This is where you save and sustain lives
At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.
Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.
Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.
Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives-where your purpose accelerates our mission.
The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.
We have an exciting opportunity for a QC Chemistry Supervisor to join our Thetford manufacturing quality team. You will be responsible for overseeing the testing of finished products, raw materials, stability and investigation testing within the Laboratory at the manufacturing. Working closely with QA and plant management teams you will assure material manufactured meets the registered specification and the test methods used are validated and compliant to the current pharmacopeia's and Baxter requirements.
A fantastic opportunity to supervise a team of 13 employees and work for a company who are passionate about saving and sustaining lives and delivering the highest quality products to our patients.
What you'll be doing
* Ensuring appropriate facility, processes, risk assessments and personnel are available for chemistry testing in line with Global requirements
* Driving a culture of continuous improvement within the laboratory by ensuring process performance and compliance improvement programs for the Chemistry Laboratory are identified and implemented
* Ensuring non-conformances impacting the Chemistry Laboratory processes are initiated and investigated in compliance with Baxter requirements and relevant regulations
* Ensuring regulatory and industry listening programs are in place for the identification of best practices, regulatory trends and potential new technology and standards
* Hosting regulatory inspections and participate upon request in local and interplant internal audits as SME
* Ensuring chemistry out of limits, out of specification and out of trend results are fully investigated in compliance
* Responsible for ensuring testing is scheduled and implemented to meet the batch release cycle time
* Responsible for the IOQ and validation of new instruments and methods within the Chemistry Laboratory footprint
What you'll bring
* Experience in water Testing
* Method Validation
* Continuous Improvement methodologies (e.g. 6-Sigma)
* Proven experience gained in a GLP / GMP environment and knowledge of current EU / FDA GMP regulations would be an advantage
* Experience with Data acquisition systems such as Empower3, Data Integrity and ALCOA+
* Expert leader who is able to mentor and develop staff
* Degree in Chemistry or equivalent
Reasonable Accommodations
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