance metrics, and has a Continuous Program in place focused on safety and quality.- Drive continuous improvement in supplier performance through utilization tools such as DOE, Six Sigma, DMAIC, FMEA, SPC, 8D Root Cause Analysis, and Lean.- Maintain and Analyze Key Performance Indicators and Cost of Poor Quality data to identify recurring trends and drive improvement actions to reduce internal and external failure costs.- Develop Quality Plans and provide quality support for new product introduction (SNAP and FAI activities).- Provide quality training to functional owners and process owners as business needs dictate
