Central Stock Ownership (Cso) Program Quality & Compliance Lead

The purpose of the Central Stock Ownership (CSO) Program Quality & Compliance Lead is to provide leadership and support to ensure regulated processes and solutions impacted by the CSO programme have been designed and implemented in accordance with the client’s Quality Management System, are compliant with prevailing their policies and regulatory requirement (Good Distribution Practices).

The prime responsibility is to ensure compliance of the Principle Trading Company and each manufacturing site to the policies, QMS and associated territorial regulatory requirements providing Quality and Regulatory oversight for the project.

The CSO Quality & Compliance Lead will Report to the Quality Manager – Principle Trading Companies.

Education and Experience:

Successful completion of relevant tertiary qualifications – e.g. science or pharmacy degree
Minimum of 5 years experience within the Pharmaceutical / Consumer Healthcare industries, preferably in the capacity of a senior quality specialist or a manager.
Strong understanding of and experience in quality assurance systems particularly in the areas of Good Distribution Practice, Wholesale Dealing, import, export, distribution and Controlled Drugs management.
Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements pertaining to GMP/GDP.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

Professional written and verbal communication skills. Able to deliver positive and proactive communications and foster excellent working relationships with stakeholders at any level of the organization.
Ability to influence and motivate stakeholdersin both manufacturing and commercial organizations.
Analytical mind, good attention to detail and problem solving skills within a structured process
Good team player – works well in cross-functional teams.
Good time management skills, with ability to multi-task and work under pressure Works with a spirit of continuous improvement and innovation, creatively open to new ideas and methods.
Flexible thinking – able to challenge and see views from different perspectives Ability to self-motivate and be resilient and focused under pressure
Able to effectively enable and drive change across cross functional stakeholders Strong general computer literacy with Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook

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