Quality Assurance Manager

We are currently recruiting a Quality Assurance Manager for our global animal health client. This company is a leader in developing new and better ways to prevent and treat diseases in pets, farm animals and farmed fish. Their innovative, high-quality medicines contribute to the quality of life, health and welfare of animals around the world.

This position will drive and maintain improvements in the quality systems and processes to ensure they are effective and complaint with the relevant regulatory and company requirements, thereby ensuring that the medical and biocidal products released are fit for their intended purpose. This role will also provide advice on quality matters to ensure retention of both Manufacturer and Market Authorizations.

The accountabilities of the role are as follows:

* To carry out the requirements of ‘Duty of Care’ for release of product to the market
* Drive improvements of all the Quality systems, such as complaints, change control, deviations and compliance programs to ensure they are robust and effective to support the activities of the pharmaceutical operations, maintaining a high level of GMP to meet the expectations of regulatory and Company requirements
* Responsible for compilation of the Country Business Unit plan /Quality plan detailing all required Quality and Compliance activities and together with the Country Business Unit Head its successful completion
* To ensure in association with other departments, that the requirements of GMP are observed so that conditions of the Manufacturing and Marketing Authorizations are met and retained
* To ensure all activities performed by 3rd Parties or suppliers are in compliance with the regulatory GMP requirements. To perform required audits of 3rd Parties and suppliers and to ensure Quality Agreements are in place and maintained according to the relevant regulatory requirements and those of the company’s Quality Manual
* To collaborate with other departments or individuals both internally and externally where applicable to ensure that Product Quality Reviews/Annual Product Reviews are completed within the required timelines as per the Quality module.
* To implement and maintain development of local Quality SOPs to maintain product quality within the framework of the Quality Manual
* To lead or assist and/or ensure investigations are performed and or escalated to the Quality Assessment Committee in order to resolve issues that may impact on the quality of manufactured product and to ensure long term preventive solutions are implemented and quality is improved and maintained
* To assist in product recalls should the occasion arise and maintain correct procedures that are in compliance with both the regulatory requirements and the requirements of the Quality Manual
* To drive Quality Awareness and promote in collaboration with other departments a positive Quality culture within the organization

Experience/qualifications

* Minimum of a life sciences degree or equivalent experience
* GMP experience (ideally gained in a manufacturing environment)
* In depth knowledge of quality systems and their implementation
* Significant QA experience
* Experience with a variety of dosage forms, e.g. tablets, liquids, etc.
* Pharmaceutical industry experience
* Leadership qualities – experience managing and leading a team
* Auditing experience
* QP qualified would be desirable but not Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.