Senior Manager, Quality Assurance Europe Hip Manufacturing
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About the Position
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance Europe Hip Manufacturing
This is a fully onsite role based at our Tullagreen site in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Quality Assurance team supporting JR Hip manufacturing, delivering the strategic, compliance, and business objectives of the function.
- Identify opportunities for efficiencies, risk-based approach, and competencies aligned with GQO and 1A customer strategies.
- Collaborate closely with partner areas including Procurement, AO, Operations, and Quality Leadership to develop and implement an organizational vision, structure, and strategy.
- Ensure that the organisation’s conformance and commitment to producing products meets or exceeds customer requirements and the relevant regulatory standards.
- Recognizes opportunities to maximize and increase efficiencies through continuous improvement, lean activities, and leverage across the business.
- Lead and/or partner in deployment of manufacturing & automation systems to optimize manufacturing processes, supply chain, and business operations.
- Ensures the site(s) maintain continued certification to all regulatory bodies. Sponsors and ensures engagement in all internal and external audit programmes.
- Ensures effective management and control of product/process deviations for all released product and for the implementation of effective corrective action when non-conformances arise.
- Build a high performing QA team and wider community to maximise value from current QA processes. Shape an optimum operating model to standardise business processes, leveraged SMEs while driving consistent & sustainable QA processes.
- Champions a positive employee environment by promoting open communication, engagement and development of team members.
- Engage in plant network strategy evaluation and deployment. Support development of a QA PT roadmap aligned with GQO strategy for sustaining growth.
- Oversight and responsibility to ensure site maintains adherence to Quality KPIs performance indicators and takes timely action to address adverse trends and deviations.
- With global alignment, develops a quality planning pipeline of quality improvement activities including initiatives to increase product quality, NCR & CAPA resolution, reduce cost, decrease in-efficiencies and improve risk management.
- A track record of building high performing teams that deliver tangible results and achieving key performance indicators. Strong people leadership skills to inspire and guide teams through operational transformation.
- Ability to adapt to changing business environments and technological landscapes, supported by strong influencing and negotiation skills. Is highly attentive to customer needs and oriented towards delivering exceptional service.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Quality, or a related discipline.
- Advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 10+ years experience in a Medical, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Medical/Pharma, Automotive or other highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Skills
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Core Skills:
- Regulatory requirements
- ISO
- FDA
- Medical device product lines
- Team-building
- Project management
- Process improvement
- Leadership
- Communication
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Secondary Skills:
- Lean activities
- Automation control
- ERP
- PLM
- PDM
- Quality KPIs
- Global alignment
- Quality planning
- People leadership
- Influencing
- Negotiation
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Emotional intelligence
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational change
- Innovation
We Offer
- Competitive salary range: €88,000 - €146,000 EUR Annual
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Opportunity to work in a global leader in medical technologies
About the Company
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.
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