I work for Cordis, part of Cardinal Health and the organization is highly matrixed. I report to my supervisor within supplier quality and also serve on project teams for various internal projects. I have life cycle management responsibilities related exisiting suppliers that include minor project changes, to supplier CAPA management, risk investigations and supplier auditing. These are under my functional supervisor. Additionally I serve on Project teams as supplier quality for new products as well as larger organization wide changes that may impact supplier quality. This second group is generally managed by a project manager. This has benefits and disadvantages. In my functional group I spend a lot of time “putting out fires” or solving problems that were not forseen. These fires can negatively impact my ability to participate on the project team. Generally in our organization, any quality issue related to product in the field takes precedent. This can end up impacting the project timeline.