Quality Control Manager, Abbott Healthcare Viet Nam

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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Job Summary:

• •Report to: Head of Quality
• •Working Location: VSIP 1, 35 Tu Do Boulevard, Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Job Function

• •Build a quality control room according to GMP and GLP rules according to current standards and Establish Pharmaceutical Division of Abbott.
• •Resource planning including people, equipment, chemicals, reagents, standards, and other facilities to ensure testing activities meet business needs.
• •Optimize the lab operation to support for business sustainability in future.

Core job responsibilities:

• •Manage the quality control at site to comply the requirements from Abbott Establishment Pharmaceutical Division with sustainability status.
• •Training, personnel management
• •QC budget control to ensure all activities of QC have enough resource to implement

Position Accountability/Scope:

1. Manage the quality control at site to comply the requirements from Abbott Establishment Pharmaceutical Division with sustainability status.

• •Manage all activities of the physical, chemical and microbiological testing laboratory.
• •As per site production plan, assure the analysis performance of raw materials, packaging materials, finished products, water samples … on-time.
• •Review of technical data package. Review/approval of analytical data sheet, equipment calibration and validation protocol and report for drug
• •Approval/ Release/ Rejection of test result and CoA.
• •Review/approval of quality control document
• •Investigation and department approval of deviation, OOS, change control and coordinate with analyst and other depart
• •Responsible for overall department activities and approval of documents/protocols.
• •Ensure timely application of the compendial update program.
• •Ensure the use of validated/verified methods in the testing laboratory
• •Supervise the laboratory equipment management program.
• •Supervise the chemical-reagent-reference standard management program.
• •Assure the on-time stability testing of products.
• •Monitoring the sampling, the storage during testing and the retention of materials, packaging, finished products, standard, chemicals, reagents, stability samples and the laboratory environment conditions.
• •Participate in product transfer and ensure the test method transfer is carried out according to requirements.
• •Responsible to co-ordinate with auditor and compliance the observation within the time frame.
• •Join in the annual internal audit as qualified auditor and participate in the issue investigation related to operation and quality system.
• •Responsible to maintain the laboratory meeting the applicable current GMP requirement and be readiness for any inspection/ audit.

2. Training, personnel management: Lead the GLP training program.

• •Manage, review the training plan establishment and execution of the Quality control department.
• •Organize analyst certification.
• •Collaboration with regional/ divisional SME to improve the GLP knowledge at site, training the laboratory team about the professional knowledge and audit readiness.
• •Responsible for the annual evaluation of the reporting lines.
• •Lead the establishment of laboratory performance project scorecard.
• •Lead the laboratory productivity improvement year by year.

3. QC budget control to ensure all activities of QC have enough resource to implement.

• •Accountable for annual QC budget forecasting, implementation and monitoring.
• •Identify, recommend and implement process improvements to enhance testing strategies.
• •Co-Lead for key projects delivered from Region and Division as Lean lab, Compete program…

MINIMUM BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• •At least 2 years working experience at the same position, having experience of pharmaceutical company or manufacturer.
• •Understanding the systematic process of WHO-GMP, PIC/S -GMP, EU-GMP, in the pharmaceutical industry.
• •Having knowledge in the laboratory.
• •Having knowledge and experience in quality control
• •Skill of organization and arrangement
• •Analytical, problem solving skills
• •Ability to use MS office Ability to use English
• •Team work and project management skill, communication skills, enable people to result
• •Capable leadership

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED

Minimum Education: Graduated from University of chemistry or pharmacy

The base pay for this position is

N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

LOCATION:

Vietnam > Thuan An : Binh Duong Plant 1

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)