Complaint Handling Operations Expert

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Job title:
Complaint Handling Operations Expert

Your role:

• Overseeing complaint handling processes facilitating communication between stakeholders.
• The role provides guidance on mid-complexity product-specific concerns responding to moderate questions from complaint evaluators and investigators to ensure effective communication and support.
• The role analyzes the quality of the complaint handling process scrutinizing performance and identifying areas for business process improvements.
• The role ensures timely global medical device reporting by assessing complaints against reporting requirements and facilitating any required further investigation.
• Provides information on mid-complexity product-specific concerns responds to moderate questions from complaint evaluators and complaint investigators ensuring effective communication and support throughout the process.
• Analyzes the quality of the complaint handling process scrutinizes the performance of both the complaint evaluator and investigator identifies bottlenecks and challenges encountered during the process and pinpoints areas for business process improvements to streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Works under limited supervision and broad guidelines and resolves complex complaints evaluates initial assessments of reportability promptly escalates to the manager for further determination and necessary action and ensures thorough analysis and resolution.
• Facilitates the training and qualification process for new PMS complaint operations specialists provides hands-on assistance creates and documents training materials and offers ongoing mentorship and feedback to cultivate their skills and confidence.
• Leads a team of specialists analyzes complaint data comprehensively collaborates cross-functionally for constructive feedback governs screening evaluation and monitoring of complaints across product and non-product realms and ensures accuracy in service record coding as a crucial input to the complaints process.
• Compiles and monitors team performance offers supplementary support to the PMS complaint operations management and assists in various requested activities to ensure smooth operations and effective resolution of issues.
• Generates periodic reports on complaint trends and metrics ensures accurate and timely documentation for internal review and regulatory submission and maintains compliance with relevant standards.
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives aimed at refining the complaint handling process ensuring regulatory compliance and enhancing overall product quality through collaborative efforts root cause analysis and proactive implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Utilizes an advanced knowledge of regulations requirements and standards to execute tasks within post-market surveillance complaint operations ensuring adherence to regulatory mandates and facilitating effective management and resolution of complaints.
• Cultivates effective relationships with internal/external partners and provides influence over projects and peer groups demonstrating full understanding of area of specialization.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelors/ Masters Degree in Medical Sciences Healthcare Management Industrial Engineering Supply Chain Management or equivalent.

Minimum required Experience:
Minimum 10 years of experience with Bachelors in areas such as Complaint Handling Operations Medical Device Quality Assurance Quality Control Clinical Research or equivalent OR no prior experience required with Masters Degree.

Preferred Skills:
Post-Market Surveillance Mechanisms
Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Quality Specifications
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Regulatory Requirements
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
CAPA Methodologies
Continuous Improvement
Quality Risk Management
Complaint Management
Vigilance Reporting
Training Delivery
Training Content Development
Business Acumen

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