Vice President Quality Control Excellence (m/f/d)

Your Tasks:

• Lead global projects to improve QC labs competency and efficiency (organization, operational excellence, harmonization of LIMS, support New Product Introduction for QC activities)
  
• Develop, implement and drive a comprehensive Quality Control oversight strategy and roadmap aligned with Corporate Quality and manufacturing sites Quality objectives to leverage compliance and efficiency for QC labs, global standardization / integration of analytical business processes and information, data integrity, global equipment standards and applications
  
• Drive Aenova's manufacturing sites QC topics and maintain global strategy and initiatives to ensure consistent and harmonized Quality Control standards across all laboratories (15 Quality Control Units)
  
• Define QC performance & QC compliance related objectives and KPIs for manufacturing QC labs in agreement with Corporate Quality
  
• Define, drive and ensure deployment of the future Aenova LIMS project across the different QC labs (Responsible for planning, budget and resource planning)
  
• Provide input to the site's Quality Control heads to ensure optimization of Quality Control capital investment plans (transparency of scheduled equipment recapitalization, new technology introduction, new IT applications & technologies needed).
  
• Support the sites QC teams during Health Authority inspections, customer inquiries, visits, and audits providing technical expertise as needed
  
• Oversee the execution of excellence projects for improving cost of good quality

Your Profile:

• Minimum 15 years professional experience in the Quality Control Unit of a pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device company, in a senior role (e.g. Department Head)
  
• Advanced Degree (e.g. PhD) in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology or related science
  
• Proven track records in Operational Excellence / Lean 6 sigma certification, ideally Black Belt
  
• Deep knowledge of the applicable regulations for drugs, related industry GxP standards and processes
  
• Flexibility and agility in problem solving, providing direction to meet business objectives, capable to negotiate
  
• Strong team player with clear communication skills, able to work in a matrix organization
  
• Experience in collaborating across boundaries, cross cultural experience
  
• Outstanding language skills in English, both in writing and verbally, any other language (German, Italian) is a plus

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