AVP, Supplier Quality
Agilent Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $217,440 - $339,750 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Owns and governs the global supplier quality program to ensure compliance with all applicable international regulations, standards, and health authority expectations
- Acts as the final quality authority for supplier qualification, requalification, auditing, and ongoing oversight across all supplier types
- Define and enforce regulatory aligned escalation thresholds, investigation rigor, documentation standards and corrective action requirements for supplier quality issues
- Approve supplier selection, corrective action plans, remediation strategies, and supplier exit decisions from a regulatory risk perspective
- Serve as the primary enterprise interface for regulatory inspections, audits, and inquiries involving suppliers
- Define, implement, and continuously improve Agilent’s global supplier quality governance model and ensure supplier quality policies, standards, and procedures are fully integrated into the Agilent QMS
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, quality, or related technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of progressive experience in supplier quality in regulated manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated leadership of global supplier quality programs subject to regulatory oversight
- Deep expertise in supplier audits, regulatory inspections, corrective action systems, and compliance risk management
- Expertise in root cause analysis, problem solving and applying lean approaches when establishing supplier quality processes and procedures.
- Experience in implementation of supplier quality programs that drive proactive engagement of suppliers
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Bonuses
- Stock options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supplier quality managementregulatory compliancesupplier auditscorrective action systemsroot cause analysisproblem solvinglean methodologiesquality management systemssupplier qualificationrisk management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem solvingorganizational skillsinterpersonal skills