Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Description

Are you eager to expand your expertise in Quality Assurance within a leading pharmaceutical company We are seeking a motivated early-career Pharmacist with a passion for excellence meticulous attention to detail and a strong commitment to high quality this role you will help ensure full compliance with Good Distribution Practices in Portugal while collaborating closely with our local team to drive continuous improvement and operational rigor.

If you thrive in structured highstandards environments and are ready to contribute to a dynamic team we would be delighted to hear from you.

What you will do:

Bring energy knowledge and innovation to carry out the following:

• Review and approve Quality documentation for all incoming goods and for activities related to re-packaging.
• Verify transportation conditions from the manufacturing site to the customer.
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of documentation and records retention in accordance with Good Documentation Practices.
• Manage and track internal deviations CAPA change controls customer qualification requests returned goods and other Quality System activities.
• Prepare Quality Metrics contribute to the Quality System Review and participate in 3PL compliance monitoring.
• Execute quality activities required by Good Distribution Practices Corporate Policies and applicable EU regulatory requirements for products marketed by our company Portugal.

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role you will more than likely have:

• One year of experience in Quality Assurance (GDP) within Pharma industry
• Knowledge of EU quality related pharmaceutical regulations
• Designs clear SOPs and micro-training that raise compliance and cut documentation errors
• Technical and scientific knowledge
• Quality management system principles
• Fluency in English
• Good communicator
• Ethics and integrity

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