Quality Assurance Officer

Description:

We‘re seeking a methodical and meticulous QA Officer to support work within our Third-Party Compliance division. Supporting our Head of Quality, UK Third Party, you’ll work efficiently across a range of Quality Assurance activities to ensure our Suppliers continually achieve the Quality standards we expect from them (across our portfolio of medicinal products and medical devices) nd maintaining both QA regulatory and business requirements by cultivating good Supplier relationships through collaborative and pragmatic working.

In this broad-ranging department, your day-to-day workload could include liaising with third party Suppliers or Service Providers (from raw materials manufacturers, to contract laboratories), managing product compliance, updating relevant documentation to uphold best practice (including product quality reviews, complaint investigations, reviewing technical agreements or standard operating procedures), leading Quality-based projects to drive Continuous Improvement across the business, maintaining our Pharmaceutical Quality System to ensure compliance, conducting investigations, assisting with product recalls and following-up on any corrective or preventative actions required, or performing manufacturing, packing or QC testing site audits. You’ll also have the opportunity to work closely with other departments across the business to promote a strong QA culture, providing advice and guidance on multi-disciplinary projects, resolving artwork queries and reporting on key performance metrics.

The Person

• Experience in a similar Quality Assurance role within the pharmaceutical industry, with good knowledge of related EU/UK Quality Regulations, Product Quality Review requirements and administering change control or validation activities.
• Knowledge of multiple dosage forms would be an advantage.
• Good experience using electronic document management systems and writing clear and concise reports; used to conducting quality-based investigations, root cause analyses and self-inspections.
• Experience of supporting customer / regulatory audits or performing internal audits of departments / GxP requirements.
• Ability to interpret GxP requirements and new regulations / guidance to develop and implement new processes to ensure compliance.
• Proficient technical report writing, able to facilitate and document complex investigations desirable.
• Good communication skills, able to build relationships with ease, but can diplomatically negotiate and persuade when necessary.
• Well organised, able to manage multiple tasks to deadline and maintain an eye for detail, even in a busy and changeable work environment; able to think of solutions on your feet.
• Good IT skills across the Microsoft Office suite.