Lead Laboratory Change & Asset Management – Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Your ‘day to day’
As a Lead Laboratory Change & Asset Management, you will be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the quality requirements within the Non-Clinical Sciences (NCS) Laboratories & Operations organization, by collaborating with the external functions such as Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing Laboratories & Governance (TL&G), ensuring a proper quality program is established and timely carried out to guarantee audit readiness at all times. As responsible of the lab change process you will also ensures proper asset life cycle management is performed. You will lead a team of specialized personnel who directly interact with the laboratory business part. You will also carry out activities in accordance to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) according to the RS 813.112.1 Ordonnance sur les bonnes pratiques de laboratoire (OBPL) du 18 mai 2005 (Etat le 12 juillet 2005), ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories and the respective PMI procedures.
More specifically, you'll
Supervise Quality Management System (QMS) management & Laboratory Change Management, in collaboration with the Quality department and the laboratory managers, the QMS for the NCS Labs, ensuring adherence to applicable regulations (GLP, ISO 17025, ISO 17043 and ISO 20387) as well as by driving continuous improvement of content. Oversee the coordination of the laboratory change requests ensuring timely closure of the distributed tasks.Lead Inspection readiness and Continuous improvement, in collaboration with QA supervise the preparation of the organization for external and/or internal inspection to ensure laboratories are always ready for any inspection/accreditation. Drive continuous improvement of laboratory processes and related tools based on the outcome of audits, internal assessments and/or non- conformities.Ensure metrics monitoring. Define, monitor and report the performance of NCS Operations (including Quality) as well as external laboratories (when applicable) and ensure adherence to internal quality system (QMS). Handle customer complaints and satisfaction.Lead Accreditation - Interlaboratory Comparison Testing (ICT)/Ring Trial/ Monitoring program. Drive and lead the accreditation extension and/or maintenance activity related ISO 17025. Organize and coordinate ICT. Ensure monitoring programs are established to assess the performance of PMI testing laboratories and external laboratories to assure accuracy of laboratories data while driving continuous improvement.Supervise equipment lifecycle, oversee end to end assets management as well as the qualification and maintenance of laboratory equipment/instruments for NCS.Oversee equipment, methodologies and systems validation to ensure regulatory requirements are met.Ensure data integrity and compliance, collaborate with the owner of the data management procedures and provide input as specialist to ensure that NCS test facility records are handled according to applicable regulations, standards and PMI ways of working and directives.
Who we’re looking for
Master's degree in Science, Quality or a related field, or equivalent experience and skills.Certification in quality or computerized/methodology validation is preferred.Minimum 5 years’ experience in the laboratory environment in the Life Sciences industry, in quality and computerized systems validation.Experience in people management.Fluency in English, both written and spoken is required.
What we offer
Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress.
Join PMI and you too can:
Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.Take pride in delivering our promise to society: a smoke-free future.
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