Local Quality Officer (mfx)
Job Summary
Location: Athens Employment: Full-time Permanent
You will serve as the primary Quality representative for the Greek Affiliate acting as a critical link between the local organization CSL Behring manufacturing sites and Global Quality. You will be responsible for maintaining an effective Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring GDP/GMP compliance supporting product lifecycle activities overseeing third-party logistics providers and fostering a strong quality culture across the affiliate.
You will also be a key member of the Affiliate Management Team providing quality leadership and partnering closely with local and global stakeholders to support business objectives while safeguarding product quality and patient safety.
The Role:
- Implement maintain and continuously improve the local Quality Management System in compliance with CSL standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Provide quality oversight for all CSL Behring products marketed distributed or supplied in Greece.
- Ensure compliance with GDP GMP local regulations and inspection readiness requirements.
- Manage quality processes including deviations CAPAs product complaints change controls training documentation recalls and quality risk management.
- Oversee quality activities related to third-party logistics providers suppliers vendors and customers.
- Support new product launches and ensure ongoing compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
- Monitor quality performance indicators and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead self-inspections and support internal external and regulatory audits including CAPA development and implementation.
- Act as the primary contact for product recalls field actions and quality-related supply chain issues.
- Ensure affiliate personnel receive appropriate quality and GxP training in accordance with CSL and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as the key liaison between the Greek Affiliate Global Affiliate Quality manufacturing sites and external stakeholders.
- Participate as a member of the Affiliate Management Team providing quality expertise and contributing to business and strategic discussions.
- Collaborate across functions and with regional and global teams to strengthen quality culture and share best practices.
- Support the management of unlicensed products and ensure compliance with applicable local requirements.
- Manage assigned quality budgets and additional affiliate quality responsibilities as required.
Your Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Pharmacy Life Sciences or a related scientific discipline or equivalent professional experience.
- Qualification requirements must comply with applicable local legislation.
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
- At least 2 years of experience working with Quality Management Systems.
- Experience in GDP-compliant distribution and warehouse management environments.
- Experience interacting with regulatory requirements and quality compliance processes.
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical quality systems and quality assurance principles.
- Good understanding of Good Distribution Practices (GDP) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and applicable local regulations.
- Fluent Greek and strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities with a balanced risk-based approach.
- Self-motivated proactive and able to work independently.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively across local regional and global teams as well as external partners.
What we offer:
At CSL our work has a direct impact on the lives of patients around the world. We foster an environment where innovation collaboration and accountability enable our people to thrive while contributing to meaningful outcomes for patients.
By joining CSL Behring you will:
- Be part of a global biotechnology leader with a strong purpose-driven culture.
- Work in a collaborative and highly regulated environment where quality is at the heart of everything we do.
- Contribute to delivering life-saving therapies to patients worldwide.
- Have opportunities for professional growth development and international collaboration.
- Join a company committed to inclusion integrity and excellence.
Ready to make an impact Apply now and help us transform CSLs future in Greece.
About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients needs by using the latest technologies we discover develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology hematology cardiovascular and metabolic respiratory and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation recombinant protein technology and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the worlds largest plasma collection networks CSL Plasma. Our parent company CSL headquartered in Melbourne Australia employs 32000 people and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
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At CSL Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors foster strong relationships with our stakeholders and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
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