Supplier Quality Specialist

Guerbet; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Guerbet in Raleigh, NC seeks a Supplier Quality Specialist to provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers supporting GMP manufacturing, including raw materials and external laboratories. You will manage supplier qualification, audits, CAPA follow-up, and risk mitigation in alignment with GMP and internal procedures.

You will collaborate with cross-functional SMEs to investigate deviations, support change controls, and maintain quality agreements, ensuring supply continuity and data integrity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life sciences or engineering field.
• 5+ years of QA experience in GMP-regulated environments.
• Experience authoring, reviewing, and maintaining GMP documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers for GMP manufacturing.
• Support supplier qualification, re-qualification, and lifecycle management.
• Support and/or conduct supplier audits (remote and on-site) and follow-up.
• Maintain oversight of critical and sole-source suppliers with risk mitigation.
• Manage supplier change notifications with documentation and risk assessment.
• Ensure Quality Agreements remain current and are drafted for new/legacy suppliers.
• Provide Supplier Quality impact assessments for GMP changes.
• Ensure supplier deviations and OOS are logged, investigated, and closed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional SMEs to investigate root causes and remediation.
• Initiate and monitor SCARs and annual product quality reviews.

Skills

Quality Assurance

GMP Knowledge

Regulatory Knowledge

Auditing

CAPA

Change Control

Cross-functional

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

ASQ CQA Certification

Life Sciences/Engineering Degree

Job description

The Supplier Quality Specialist operates in full compliance with applicable hygiene, safety, quality, and regulatory standards, and in alignment with the organization’s framework, company’s procedures, and the defined scope of responsibility the role is accountable for.

The Supplier Quality Specialist partners with cross‑functional teams to ensure compliance with GMP documentation throughout the lifecycle of all GMP materials. The Supplier Quality Specialist supports GMP manufacturing through the assessment, enrollment, audit, and surveillance of Suppliers, Service Providers, and Contract facilities for the Raleigh facility.

YOUR ROLE

• Provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers supporting GMP manufacturing, including raw materials, consumables, external laboratories, and transportation providers.
• Support supplier qualification, re‑qualification, and lifecycle management activities using a risk‑based approach.
• Support and/or conduct supplier audits (remote and on‑site), including audit reporting, CAPA assessment, and follow‑up; maintain audit schedule of approved suppliers.
• Maintain oversight of critical and single/sole‑source suppliers, including identification of supply and quality risks and development of mitigation strategies.
• Manage supplier change notifications, ensuring appropriate internal documentation, quality risk assessment, and impact analysis in accordance with internal procedures.
• Confirm quality and technical agreements remain current and are not adversely impacted by proposed supplier changes. Also, drafts and manages the creation process of Quality Agreements with new and/or legacy suppliers.
• Provide Supplier Quality impact assessments for internally driven GMP changes and complete assigned change actions.
• Ensure supplier‑reported deviations, OOS, and other quality events are logged, assessed, investigated, and closed in accordance with internal procedures.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional SMEs to ensure timely investigation, root cause determination, and effective remediation.
• Critically review supplier investigations and CAPAs
• Support supplier and material quality risk assessments, including evaluation of data integrity, traceability, and supply continuity risks.
• Manages the Annual Product Quality Reviews for Technical Quality Agreements and Starting Materials.
• Initiates, manages, monitors and trends the Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs).
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

YOUR BACKGROUND

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5 years (Specialist) / 8+ (Senior Specialist) years of experience in Quality Assurance in a GMP‑regulated environment
• Experience authoring, reviewing, and maintaining controlled GMP documentation
• Strong working knowledge of GMP regulations and regulatory expectations (FDA, EMA, ICH)
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage priorities and timelines
• Exceptional attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ CQA Certification
• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Quality, or a related discipline
• Advanced expertise in document lifecycle management, change control, deviation support, and CAPA documentation
• Proven experience serving as a subject matter expert for Supplier Quality
• Ability to independently audit new and approved suppliers
• Demonstrated cross‑functional collaboration skills with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams
• Technical writing skills, and ability to translate regulat