Exciting Opportunity with Award-Winning Pharmaceutical Organization
We are recruiting for an exceptional role within a leading multinational company based in Waterford, Ireland.
Main Responsibilities:
* To lead all aspects of product quality testing proactively and in accordance with cGMP regulations. Ensure availability of adequate facilities, trained personnel, and approved procedures for sampling, inspecting, and testing starting materials, packaging materials, intermediate products, bulk products, and finished products, while monitoring environmental conditions for GMP purposes.
* Responsible for improvement in cycle times in all QC related activities and ensure spending is forecasted and executed in accordance with agreed budgets.
* Ensure customer requirements for the QC organization are clearly understood and agreed upon, consistently and reliably met. Provide people leadership to the team, including developing and maintaining succession plans for the QC teams.
* Contribute as part of the management team to the overall success of the site and build strong cross-functional relationships.
* Ensure effective, flexible, and efficient deployment of available resources, including proactive transfer of resources between QC teams to meet varying workloads.
* Provide proactive and effective support for operational cGMP compliance activities and HSE initiatives in line with site systems.
* Manage the safety performance of QC according to national legislation, site procedures, and other initiatives.
Requirements:
* Significant experience working in a cGMP manufacturing environment.
* Degree in Science (Chemistry, Microbiology, or Pharmacy preferred).
* Post-graduate studies augmenting primary degree preferred.
* Previous Lab Management or Team Leader experience essential.
* Operational experience of quality laboratories in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
* Detailed knowledge of quality management systems.
* Effective technical knowledge of pharmaceutical plants.
* Knowledge of requirements for cGLP, pharmacopeial methods, and stability.
* Full understanding of relevant quality and compliance regulations.
* Able to manage projects to plan/budget.
* Good communication skills at organizational, team, and individual levels.
* Understand KPIs for the site.