Quality Specialist - Northfield, IL - Military Veterans
at Medline Industries LP.
JOB SUMMARY
This role specializes in one or two particular subsection(s) of our Quality Management System (e.g. Device Master Records, customer complaint, product hold, recalls, incoming quality). Responsible for basic building and maintaining quality documentation and processes such as product specifications, manufacturing tolerances, engineering drawings, inspection criteria, testing reports, ERP system analysis, customer complaint analysis and validations.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in the development and implementation of processes, reports, data analysis and procedures within the defined area of specialization.
- Collaborate with multiple groups (both internal and external) to solve complex problems and continue to ensure compliance is maintained with FDA, ISO and internal requirements.
- Facilitate meetings with global business units, sales, marketing, branch personnel to manage project requirements and deadlines. Track and report progress periodically to management.
- Review all related documentation and analysis for completeness, accuracy, and assure the product and reports meets all specifications.
- Make recommendations and decisions based off the documentation and analysis that leads to better quality standards and customer experience.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Math or other related field.
- At least 2 years of experience in Quality.
- Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals, with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives, and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.
- Experience using time management skills to prioritize, organize, and track details in order to meet deadlines of multiple projects.
- Experience using MS Office Suite products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook ), with an Intermediate skill in Excel.
- Experience in processing all relevant details, understanding and prioritizing their importance, and drawing clear and concise conclusions.
- Working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance standards (e.g. 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485).
- Position requires up to 10% travel.
Northfield, IL
In 2002, Medline began delivering products in the Chicagoland area with a single truck. Today, Medline’s MedTrans transportation fleet has grown to more than 1,500 vehicles, delivering nearly 80% of Medline U.S. product sales and providing consistent, exceptional end-to-end supply chain service.
Medline has the largest owned transportation fleet of any healthcare product distributor in the U.S. And MedTrans has grown along with Medline over the past two decades, doubling the size of its fleet every five years, and continuing to diversify its vehicles and strategies to meet the company’s evolving portfolio of more than 300,000 products.
The current MedTrans fleet is comprised of semi trucks, box trucks and cargo vans to accommodate large and small deliveries. MedTrans delivers supplies to major hospital and healthcare systems, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care facilities, clinics, physician offices and more recently, residential homes.
MedTrans also seeks to minimize the impact of its deliveries on the environment. This includes implementing across-the-board fuel and emissions-reduction standards and practices: utilizing Dynamic Route Planning to reduce miles and improve trailer utilization; purchasing the most efficient diesel-fueled trucks; and incentivizing all drivers to avoid hard stops, heavy acceleration, high speeds and long periods of idling. Medline also has served as an Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay® Transport partner for the past 10 years, tracking and sharing information on the company’s fuel use and freight emissions.