Role Summary:
This role is responsible driving exceptional product quality for our customers and optimized Cost of Quality for GE Healthcare. This is a key technical position, affecting product quality for both installed base and new product introductions, by driving supplier capability assessment and development along with a robust hand-off between GE Healthcare engineering and our suppliers. This position will utilize strong HLA experience to work with and drive process excellence at Suppliers.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Effectively assess and evaluate supplier capabilities used in the supplier selection process.
• Improve supplier quality performance for assigned suppliers/parts via Quality Plan Implementation.
• Develop positive relationships and work closely with Global Sourcing Leaders and Modality Sourcing Leaders to manage and implement supplier/engineering changes, New Product Introductions, and transfers.
• Interface with Suppliers, Engineering, Service, Manufacturing and Sourcing to drive quality improvements that minimize the Costs of Quality, specifically Failed on Arrival/Install (FOA/FOI) issues, Field Failures, and Factory defects.
• Assure Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) plans are developed and executed at assigned suppliers in compliance with the CAPA process.
• Responsible for leading root cause investigations and corrective actions to resolve supplier quality related issues.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with external and internal interfaces to ensure that customer requirements are understood and achieved – suppliers, engineering, service, manufacturing, sourcing, supplier quality.
• Up to 40% travel required.

Qualifications/Requirements:
1. Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline.
2. Minimum 3 years’ experience in manufacturing, design, quality assurance or regulatory assurance.
3. Minimum 3 years’ experience in HLA technology/specialization
4. Minimum 3 years’ experience in problem solving, root-cause analytical skills to lead and influence others to drive change (cross-functionally and globally)
5. Minimum 2 years’ experience with demonstrated knowledge of Quality Management System tools, continuous improvement methodologies and in-depth understanding of site level products and related processes.
6. Fluent in communicating in English (both written and verbal).

Desired Characteristics:
1. Two or more years of experience, with proven leadership, in design or manufacturing.
2. Two or more years of experience, with proven leadership, in lean manufacturing processes.
3. Two or more years of experience with proven leadership, in a quality role, with understanding of QMS implementation.
4. Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
5. Familiarity with various engineering areas of technology, such as, but not limited to: Electronics, Plastics, Cable & Harness, Fab & Machine, Power Supplies & Power Distribution, Batteries, HLA’s, or OEM (Process & Design capability.
7. Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
8. Familiarity with the APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) framework and/or the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle.
9. Ability to communicate in the local language.

About Us:
GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com

Locations: China; BeiJing, JiangSu; Beijing, Wuxi