Senior Specialist-QA Packaging

Roche

Roche

Quality Assurance
Shanghai, China
Posted on Aug 2, 2024

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The Position

Principle Roles & Responsibilities / Accountabilities
(Major functions of the position)

Quality Oversight

  • Collaborate with key stakeholders including manufacturing operations, supplier quality, quality systems and Planning; provide Quality oversight in Drug Products life cycle and the E2E manufacturing/packaging process

  • As per the business arrangement, the scope of quality oversight should cover the quality activities in all related areas including warehouse operation, QC laboratory, production plants, site PUW, PW, Environmental Monitoring (EM) and Clean Utility Monitoring programs, etc.

  • Manage and oversee frontline QA activities in plants.

  • QA activities

  • Manage of sampling process for local manufactured/packaged products

  • Perform oversight of Specification, process and product monitoring for local manufactured/packaged products

  • Perform oversight of stability program for local manufactured/packaged products

  • Connection with Global QPL, take role as quality role across the local manufactured/packaged product life-cycle management (Local QPL Role)

  • Execution of frontline QA activities in plants

  • QA-Acknowledge the live status in production area according to the DPS and follow up with actual excursions against the DPS, identify the potential risks and take preventive action.

  • Join Tier meeting in production or other Tier meeting

  • Perform batch record revie

  • Enabling real-time problem solving with production team

    Implement local manufactured/packaging product-related batch release process

  • Ensure on-time batch disposition per Roche OLT and ATL

  • Ensure products are not sold or supplied before a QP/AP has released, each production batch is produced and controlled in accordance with the requirements of the Marketing Authorization and other regulations relevan

  • Perform the interaction with EU QP regarding exported batches.

Execution of API/direct materials management

  • Ensure on-time material batch disposition per Roche requiremen

  • Implement oversight of material quality including Specifications, Artwork, SAP/MES master data, Change, DMS/CAPA, new material qualification, quality management etc

  • Support local supplier quality management including audit, Quality Agreement etc.

Coordination and handling for quality related issue

  • Implement the management of UPE(deviation and critical deviation):Be familiar with RCA tools and can independently facilitate related departments to conduct discrepancy investigation, ensure the investigation completed within specified due date and supporting products release

  • Collaborate with SMEs and Lead investigators to develop investigation strategie

  • Provide leadership for Local CAPA Review Board and participate in Quality Council when neede

  • Monitor investigation progress and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions are initiated and executed on time and keep continuous improvemen

  • Be in charge of Quarterly review and yearly review of Discrepancy to seek continuous improvement opportunitie

  • Handle UPE (customer complaint)

  • Perform customer complaint investigation and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions are initiated and executed on time

  • Handle customer inquiry

Quality system oversight

  • Execute QA process/documentation maintenance in a continuously compliant state and a continual state of readiness for regulatory agency inspection

  • Manage product recall & mock recal

  • Manage product return, material destructio

  • Manage repackaging of finished products and labeling management for donation products

  • Execute the business process management (BPM) of CAPA, UPE (complaints and deviations)

Other quality related activities

  • Support to draft and review the local product APQR.

  • Involve and support the inspection by HA and Roche Global inspection.

  • Logistic Service Provider audit & bidding supporting.

  • Involve quality related projects.

  • Complete other tasks assigned by senior leaders.

Key Interfaces:

  • Manufacturing, Engineering, Local MSAT, Planning, Warehouse, Safety, Medical and Regulatory affairs

  • Other Quality Functions

  • PQS document owners/authors

  • Cross-site and global BPms for UPE and CAPA

  • Global Functions: Regulatory (PDR), PT Development, QPLs, TPLs and EU QP.

Qualification and Experience

Education/Qualifications

  • Bachelor Degree (4 years education of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical, bioengineering, Chemistry or equivalent education level)
  • Graduate or higher-level Degree is preferred

Job Required Competencies

  • Experience (may vary depending on site size/scope)
  • 5 or more years’ work experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry
  • 3 or more years’ experience in a commercially licensed GMP facility
  • Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
  • Professional knowledge of Quality System and QA principles, practices and standards for the pharmaceutical industry
  • Rich knowledge of cGMP relevant to the pharmaceutical industry
  • cGMP knowledge
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical device related product operations including local and international quality regulations.
  • Project management skills
  • Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Focus on value and customer
  • Learn for the future

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche China consists of the full value chain of Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics fields, from early research, clinical development, manufacturing to commercialization. With more than 7,000 employees, Roche China is now working to develop itself into Roche's third global strategic center after Basel and San Francisco, and making sustained efforts to fulfill its long-term commitment to China, so as to meet Chinese patients’ unmet needs.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sub Category Quality Assurance
Hiring Type Full time
Job Level Individual Contributor
Posted Date 07-31-2024
Job Type Regular / Permanent