Quality Assurance - Urgent Hiring

Position Description:

The purpose of QA – Supplier Management is to:

• Engage and build a relationship with the suppliers of materials (raw materials, packaging, GMP consumables), service providers, contract laboratories through the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) audit process to ensure the materials and service provided to Elanco Animal Health are meeting Elanco standards and authority (e.g ACVM) GMP standards. 
• Manage complaints for site manufactured products 
• Support on change management, deviations process 

Functions, Duties, Tasks:

Supplier Management:

• Manage the supplier management program by creating an annual plan for suppliers supplying materials to Elanco Animal Health, New Zealand 
• Implement the audit plan by engaging with the EGQCA to perform necessary audits to ensure the materials and service provided to Elanco Animal Health, New Zealand are meeting EGQS requirements and ACVM GMP standards 
• Ensure audit CAPA actions are thoroughly followed and completed in a timely manner and documented in Veeva 
• Ensure any suppliers associated risks are assessed and reported to management in a timely manner to prevent product supply risks.
• Identify and recommend improvements to the supplier management process to promote efficiency in the organization

 Complaints 

• Manage complaints on quality systems to ensure all complaints investigations are assessed and closed within applicable due dates for site manufactured products
• Assess and evaluate complaints in a timely manner and provide solution-based support to facilitate closure 

Operational Excellence 

• Identify opportunities of improvements by challenging status quo (process, operations, and documentations). 
• Lead/Collaborate in Operation Excellence projects to promote efficiency whilst reducing overall cost. 

Health and Safety 

• Ensure all hazards are identified and where responsible actioned appropriately and in timely manner through the process of elimination, minimization and isolation

Additional Duties 

• Collaborate effectively within the quality organization by supporting with documents approvals, deviations, change management, complaints investigation and internal/external audits as and when required 
• Support the goal to build quality in process by increased QA presence in the production floor by thereby gaining a better understanding of the production process and ability to provide solutions to improve product quality 

Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training, required certifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Science (e.g. pharmacist, chemist, physician, biologist) or comparable qualification
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in an established QA function 
• Detailed knowledge of GMP/GDP, QA/QC and/or ISO standards 
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the New Zealand. 

Additional skills: e.g. change management, regulatory (Animal Health NZ), auditing experience, experience with authorities and knowledge of the products.