Boston Scientific · 1 month ago
Supplier Engineer Manager I, External Operations
Marlborough, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$104K/yr - $197K/yr
7+ years expBoston Scientific is a leader in medical science dedicated to solving significant health industry challenges. The Supplier Engineer Manager I, External Operations will manage the supplier engineering team, focusing on supplier selection, process changes, and technical support for finished device products, ensuring manufacturing excellence and quality at suppliers.
Health CareMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Interface effectively with key stakeholders internally and externally (Divisions, Suppliers, and commercial sourcing teams) to deliver key strategies in terms of Quality, Cost and Service improvement. Develop key relationships with Supplier leadership to influence effective execution and achievement of key deliverables and results
Responsible for leading and developing a best-in-class supplier engineering team that is proficient in the use of lean, 6sigma and engineering first principal methodologies
Lead supplier engineers in the development, implementation, and monitoring of plans to support divisional objectives in onboarding new suppliers, introducing New Products through the full network of SFMD suppliers and ensuring that change management is resourced and is aligned with policy
Ensure that suppliers are educated on BSC Change management Processes and work with suppliers to assess any new risk that changes may introduce
Ensure that supply chain objectives are achieved through enabling and improving our key business processes. Supplier performance Reviews, Finished Goods Material Risk Mitigation, and execution of materials VIP
Acts as resources for department engineers on technical issues. Drive the use of structured problem solving and statistical techniques. Provide immediate assistance for supplied material failures and support long-term efforts to eliminate causes of failures
Understand FDA, ISO and corporate requirements pertaining to qualification of supplied material
Manage and support the identification and development of new or existing supply sources with the purchasing team. Collaborate with other BSC cross functional resources in identifying insourcing / outsourcing opportunities
Proactively identify and drive Value Improvement Projects (VIPs) with suppliers at all Tiers in the supply chain
Collaborate with vendors to improve process capability and stability through introduction and sustaining new product projects
Develop negotiation strategies with the procurement team to maximize value add initiatives
Play a lead role in the development of commodity strategies in conjunction with commercial sourcing and supplier quality team members
Develop and execute department budgets – headcount, overhead/project spend and capital planning/control
Ability to travel domestically and internationally is required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering/Technical from ABET accredited institution
7+ years professional engineering, technical and lean manufacturing experience
Experience leading cross-functional and matrixed organizations with ability to influence and drive performance
Experience managing ambiguous situations with strong change management and conflict resolution skills
Demonstrated People and Team leadership
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (Including International). Travel typically does not occur over weekends
Preferred
Experience in Medical device or a highly regulated industry
Experience with suppliers and finished devices
Working knowledge of quality system requirements & regulations
Company
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a medical technology company that designs and develops medical devices to diagnose and treat a wide range of condition.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10.02B2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.58B
2024-02-22Post Ipo Debt· $2.17B
2022-03-04Post Ipo Debt· $3.28B
Leadership Team
Michael Mahoney
Chairman, President & CEO
Daniel J. Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
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