Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality EngineerJob Description:The Supplier Quality Engineer plays a key role in ensuring that medical product labeling and supplier quality processes meet all legal, regulatory, and organizational standards. This position leads small-scale, established programs, drives continuous improvement in labeling and quality systems, and collaborates closely with internal teams and external vendors to support safe, compliant, and effective products.Responsibilities:

• Create, review, and reproduce text required for labeling medical products, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance.
• Verify that labeling artwork, film, and plate proofs meet all applicable medical, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor changes in labeling regulations in the United States and internationally and assess their impact on existing and future labeling.
• Review promotional and commercial communication materials to confirm they are supported by data and consistent with product applications and indications.
• Monitor, evaluate, and recommend improvements to labeling processes, quality systems, tools, and policies to enhance efficiency and compliance.
• Lead and manage one or more small-scale, mature programs using well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies.
• Take accountability for overall program process performance and customer satisfaction, ensuring quality and timely execution.
• Provide input into establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets, aligning them with organizational goals.
• Recommend new policies and procedures that improve program management and quality outcomes.
• Analyze complex problems that impact multiple workstreams, departments, or specialties, gathering detailed information to identify root causes and solutions.
• Modify program management processes to improve performance, quality, and compliance across supplier and labeling activities.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers and vendors, leading meetings and discussions to drive program execution.
• Conduct briefings and status updates to higher-level management, presenting program performance, risks, and improvement plans.
• Resolve issues through information exchange, influence, and persuasion, gaining cooperation from stakeholders without direct authority.
• Apply practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects, and tactics within the supplier quality and labeling area.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that supplier quality and labeling activities align with broader organizational requirements and objectives.

Essential Skills:

• Practical experience leading and managing the execution of processes, projects, and tactics within a supplier quality or related job area.
• Advanced knowledge and skills in supplier quality engineering, including supplier quality (SQE) principles and practices.
• Strong understanding of medical product labeling requirements, including legal and regulatory standards in the US and abroad.
• Demonstrated ability to review and validate promotional and commercial communication materials for consistency with product data and applications.
• Proven capability to monitor, evaluate, and improve labeling processes, quality systems, tools, and policies.
• Experience managing small-scale, developed or mature programs with well-defined plans and delivery methodologies.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) experience in the medical device industry is preferred.
• Background in supplier quality engineering (SQE) with a focus on medical products and regulated environments.
• Familiarity with global regulatory frameworks affecting medical product labeling and supplier quality.
• Ability to recommend and implement new policies and procedures that enhance program management and quality performance.
• Comfort working in cross-functional settings and collaborating with multiple departments, workstreams, and external partners.

Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract to Hire position based out of Minneapolis, MN. Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $45.00 - $65.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract to Hire position based out of Minneapolis, MN. Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Nov 19, 2026. Workplace TypeThis is a hybrid position in Minneapolis,MN.About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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