Area Quality Lead for Liquids

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A global health and hygiene company in Johannesburg is seeking an Area Quality Lead for Liquids. The position focuses on maintaining high-quality standards in healthcare products. The ideal candidate will have experience in quality management, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 4-6 years' experience in Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, or FMCG industry.
• Lead Auditor Experience is an advantage.
• Strong experience with quality management processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with internal and external quality standards.
• Develop a sustainable culture of quality within the team.
• Manage quality assurance programs and team performance.

Skills

Quality Management

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Commercial Awareness

Education

BSc Science or related field

Job description

Area Quality Lead for Liquids

City: Johannesburg

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Quality Department, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Quality Assurance Manager, In-Process quality controller, Area Quality Lead, Production Pharmacist, Release Pharmacist professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you\'ll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within Quality, R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Reckitt is looking for a dedicated Area Quality Lead for Liquids to help us uphold our commitment to deliver excellence in our diverse portfolio. You\'ll be part of a dynamic team, ensuring our healthcare products, from medicines to cosmetics, meet the highest standards. This is your opportunity to contribute to projects that make an impact and protect our steady growth. Be at the forefront of excellence and join us on a journey where your attention to detail will lead to meaningful solutions for health and well-being.

The Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for all aspects of the quality assurance unit including quality, cost, delivery, safety, and people of the given technology.

The Quality Lead is expected to have sound understanding of quality standards, regulations, and technical knowledge of production processes.

Manages the IPC program and IPQA team for the business unit

Your responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance to the relevant internal & Global RB SOP’s/Policies as well as local and international standards/regulations.
• Develop and promote a sustainable culture of quality within business unit working with the BU & Site leadership team.
• Builds a capable in process quality assurance team who can function independently under guidance and direction. Also responsible for performance review of the team while ensuring resource needs are met.
• Develops a predictive quality assurance strategy to prevent critical or major issues in the site and to drive CAPEX and other quality improvement projects
• Drives continuous improvement through complaints investigation, defect monitoring and improvement programs.
• Supports in managing the Supplier / Vendor Management – Raw, Pack and GxP Services to ensure risk are controlled and mitigated from supplier pov in co-ordination with procurement team
• Supports in execution of the validation program including CSV for the business unit
• Accountable for release for sale of products manufactured on of the business unit (GFS).
• Approver of Tech transfer and change controls in place for new product introduction and changes in existing products, facilities and equipment
• Drives quality assurance strategy such that the quality performance of the site meets all local and global RB KPI’s
• Drives predictive risk management strategy for the overall site for reducing or elimination of future risks/failures
• Drives improvement of global projects on data integrity, packaging line assessment and right first time
• Manages the master batch records for the business unit
• Supports the MQS program to achieve minimum quality standard.
• Manages investigation and RCA for critical and major quality failures, product safety issues, incidents, and consumer complaints to achieve a quick interim resolution and a 100yrs Fix!
• Ensure workplace safety and effective communication of Safety, Health and Environment to all team members.
• Update compliance requirements based on change management. Update internal documents as per the updates received from regulatory affairs & the changes in process, in collaboration with the concerned departments & enforce the implementation of QMS in factory.
• Develop trending of compliance results for management information follow-up and action.

The experience we're looking for

• A formal degree or diploma in BSc Science, Pharmaceuticals, Food Science, ND: Food Technology, Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry.
• 4-6 years’ experience in Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and/or FMCG industry
• Lead Auditor Experience (Advantage)
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently in a focused and pressured environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, work within a team, and show relentless commitment.
• Results-driven with a willingness to take calculated risks and possess an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Leadership qualities with excellent relationship-building and motivational skills.
• Must have demonstrated experience (minimum four years) in Quality Functions managing and leading a team and (minimum seven years) in a complex Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing or FMCG environment. NB: This is not a development role.
• Must have experience working in an environment with strong quality management processes in place (experience with ISO 17025, ISO 22000, ISO 9001, PRP’s, Regulatory Knowledge).
• Must have experience working in an environment with strong health and safety processes in place.
• Must have strong leadership skills.
• Must have excellent communication skills, including presentation skills, listening, writing, oral
• Must be committed to customer Service, continuous improvement
• Must be goal driven

The skills for success

Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Collaborator, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.