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Process Owner for all global Purchasing Controls QMS processes, including Purchasing, Supplier Engineering, Supplier Quality, Receiving, and Incoming Quality Control.

• Primary responsibilities included Supplier Performance Improvement, Change Management, New Product Introduction, and Product Sustainment.• ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Certified. Audited both mechanical and electrical suppliers. • Qualified NPI and Sustaining Parts by conducting capacity analyses, capability analyses, PFMEAs, special process validations, Gage R&Rs, Test Gap Analyses.• Lead multiple supplier CAPAs• Lead multiple Supplier Change Requests (SCRs) including fixture qualifications, supplier site moves, supplier process validations, and Quality Management System changes.

Managed 70 suppliers over four production lines. Improved product quality by maintaining a good supplier relationship, handling non-conformance reports, issuing supplier investigation requests, and tracking associated metricsPrimary responsibilities included Supplier Performance Improvement, ChangeManagement, and Product Sustainment.Responsible for analyzing supplier performance data and metrics, specifically defects per million, failure modes, and failure trends. I developed mutually beneficial relationships with my suppliers to improve both Stryker’s and our supplier’s quality.Developed and maintained incoming inspection criteria through inspection standards.Responsible for relationship and communication between suppliers, incoming inspection, and the production floor. Presented periodic supplier performance reviews to upper management.Supported FDA, TUV, internal, and corporate audits (ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Certified).Led continuous improvement projects on the production floor to improve FPY and reduce in-house scrap.Assisted in the product launch of a new camera system platform.

Major projects included developing an alternative burn-in test for our LED Power Supply Boxes, which decreased burn in time by 50% and decreased expenses by $50K annually.Other major projects included designing an ergonomically superior method for storing finished goods.

Major team project included parts room overhauls at five different factories nationwide andleading audit teams to ensure parts room progress was maintained.

Worked for three summers with virtually all aspects of the factory operations, including engineering, maintenance, quality, materials, and purchasing. Major roles included writing machine specifications for a super-sac foreign material detection system, participating in electrical and mechanical bid meeting for a building addition project and a new product launch. Led a 4 person team to inspect finished goods code date and presented findings to upper management.Led a 6 person team to inspect finished goods utilizing X-Ray technology.Worked with engineering and maintenance teams to clean, disinfect, and perform preventative maintenance on some manufacturing equipment.