Interim Quality Assurance Manager – Life Sciences

Interim Quality Assurance Manager – Life Sciences Contract day rate: £400 - £600 Per Day Length: 8 – 12 weeks Interim Location: Manchester / M62 / North West Multi UK locations + USA Sector: Pharmaceuticals / Life science supply chain, laboratories, warehouse Immediate hire This is an excellent opportunity to join a global pharmaceuticals organisation in an Interim Quality Assurance Manager role. You will provide interim support to several large pharmaceuticals and NHS contracts, ensuring laboratories / site storage and logistics Quality Management Systems KPI’s are achieved + work in collaboration with teams on boarding new clients and projects Key Areas: - * Day to day support of the Pharma / Life Science / Laboratories Quality Assurance teams * Project Leadership * ISO 9001 Quality System requirements experience and standards * Onboarding new projects - customer Service / client management * Client audits and regulatory inspections * Good Clinical Practice (GCP) * Science-based degree discipline The key responsibilities: - * Day to day site management of the Quality Assurance systems and processes + teams * Support with the maintenance and improvement of quality systems and processes: - e.g. Incident management, complaints CAPA, supplier approval, validation protocol and approval * Performing internal audits and study-specific audits for customer compliance. * Hosting client audits and regulatory inspections and the development of responses to subsequent meetings visits. * Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements. * Being a point of contact for the quality management system and providing guidance and support, where applicable. * Providing training in applicable quality concepts and providing the appropriate quality inductions to new recruits. * Provide staff training in the Quality Management System * Support and deliver services to the portfolio of customers from the life Science / pharma sector * Showcase strong leadership in people by providing coaching, mentoring, and developing team members. * Customer Service – Responsible for the delivery of a high standard of Customer Service against agreed targets. Person Specification: - * Previous experience of working within a pharmaceutical supply chain environment * Experience working with a quality management system. * BSc (or equivalent) in a science-based * Previous experience of multi-channel Quality Assurance operation