QA Label Specialist

Job Title: QA Label Specialist

Job Location: Summit, NJ

Job Duration: 6 Months

Shift Timing:, 2nd Shift , Wed-Sat- 4:00pm-2:00am

Job Description:

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:

The Label Control Specialist at the S-12 Cell Therapy manufacturing facility is responsible for supporting site Label Control activities at S-12 in accordance with BMS policies, standards, procedures and Global cGMPs. Functional responsibilities include performing in process and drug product label printing activities, ensuring accurate and timely issuance of labels for manufacturing and packaging labeling activities for Cell Therapy Development and Operations (CTDO).

Label Control organization is responsible for the establishment, maintenance and continuous improvement of the clinical and commercial label control process, procedures, and responsibilities for achieving quality policies and objectives. This organization supports the S-12 facility to ensure patient safety, regulatory requirements and improve its effectiveness and efficiency on a continuous basis.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have knowledge and experience with GMP, Quality, and compliance.
• Able to write and review technical reports with clarity and brevity; provides guidance to other team members in technical writing skills.
• Requires moderate direction to complete more complex tasks; completes routing tasks with little or no supervision.
• Must be time organized and possess an independent mindset.
• Good understanding of electronic document management and manufacturing execution systems.
• Has advanced computer skills to increase department’s productivity, as well as broadening technical and scientific knowledge.
• Confident in making decisions for non-routine issues.
• Routinely recognizes and addresses quality opportunities to improve overall process/project efficiencies.
• Proposes solutions for complex issues and works with management to resolve.
• Follows established procedures and performs work as assigned.
• Builds relationships and effectively communicates internally within the function and with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Interacts with internal and external cross functional teams. Represents department in internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Contributes to goals within the work group.
• Able to recognize conflict and notify management with proposed recommendations for resolution.
• Able to prepare written communications and communicate problems to management with clarity and accuracy.
• Able to produce data reports with precision.
• Able to multi-task.
• Able to support internal and health authority inspections of facility

Education and Experience:

• Required Bachelor’s Degree in Science (Biology, Chemistry, etc)
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant labelling experience in a cGMP/FDA regulated environment preferred
• Some document management experience.
• Crystal reports and BarTender experience preferred.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• 1 years of experience in the Biopharma
• 1 years of quality experience
• 1 years of labelling Experience
• 3 years with MS Office 365

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports all activities for the Label Control group.
• Responsible for issuing clinical and commercial in-process and final product labels for labelling operations.
• Responsible for ensuring accurate printed information on labels in compliance with health authority requirements.
• Coordinates with production teams to ensure timely issuance of labels.
• Performs training of label control and issuance requirements for internal personnel as needed.
• Ensures standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to job responsibilities define the steps necessary to complete tasks, etc. Writes, reviews and updates SOPs as required.
• Carries out plans and actions to support new drug product launches, new market and other quality management activities as assigned.
• Provides support during internal and health authority inspections and audits of facility.
• Knowledge of quality processes, including label control and issuance, change control, product complaints, deviations, investigations, and CAPA management.
• Performs supplemental investigations/projects as required by Management.
• Maintains knowledge of current GMPs and regulatory guidelines.