Supply Chain Engineer - The Cooper Companies : Job Details

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women's healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. CooperSurgical is at the forefront of delivering innovative assisted reproductive technology and genomic solutions that enhance the work of ART professionals to the benefit of families. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to women's healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options.

CooperSurgical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO). CooperSurgical, headquartered in Trumbull, CT, produces and markets a wide array of products and services for use by women's health care clinicians. More information can be found at www.coopersurgical.com.

Work location: Trumbull, CT; North Tonawanda, NY; or Stafford, TX

* Transform the supply base through rationalization, re-sourcing, and risk mitigation activities by supporting supplier assessment and supplier development actions to drive compliance, risk management, cost, quality, delivery, and services targets.

* Partner with Category Managers to assess current supply base core competencies in the development of a long-term sourcing strategy of assigned categories.

* Develop and maintain thorough knowledge of technological developments and trends for guidance of commodity teams in advancements of design, quality, and manufacturing.

* Proactively review supplier capabilities, assess operational gaps to identify risks and takes a systematic action to develop a world class supply base.

* Actively develops and coaches suppliers on how to meet CooperSurgical's quality system requirements and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requirements to successfully complete validations.

* Act as a liaison between Supplier and Product Engineering on Strategic Sourcing projects designed to reduce supply risk and build a high-quality supply base to support future growth.

* Manages projects of low to moderate complexity

* Partner with supplier and Product Engineering to assure part to engineering specifications match, redline specifications and initiates engineering change orders as needed.

* Identify cost reduction opportunities in partnership with Category Managers, internal stakeholders and suppliers to meet year over year cost targets.

* Perform additional responsibilities or assignments as directed by management.

* Take a supporting technical role in negotiating supply agreements, statements of works, and pricing for goods and/or services.

* Develop a should cost model process for assessment of purchased components.

* Engage with supplier on design of new tooling to assure CooperSurgical's expectations for tooling are met on NPD and legacy products as needed.

* Identify insourcing and outsourcing opportunities in partnership with Category Managers and Operations manufacturing strategy; supports technical component in the make/buy analysis.

* Take an active supporting role in Supplier Business Reviews

* Travel domestically and internationally upwards of 30%.

Travel: Up to 30% domestically and internationally

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

* Proficiency with metal and/or plastic part manufacturing methods, tooling, and assembly processes.

* Working knowledge of medical device NPI or lifecycle management processes

* Demonstrated working knowledge of supplier controls, process validation, failure investigation techniques, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive action procedures, and protocol/report generation.

* Ability to manage projects of low to moderate complexity

* Familiarity with GD&T and interpreting drawings

* Computer Skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, PLM system, CAD (SolidWorks))

* Superb Oral and Written communication skills including presentation skills

* Ability to work in a team/partnership environment

Work Environment:

* Works in a hybrid environment, with a mix of working at home 3-4 days per week and 1-2 days per week in the office at a Cooper Surgical location in the USA. Travel up to 30% is also part of this hybrid work scenario.

* Interacts with domestic and international suppliers frequently

* Travels frequently domestically and internationally as needed to support business requirements

* Occasionally lift up to 40 lbs

* Prolonged sitting in front of a computer

Experience:

* 6+ years industry experience in medical device manufacturing/engineering or other highly regulated industry

* 3+ years' experience in a supply chain engineer, supplier development engineer or supplier quality engineer capacity, preferably in the medical device industry

* Black Belt/Green Belt certification or Lean Six Sigma experience desired.

Education:

* Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Science, or technical field

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As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck, we offer a great compensation package, medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at www.coopersurgical.com to learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

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