QC Instrumentation Planner

Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

The QC Instrumentation Scheduler is responsible for developing and maintaining the master schedule for Quality Control Analytical and Quality Control Microbiology instrument maintenance activities. The Scheduler is responsible for proactively identifying applicable system and process improvements, and for driving and obtaining schedule adherence and related performance targets for all QC instrument assets. This position will support the cross-functional QC instrument team, which is responsible for instrument maintenance and lifecycle activities. This position is critical in establishing a Right First Time (RFT) environment that ensures highly efficient utilization of instrumentation and resources in support of the site’s plan of record. This position requires a high level of flexibility and adaptability with potential to flex between Quality Control teams to support the needs of the Quality organization.

How You Will Achieve It

• oAccountable for the schedule adherence performance of the QC instrumentation and for achieving related performance targets, for continuous improvement of related processes and systems.

  oIdentifies and implements process improvements and system/technology enhancements that enable simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility.

  oSupports Quality Control Leadership Team ensuring ownership across boundaries and successful activities across the asset.

  oAssumes a strong leadership role in times of issue management by quickly and effectively analyzing the situation, defining scenarios to manage the issue, and coordinating steps to resolve it.

  oLeads/facilitates identification and resolution of corrective actions that contribute to schedule adherence issues and drives to RFT solutions that maximize the efficient utilization of instrumentation and resources and improves the overall performance to the plan.

  oLeads/facilitates daily execution huddle and weekly scheduling meeting, implements the QC testing schedule, monitors and verifies inventory balances and work activities, identifies and coordinates resolution of schedule gaps and conflicts.

  oCollaborates with Maintenance to plan and schedule asset/instrument preventative maintenance, calibrations, work orders and validation studies to effectively utilize planned resources and minimize impact to the QC testing schedule

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Candidate should have a BS in Science or relevant discipline + minimum of 6 years of industry experience
• Extensive knowledge and practical application of instrument validation.
• Strong understanding of global regulations and guidance’s.
• Candidate must be able to work across functional areas such as operations, maintenance and quality.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written, are required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with site leadership, stakeholders, plant partners, engineers and maintenance persons.
• Ability to shift priorities according to changes in departmental/facility needs and be open to different ideas/approaches.
• Be highly motivated, show initiative, and work well independently or in a team environment.
• Ability to analyze equipment failures using personal knowledge and internal and external resources.

Nice-to-Have

• Master's degree
• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Experience with the Change Control Process.
• Knowledge of computer system hardware, infrastructure and networks

Relocation support available
Work Location Assignment:Flexible

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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