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Country Quality Lead Australia & New Zealand
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Job Title: Country Quality Lead Australia & New Zealand
Location: Barangaroo, Australia
Job Type: Full time
About the Job
Our Team/ Overview:
Lead and manage the implementation and maintenance of the Country Quality system for GxP transversal process and new product introduction embarking all concerned country functions (responsible for Good Practices - GxP and health-regulated activities), ensuring quality of safe and effective products, information and services made available to meet patients and customers’ needs.
Main Accountabilities
1. Commercial Operations
- Develops and implements the quality program in alignment with local and corporate objectives.
- Provides leadership and in the identification delivery of strategic quality initiatives across the business.
- Establishes effective working relationships across the local business, other country organizations, key customers, and suppliers
- Foster a sense of quality throughout the business.
- Established tracking systems to understand the health of the Quality System.
- Demonstrates a strong knowledge of local TGA and MEDSAFE GxP regulations and is able to lead local teams in projects impacted by these regulations.
- Establish and maintain quality across the local organization. This system must be complaint with the ISO9001:2015.
- Manage the product quality complaints process in accordance with local GxP and company procedures.
- Develops and carries out an audit program for the detection, and rectification of anomalies within the quality system, in accordance with the GMP, GWP, GLP, ISO and company procedures.
- Maintain an appropriate level of supervision of third-party manufacturing sites mitigates risk of the production of non-conforming products. Supervision may include the review of master production documentation, stability, and validation programs.
- Product is released for distribution in conformance to the registered specification. Maintain hold statuses appropriately
- Ensures an effective document management system is on place and works with others on the development of documentation.
- Provides leadership in the management of critical quality events such as recalls.
- Participates in the use of Quality Management techniques in the improvement of company processes.
- Work with key customers and suppliers to improve processes.
- Is involved in continued learning through participation in associations, conference, outside meetings and involvement within the Quality network.
- Ensures an effective management of repackaging systems is in place for some products sold in Australia and New Zealand.
- Provide support (as needed) to internal customers (Supply, Reg Affairs, Medical) relating to manufacturing and quality.
- Support product launches and transfers through developing a technical understanding of the products and manufacturing process to aid in the knowledge transfer, as well as creation of the technical transfer package.
- Provide training on quality systems as required.
- Provide support to other functions of the Quality team as required.
- Participate in local and global projects as required.
2. People Management
- Recruit, develop and coach for high performance.
- Conduct and document regular performance reviews and an annual review as well as regular personal / career development discussions with direct reports, in line with agreed Sanofi Performance Management Process
- Build, guide, and coach teams to deliver work output within timeline & budget constraint
3. MCO (Multi Country Organization) Leadership & Support
- Provide leadership and support with the South Korea and Australia New Zealand MCO as required and act as subject matter expert on assigned topics
- Serve as a technical reference for the assigned quality processes and promote best practices,
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement among quality teams
Candidate Profile
Essential Skills and Experience
- Essential Qualifications
- 5-10 years in the pharmaceutical industry in a similar role
- Medical terminology
- Product knowledge
- Knowledge of relevant codes of GxP
- Knowledge of Manufacturing and warehousing operations
- Knowledge of quality systems
- Document management
- Tertiary qualifications in life sciences or related field
Desirable Skills and Experience
Desirable Qualifications
- Presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Leading Teams / People Management
- Knowledge of SAP & Digital QMS Systems (VEEVA)\
- Registration with relevant Professional Association / Government Board
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