Team Lead Quality Control (m/w/d)

DSM Bright Science. Brighter Living

Royal DSM is a global, purpose-led, science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM s purpose is to create brighter lives for all. DSM addresses with its products and solutions some of the world s biggest challenges while simultaneously creating economic, environmental, and social value for all its stakeholders customers, employees, shareholders, and society at large. DSM delivers innovative solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about 10 billion with approximately 25,000 employees. The company was founded in 1902 and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

DSM Pentapharm, part of the nutrition cluster of the DSM group, is a Swiss SME with a long-standing tradition as an innovative and reliable supplier of active ingredients for the personal care, pharmaceutical and haemostasis diagnostics industries.

Position

As Team Lead QC Chemistry, you will be based at our site in Aesch/BL and be responsible for all testing in the area of chemistry related to the production and release of our pharmaceutical, cosmetic and diagnostic products, including incoming goods release. You will report to the Head Quality Control and will manage a team of 3-4 people.

Aufgaben

• Lead the QC team performing chemical tests
• Support the lab by performing analysis (ca. 50%)
• Ensure an efficient and flexible organization to deliver accurate analytical results on time (release and stability tests)
• Deliver optimal personal qualification and resource allocation as well as overall process optimization
• Provide a safe working environment in compliance with the company s SHE directives
• Represent the lab in customer audits; perform supplier and internal audit
• Contribute to the personal development of single individuals and the team

Qualifikation

• Chemical laboratory technician or equivalent scientific/analytical education with practical experience of min. 8 years in a QC environment, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
• Experience in working in a GMP environment
• Experienced in analytical method optimisation and validation
• Knowledge and experience in protein/peptide analytics is an asset
• Proven managerial, organizational and leadership skills
• Good communicator, team player and empathic personality
• Willing to learn and take responsibility as well as ability to think out of the box
• Fluent in German and English