Supplier Quality Lead Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead supplier quality activities at Cytiva Newquay, ensuring supplier performance aligns with quality standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage audits, CAPA/SCAR processes, and supplier onboarding to support life-saving research and therapies. You’ll drive improvements through root-cause analysis, containment, and proactive supplier development. This position offers a chance to shape supplier quality programs and deliver tangible impact across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Issue, monitor, and approve SCARs and communicate outcomes
• Provide feedback on root-cause analysis with suppliers and support improvements
• Maintain auditor status, train team, and lead remediation after failed audits
• Develop and manage the annual supplier audit program
• Assess impact of changes, communicate with stakeholders and suppliers, and manage change requests
• Containment and correction of supplier defects, own quality event tasks and train colleagues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, PM, Sourcing, QA) on supplier quality, onboarding, and monitoring
• Create inputs for Management Review and contribute to daily management with action plans

Key requirements

• Bachelor in Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of Quality experience in manufacturing/engineering/QA
• Minimum 3 years in supplier onboarding, auditing, and supplier communications
• Knowledge of ISO, CFR, GMP and related regulations

• Collaborative mindset
• Training and mentorship
• Clear communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Supplier auditing
• SCAR/CAPA management
• Change control and supplier onboarding

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