QA Associate

United Parcel Service Of America; Aston Township (PA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics and healthcare company seeks a QA Associate to implement and manage their Quality Management System at the local branch. This role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards, leading audits, and enhancing quality improvement initiatives. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical skills, a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and about two years of experience in quality management systems or logistics.

Qualifications

• Experience in Quality Management Systems.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in Quality and Logistics.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain quality systems in compliance with 글로벌 quality standards.
• Perform internal audits and manage audit report responses.
• Identify and deliver relevant training needs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree related to Pharmacy or similar

Job description

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Job Description:

Marken, UPS Healthcare Precision Logistics (formerly Marken, MNX & Polar Speed), the clinical and advanced therapy subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, unites expertise across healthcare and complex secure logistics to drive the success of our clients through innovation.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the QA Associate role is to facilitate, manage, and oversee the implementation of the Marken Quality Management System (QMS) at the Local Branch. The Quality Management System is a collective, interrelated and interactive group of defined processes and procedures that must be implemented and adhered to in order to achieve and maintain a high- quality standard. These processes and procedures incorporate the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 accredited program and adherence to the principles of Good Distribution Practices, Marken Quality Standards (SOPs), local laws and authority regulations, and customer requirements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement, communicate and maintaincompany’s quality systems, in compliance with Marken’s Global quality management system requirements.

• Agree standards and define quality processes and procedures through effective controlled document issue and management.

• Liaise with clients on QA and GDP related matters.

• Prepare an internal audit schedule and perform internal audits including report preparation and assessment and tracking of associated corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

• Prepare an external audit program and perform audits of external service providers as part of the vendor selection process. Tracking and overseeing all commitments for actions or changes made by Marken from previous customer audits.

• Host client audits and regulatory inspections and manage the audit report responses. Acting as Marken’s main representative for customer audits, including the preparing of appropriate materials required within those audits.

• Manage CAPA plans, collate CAPA data, and identify and implement quality improvement initiatives. Preparing the CAPA log for the site and overseeing activities that conclude on the appropriate close-out of all CAPA entries.

• Ensuring that relevant customer complaints are dealt with effectively and completely.

• Ensure the local implementation of Client Technical (Quality) and Service Level Agreements.

• Identify relevant GDP/ quality related training needs and deliver training where required.

• Manage the change control system for Marken Miami.

• Ensuring that the Marken Quality System and GDP Program are implemented and maintained.

• Assisting in the evaluation of Marken-designated vendors and/or out-sourced activities.

• Ensuring the accuracy and quality of records and documents.

• Ensuring that training for all personnel involved in the processes of transportation of medicinal products is conducted and documented.

• Coordinating and promptly performing any recall activity declared by Marken senior quality management.

• Keeping records of all qualification and validation activities performed for critical equipment.

Requirements

• Previous experience in Quality Management Systems with an eye for details

• Knowledge of GxP

• Good interpersonal skills, conflict mediation, sense of urgency to complete assignments on time

• Ability to analyze and work in detail

• 2+ years of relevant experience, including Quality and Logistics experience in Pharmaceutical/ biotechnology industry experience a plus

• Finishing or recently graduated of a bachelor related to Pharmacy or similar

• Bi-lingual in Spanish

Employee Type:

Permanent

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Other Criteria:

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.