QA Manager, Quality on the Floor

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Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office

Job Description

How will you make an impact?

With a strong dedication to customer happiness, you’ll provide technical leadership and Quality oversight for our Solid Dose/Animal Health Manufacturing and Sterile Manufacturing Environments in association with specific aspects of Quality to ensure compliance with regulations that govern pharmaceuticals. You will responsible for driving strong Customer Happiness by ensuring compliance.

What You Will Do

• Manage the quality on the floor team supporting quality oversight of the operational areas within Thermo Fisher Scientific.
• Review and approve quality records such as investigations, protocols, and procedures.
• Handle the functions and staff, to assure the products, processes, and records align with company specifications, legal agreements, and applicable regulations as a requirement for release to license holder and/or market.
• Provide tactical direction and immediate supervision to a group of employees by assigning tasks, checking work, and maintaining schedules.
• Provide direct supervision and may assist with the work as demands dictate.
• Provide leadership to assigned staff by performing the following:
• Leading organizational change.
• Developing and empowering staff.
• Encouraging relationships.
• Putting staff in a position to succeed, meeting their personal career goals while also achieving interpersonal goals.
• Building effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Driving engagement and crafting a climate where staff is motivated to do their best.
• Assure compliance to all applicable regulations by proactively interpreting regulatory and compliance requirements, establishing, and maintaining systems.
• Ensure quality of methods, processes, and products by providing coordination and review of group operations, staff training, and the assessment/improvement of systems and processes.
• Follow all job-related safety and other training requirements in a timely manner.
• Support systems and new product introduction as a technical resource by providing assessment technical expertise, problem solving, and strategies for problem prevention.
• Develop strategies and priorities to assure future success of the Company.
• Conduct quality risk assessments, and takes appropriate actions during quality system management and oversight activities (e.g. during review/approval) to ensure adequate controls in relation to the level of product quality, safety, and business risks.
• Manage resources by budgeting for and assuring availability of staff to meet business needs.
• Maintain current knowledge of emerging trends and technologies.
• Ensure staff has performance plans with metrics in place.
• Review are conducted twice a year (mid-year and annually).
• Identify and manage performance/team issues.
• Provide training and/or opportunities for career development of staff.
  
  

Education

How you will get here:

Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or related field highly preferred or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Experience

• 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry that includes 5 years supervisory experience.
• Project Management skills desired.
• Superior cGMP experience and leadership required.
• Deep knowledge of cGMPs and pharmaceutical contract manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Compliance, Quality Control and Regulatory Affairs.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and comfortable working directly with our valued customers to identify solutions.
• Strong communication, persuasion, and presentation skills.
• Advanced change management skills are vital.
• Must be able to interact with and influence the most senior levels of the organization.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time; visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time; ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one global organization of 120,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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