Head of Quality Assurance

Our client is an international pharmaceutical and medical device company. Founded over 20 years ago, they are growing with expanding sales across international markets.

They offer a wide range of high-quality medicines to the healthcare sector, that optimises cost efficiency whilst ensuring reliable supply. They are now looking to hire a Head of Quality Assurance to lead the Quality Assurance activities reporting to the company head of compliance. .

Responsibilities:

• Establish clear and compliant GMP standards in the company
• Align with the broader organisation, to ensure organisation has uniform high standards
• Share best practices, for the benefit of the organisation
• Establish a clear governance process
• Deliver clear and concise scorecards, on a weekly basis, in conjunction with the Head of Compliance, including status and progress
• Escalate issues of significance, in a timely manner
• Lead and demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset
• Ensure the QA team are supporting operations
• Lead on Governance, Quality, GMP and GDP
• Manage QA activity in relation to EU wide distribution and supply chains
• Work with contract manufacturers ensuring compliance
• Implement audit systems for internal audits of relevant departments
• Risk governance processes, looking at understanding and proactively managing risk
• Establish/Improve on metrics, to demonstrate and understand changes in the performance, in terms of Compliance
• Lead a team

Duties:

• Deputise for the Head of Compliance when required
• Build a relationship with the tram, company, CMO's, Auditors etc.

Qualifications

• Ideally Degree level education or track record in a similar QA position
• Pharmaceutical manufacture and Distribution (ideally generics etc).
• Quality Assurance Management

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