Senior Manager Source Quality

**Job Function**:Quality**Job Sub Function**:Supplier Quality**Job Category**:People Leader**All Job Posting Locations**:Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil**About MedTech**Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.**We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager Source Quality to be located at Juarez, Mexico and/or São Paulo, Brazil.****United States and Puerto Rico - Requisition Number: R- **The Senior Manager Source Quality manages a group of Source Quality professionals responsible for ensuring that ETHICON Suppliers provide purchased finished goods, direct and indirect materials or services that comply with Ethicon, J&J, Global Regulations, and industry standards. Using a risk-based approach, manages the Purchasing Control Process and lead the Source Quality Management and control program for ETHICON driving continuous process improvements and ensuring sustainable compliance with Ethicon, J&J, Global Regulations, and industry standards.**You will be responsible for**:- Manage a significant, global supplier base consisting of suppliers of Purchased Finished Goods, Direct Materials /components and Indirect Materials & Services that impact the quality of products and/or the Quality System for ETHICON.- Provide people leadership to a group of Source Quality professionals focused on developing people, both technical and people-based skills, and ensuring that those competencies match both the quality and business needs. Promotes diversity. Accountable for ensuring goals and objectives are met.- Holds self and people accountable for results achieved through Credo Values and Leadership Imperatives. Removes barriers to people development. Models and fosters people development. Actively champions and supports people development to expand their capabilities, skills, knowledge and enable movement of talent.- Drive development of both supplier base and supplier-focused initiatives within the ETHICON Franchise in support of robust, compliant products that continuously meet the needs of patients, customers, and business objectives.- Identify, sponsor and champion Purchasing Control projects and programs ensuring the continuity of product supply as well as applicable Global Regulations and standards.- Partner with Procurement, Manufacturing and R&D to manage and mitigate supplier risk across the product lifecycle.- Ensure appropriate resource and budget and allocation decisions are made. Takes a leadership role in engaging key stakeholders to scope projects, resources, budgets, and timelines to ensure execution.- Utilize analytical and problem-solving skills to develop and optimize supplier performance working in conjunction with the Enterprise SQM and Procurement Organizations.- Develop and utilize Leading Indicators to ensure timely identification of risk/business challenges and opportunities. Analyzes quality system trends, identifies issues and seeks appropriate action.- Leads a portfolio of projects through to support external supply quality systems initiatives. Interacts with stakeholders and sponsors to communicate project status and alignment with business objectives.- Participates in the external supply selection process to provide quality system expertise.- Ensures compliance to applicable Global Regulations and standards (e.g. QSR, ISO, EN, and Medical Device Directive (MDD) requirements).- Serves as Purchasing Controls SME in internal and external audits.- On behalf of the Director of Source Quality represents the company in contract negotiation and Quality Agreements with external manufacturers and suppliers.- Escalate patient-safety and compliance risks appropriately.- Comply with all environmental, safety and occupational health policies. (i.e., ISO14001 & OSHAS18001)- Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level.**Qualifications / Requirements**:- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, an Applied Science or a related technical and quality field is required.- A master’s degree is preferred.- A minimum of 8+ years of experience in a regulated industry like Medical Devices, Pharma and/or Consumer is required.- Experience in Quality Systems, Purchasing Control and/or Supplier Management is preferred.- Broad experience with quality systems, including but not limited to qualification, validation, issue investigation, non-conformance, CAPA systems and investigations, laboratory controls, production, and process controls, is required.- Experience with documentation and technical writing skills, in a regulated compliance environment, is required.- Prior experience with Regulatory/FDA inspections is desirable.- A minimum of 4 years of managerial experience is required.- Hands-on experience in strategy development and deployment experience pre