Quality Control Manager

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Job Description

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An exciting and challenging opportunity has become available at Neuchâtel Plant (approx. 600 employees) for an experienced Quality Control Manager to join our Quality Control department.

Missions :

• Be responsible for the effective execution of daily operations of a chemical / biologic Quality Control laboratory to support the manufacturing of bulk drug substance and final product.

• Lead and develop high performing teams & organization to ensure all activities are carried out to the highest standards of safety, quality, cost, and testing Leadtime.

• Drive continuous improvement and promote projects to improve the efficiency & capabilities of the Neuchatel laboratory and contribute to its transformation into a “lab of the future”.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate the analytical Quality Control group in ensuring timely availability and accuracy of results in compliance with cGMPs and Takeda’s requirements.

• Monitor and evaluate key performance metrics and drive continuous improvement of activities within QC analytical group.

• Provide guidance, support technical expertise to ensure that manufactured products are tested in accordance with applicable regulatory standards and guidelines.

• Oversee and ensure lab investigations and associated corrective and preventive actions are handled in a timely & proper manner.

• Communicate with other Takeda sites in the frame of analytical transfer, best practices sharing and testing delegation.

• Develop teams, organization and processes to transform the laboratory into a sustainable “lab of excellence”.

• Promote innovations, digitalization and foster all initiatives that will improve the efficiency and capabilities of the analytical laboratory.

• Ensure effective professional development of direct reports through combination of coaching, mentoring and effective development plan.

• Create an environment that fosters lifelong learning and a growth mindset enabling employees to thrive.

• Actively participate in varying projects such as method transfer, new equipment qualification, digitalization program and laboratory extension in the frame of the global laboratory strategy.

• Assure laboratories areas maintain continuous inspection readiness.

• Control budget, headcounts, and expenditure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or post-graduate degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related scientific discipline.

• 10 + years’ experience in the pharmaceutical / Biotech industry and/or QA/QC laboratory environment.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a laboratory management environment leading a substantial number of employees.

• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills gained through previous supervisory roles or project management.

• Strong working knowledge of method development, method validation, troubleshooting and analytical method transfer.

• Must have a good understanding of a variety of analytical techniques such as HPLC, Elisa, Spectro, Chromatography and other analytical techniques.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, in French and English

• Critical thinking, Problem solving, Continuous improvement mindset.

• Business and people oriented.

• Enterprise thinking, finding innovative ways to serve patients build reputation and trust.

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