Supplier Quality Engineer III

JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of our Alajuela location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. As the Supplier Quality Engineer III , you’ll have the chance to drive improvement in the quality of components and services sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection and evaluation of suppliers, monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures. As required , supervises the activities , manpower and resources within the functional area to ensure support is provided to meet the department and company goals . What You’ll Do Responsable for compliance with applicable Corporateand Divisional Policies and procedures. Assesses potential new suppliers for technical , quality and manufacturing capabilities . Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier . Evaluates , monitor and approve new and existing external suppliers based in their qualifications and performance , acts as a spokesperson to external suppliers . Analyzes incoming material defects and communicates issues to suppliers . Investigates failures related to supplier materials , dispositions , drives and tracks corrective / preventive action plans where necessary Generates test protocols , monitors testing , issues material qualification test reports and approves components for use . Assists in generating component specifications , generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures and provides input from component quality , inspectability and manufacturability perspective . Trains inspectors to <