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Lead Supplier Quality Engineer
GE HealthCareLead supplier quality and development for GE HealthCare’s medical imaging technology business. Driving supplier performance, compliance, analytics, and continuous improvement across manufacturing sites.
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Supplier Quality & Development, NPI, and supplier qualification while leveraging data analytics and problem-solving skills to drive operational excellence and supplier performance improvements. Proficient in leading cross-functional teams and implementing Lean methodologies to enhance quality and efficiency.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Supplier Quality & DevelopmentData AnalyticsLean / Heartbeat Operating SystemsSupplier QualificationRoot Cause Analysis
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Hard Skills
Supplier QualityNPICAPAExcel AnalyticsPower BIJMPDPPMSCARVisual ManagementStructured Problem-Solving
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCommunicationCollaborationInfluencing
Tools & Technologies
Enterprise DashboardsSQCSSmartsheet
Industry Keywords
Quality Management SystemSupplier AuditContinuous ImprovementManufacturing OperationsSupply Chain Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead Supplier Quality & Development strategies supporting NPI, product transfers, and sustaining quality improvement
- Provide indirect leadership, coaching, and standardization across the SQE team
- Escalate complex supplier quality issues and lead root cause investigations and corrective/preventive actions
- Drive supplier performance improvements using DPPM, SCAR effectiveness, and NPI/Transfer quality readiness metrics
- Partner with Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, and Product Management
- Embed Heartbeat principles, SQDC, visual management, tiered accountability, and structured problem-solving
- Lead use of enterprise dashboards, SQCS, Smartsheet, and data analytics to monitor supplier performance and identify risks
- Develop defect trend, rolling DPPM, Pareto, CoPQ, and leading-indicator analyses
- Translate data into actionable insights for operational teams and business leadership
- Ensure QMS, regulatory, supplier audit, audit-readiness, qualification, monitoring, and corrective-action requirements
- Lead process digitization, simplification, standardization, and continuous-improvement initiatives across sites
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a technical discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Supplier Quality, Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, or Supply Chain
- Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed, cross-functional environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, using data to drive business decisions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to influence at all organizational levels
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required
- Deep expertise in Supplier Quality & Development, NPI, supplier qualification, audits, and CAPA
- Experience implementing Lean / Heartbeat operating systems and driving operational excellence
- Advanced proficiency in Excel analytics, Power BI, JMP, or equivalent
- Experience in machining, fabrication, plastics/composites, electronics, or computer workstations/servers
- Business and financial acumen connecting supplier performance to business outcomes
- Ability to lead through ambiguity and influence change in a complex global organization
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
- GE HealthCare will not sponsor employment visas for this opening
Benefits
Comp & perks- Professional development
- Challenging careers
- Competitive compensation
- Relocation assistance not provided
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Drug screen may be required
- COVID-19 vaccination may be required by certain customers