Connie Bender

About Connie Bender

Supplier Quality program manager with 25 + years experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biologics, and human cell/tissue industries. Focused on building internal and external relationships to support strategic objectives while improving customer satisfaction. Global process owner of supplier quality management processes, and internal/external/supplier audit program management.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Global Supplier Quality

   ICU Medical

   Oct 2017 — Present

   Global Supplier Quality process owner responsible for program and team management: qualification and monitoring of medical device and pharmaceutical suppliers including intial qualification, supplier audits, corrective action plans, quality agreements, change notification management, and management of approved supplier status in a cross functional environment.

Education

• Eastern Michigan University

  Master of Science - MS, Quality Management

  2015 — 2020

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Software Documentation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Regulatory Affairs
• Business Continuity Planning
• Risk Management
• Lims
• Technical Writing
• Employee Management
• Validation
• Iso 9001
• Quality Assurance
• Staff Development
• Cqa
• Quality Management
• New Product Implementations
• Process Improvement
• Change Control
• Regulatory Requirements
• Dmaic
• Glp
• Leadership
• Fsc 22000
• Auditing
• Medical Devices
• Capa
• Medical Laboratory
• Six Sigma
• Quality Auditing
• Business Continuity
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• 21 Cfr Part 11
• Project Management
• Quality System
• V&V
• Document Management
• Iso 13485
• Program Management