Sr Quality Associate IIPrincipal Quality Compliance 525224

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world. We are leaders in plasmaderived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop produce and market innovative medicines solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

The Clayton Grifols Quality Compliance department provides leadership to support cGMP compliance of the large and dynamic multifacility Clayton North Carolina campus. The North Carolina facility performs fractionation of blood plasma purification aseptic filling lyophilization final packaging and warehousing of plasma related products. The Principle Quality Compliance Associate will support hosting external audits and will support and lead quality compliance and site initiatives for process improvement.

The incumbent is a professional with high technical competency who leads project or discipline teams. The employee influences the direction of complex projects and communicates with all levels of personnel. The incumbent is recognized as an authority in multiple areas and provides leadership and guidance to others. The employee is a fully qualified professional who requires minimal supervision. Interactions by this position include collaboration within the GT Clayton site other Grifols BioPharma sites suppliers/customers and/or regulatory agencies. As appropriate this employee may serve as delegate to the department manager.

Depending on background and the level of experience this position may also be filled as a Sr. Quality Associate I or II.

Primary Responsibilities for this Role:

• Use expertise to advise and influence the technical decisions of business units
• Demonstrates the ability to influence the decision makers in other departments
• Has excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with demonstrated use of domestic (i.e. Food and Drug Administration CFR) and applicable foreign regulatory agency requirements/guidelines
• Interacts regularly with members of management and as needed with regulatory officials
• Leads multidisciplined project teams with highly technical objectives. Communicates project proposals to senior management and follows project through to successful completion
• May serve as manager delegate with demonstrated experience in Quality Systems and with GT products/processes
• Prepares organizes and tracks documentation and requests in support of regulatory and customer audits
• Authors reviews and revises responses to regulatory and customer audits
• Coordinates and manages logistics of on site and remote regulatory and customer audits
• Track and followup on audit commitments and corrective actions
• Perform effectiveness checks for audit related corrective actions
• Other duties as assigned or as specified in the Additional Responsibilities section below may apply

Additional Responsibilities:

• Prepares reviews and in some cases approves SOP revisions Change Control Requests Risk Assessments Incident Tracking System entries and investigation reports
• Revise /update and coordinate executive management review of the Grifols Clayton site master file
• Manages and provides audit history information to internal customers
• Compiles department metrics
• Tracks corrective action resolution for near hit observations identified by management during regulatory or customer audits
• Partners with stakeholders to identify and implement continuous improvement solutions with demonstrated / measured business results
• Provides support to other functions within the Quality Compliance group
• Provides guidance and training for other employees

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of domestic and foreign regulatory authority requirements
• Investigation skills with nonconformances including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to follow up on matters consistently and diligently until timely resolution is achieved
• Demonstrated ability to consistently apply technical knowledge in making sound quality decisions with minimal guidance
• Technical report writing skills with the ability to produce high quality documentation appropriate for the intended audience
• Ability to think critically/strategically and act proactively
• Demonstrates integrity and company values
• Follows cGMP and departmental safety practices
• Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office applications

Other Preferences:

• SAP Quality Module
• Strong Excel skills familiarity with pivot tables

This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties responsibilities or requirements. Manager may assign other duties as needed.

Required Education:

Sr. Quality Associate I Quality Compliance:BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 5 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Sr. Quality Associate II Quality Compliance:BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 6 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Principal Quality Associate Quality Compliance: BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 8 years relevant experience. A minimum of a BA/BS degree is required.

Third Party Agency and Recruiter Notice:

Agencies that present a candidate to Grifols must have an active nonexpired Grifols Agency Master Services Agreement with the Grifols Talent Acquisition Department. Additionally agencies may only submit candidates to positions that they have been engaged to work on by a Grifols Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to a Grifols Recruiter under these terms or they will be considered a Grifols candidate.

Grifols provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic or status protected by law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.

Location:NORTH AMERICA : USA : NCClayton:USNC0002 Clayton

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