Research & Development Specialist (R&D) Personal Care

PRIME GLOBAL CORPORATION; San Jose del Monte; On-site; PHP 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PRIME GLOBAL CORPORATION in Philippines seeks a QA/QC professional to manage master data and BOM maintenance, while executing in-house and external product tests. You will conduct stability and compatibility testing, perform statistical analyses, and generate reports to support claims substantiation.

The role requires 3+ years in product testing/QA/QC, experience with GMP/GLP, and proficiency in MSBC or SAP R/3 for master data and BOM maintenance.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining internal documents and GMP/GLP familiarity.
• At least 3 years in Product Testing/ QA/QC.
• Experience in stability and compatibility tests for Personal Care/Homecare.
• Experience in sensory evaluation, statistics and report generation.
• Familiar with GMP and GLP.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the conduct of in-house and external product tests.
• Ensure effective implementation of in-house test protocols.
• Strengthen claims substantiation through testing equipment usage.
• Conduct statistical analysis of data and prepare technical reports.
• Identify novel testing methods to improve quality and safety.
• Review stability and compatibility test requests and conduct tests.
• Provide accurate reports on stability and compatibility results.
• Create and maintain master data and BOM in ERP systems.

Skills

QA/QC knowledge

Sensory evaluation

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Resourcefulness

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacist/Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry or related

Tools

MSBC

SAP R/3

Master Data & BOM maintenance

Job description

I. PRINCIPAL PURPOSE:

• 1. Provide technical support in documentation process, creation, revision and maintenance of Master Data and Bill of Materials in the ERP system;
• 2. Implementation of critical processes in product testing such as stability, compatibility, in-house and consumer usage tests;
• 3. Development of product and equipment testing protocols.

II. SPECIFIC SKILLS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF IN-HOUSE TESTS AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY

TESTS

• 1. Facilitate the conduct of In-House and External product test.
• 2. Ensure effective implementation of in-house test protocols.
• 3. Strengthen claims substantiation through the proper and efficient utilization of specialized testing equipment either in-house or thru third-party testing labs.
• 4. Conduct statistical analysis of data and prepare technical reports.
• 5. Keep abreast with the fast and ever-changing world of Technology by being regularly updated on new methods of product testing through acquisition of equipment and maximization of its use.
• 6. Identify and recommend novel testing and laboratory instrumentation and methodologies to further improve evaluations of product quality and safety.

B. EFFICIENT CONDUCT AND MONITORING OF ACCELERATED STABILITY TEST & COMPATIBILITY TEST

• 1. Review requests for stability and compatibility tests.
• 2. Conduct stability and compatibility tests.
• 3. Provide accurate report on the result of stability & compatibility test.
• 4. Identify, recommend and implement methodologies to further improve stability and compatibility testing.

C. MASTER DATA AND BILL OF MATERIALS CREATION AND MAINTENANCE

• 1. Creation of master data of all stock items (Raw Materials, Packaging Materials, Semi-Finished, Finished Goods).
• 2. Timely and accurate uploading of the Semi-Finished and Finished Goods Bills of Materials (BOM).
• 3. Processing of requests for activation, extension, tagging, master data (dimensions, CBM, weight)/ BOM details updating.
• 4. Linking of manufacturing procedure/ process specifications (Filling Packing and Finished Goods Specifications (FPFGS), Compounding Record (CR)) in the master data.
• 5. Releasing of formal notice of availability/change for all newly created/ uploaded and/or updated master data and Bills of Materials, respectively.
• 6. Efficient filing and maintenance of ERP related records such as NFA, PCC, etc.
• 7. Preparation of loading templates, as deemed necessary.
• 8. Support to automation project activities like system use simulation/ parallel runs and validations.

D. PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY MANUAL PROCEDURE; DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE OF RMS, PMS, RMSCA AND FPS

• 1. Support quality documentation of procedure, work instruction, and forms/exhibits related to product testing and documentation processes.
• 2. Recommend process improvement in the documented procedure.
• 3. Ensure availability, accuracy, and completeness of data and supporting documents of raw materials and packaging materials.
• 4. Generate documents based on submitted data and supporting documents.
• 5. Efficient filing of created documents.

C. CONDUCT OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TEST FOR R&D NEW PRODUCTS, RAW MATERIALS, AND PRODUCT SAMPLES

E. OTHER RELATED TASKS AS MAY BE ASSIGNED FROM TIME TO TIME

III. JOB SPECIFICATIONS

A. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT/LICENSURE REQUIREMENT:

Bachelors Degree holder; Preferably graduate of Pharmacist, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry or any other related course.

B. WORK EXPERIENCE / TRAINING REQUIREMENT

• 1. With relevant work experience in control and maintenance of internally generated documents or exposure on similar job function; knowledge in MSBC or SAP R/3 maintenance is a plus.
• 2. With experience of not less than 3 years in Product Testing/ Quality Assurance/ Quality Control or exposure on a similar job function.
• 3. With experience of not less than 3 years in conducting product stability and compatibility tests for Personal Care, and Homecare.
• 4. With experience of not less than 3 years in conducting sensory evaluation, statistical analysis, and report generation.
• 5. Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).

C. KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

Background in QA/QC; knowledgeable in sensory evaluation; background in ISO 9000:2001 implementation; computer literate preferably with experience in MSBC or SAP R/3 Master Data and BOM maintenance; flexible and willing to perform any assigned work. Must have the competencies in analytical thinking, problem solving, creativity and resourcefulness.

D. WORKING CONDITIONS INHERENT TO THE JOB:

Generally office based but must be willing to do field work.