Senior Engineer, NPD Procurement (Orthopaedics)

Job description

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. The Procurement New Product Development Engineer is the primary procurement interface for new product introductions to grow the company product portfolio. This role serves as an active participant and contributor to several cross-functional teams composed of multiple internal functions including Research & Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Product Development, Marketing, Regulatory and Supply Chain. This position is designated as the primary point of contact and interface with external suppliers for quotations, negotiations and status reports. The role participates early in the process with the research and engineering teams with responsibility to determine suitable candidate suppliers and to drive early supplier involvement and engagement throughout the initial phase gates. The position stewards procurement responsibilities from project initiation through product qualification steps and the eventual hand-off to the production team as a fully qualified product. This role manages and monitors the costs throughout the development cycle and provides report...