Job description
Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: Nov 7 2024
LOC Quality Executive – 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Closing Date for Applications – 21st November (COB)
Provides effective and efficient quality assurance systems support to the LOC Quality Manager, including supporting the implementation and maintenance of the QMS and as directed by the LOC Quality Manager. Performs the day to day work to ensure that the quality systems required by the LOC element of the Supply Chain and Marketing Company LOC are performed in a lean and efficient way and meet the compliance standards of the QMS and the local Regulator.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK
In this role you will:
* Quality Strategy - Maintain a high level of QMS knowledge and awareness of changes within the commercial environment.
* Quality Systems - Supporting the LOC Quality Manager to ensure a robust, sustainable and effective QMS (Quality Management System) through monitoring and reviewing the compliance status within the LOC element of the Supply Chain and UK Marketing Company.
* Support the LOC Quality Manager to ensure that all internal procedures and systems in use in the LOC are compliant to GSK QMS, Guide for Commercial Companies and local regulatory requirements, including (but not limited to)
o LOC Quality Council - support the LOC Quality Manager organising Council meeting.
o Change Control - perform day to day work to support the local change control process.
o Risk Management - perform activities to support the risk management process to ensure effective management, timely reporting, review and escalation of quality risks.
o Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) - Perform day to day work to support the local process to effectively manage corrective and preventative action plans.
o Complaints - perform day to day work to support an effective complaints management process ensuring.
o Batch release activities at UK Warehouse - perform GDP market release activities within GSK systems to release batches at the UK warehouse.
Why you?
Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Previous experience within the Pharmaceutical / Consumer Healthcare industries, preferably in the capacity of a quality specialist.
* Understanding of and experience in quality assurance systems particularly in the areas of change control, deviation and CAPA, VQMS & VQD.
* knowledge of regulatory requirements pertaining to GMP/GDP
* Works with a spirit of continuous improvement and innovation, creatively open to new ideas and methods.
* Ability to self-motivate and be resilient and focused under pressure.
* Strong general computer literacy with Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, VQMS & VQD.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
* Good team player – works well in cross-functional teams.
* Flexible thinking – able to challenge and see views from different perspectives.
* Professional written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to deliver clear communications and foster excellent working relationships with peers and management.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
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