Consultant-Quality Assurance

Elanco; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to animal health and innovation. As a Quality Consultant, you will play a vital role in ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and enhancing operational quality across various affiliates. Your expertise will be crucial in managing quality tasks, conducting audits, and supporting the launch of new initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a diverse environment where your contributions will make a real difference in animal health and welfare. If you're passionate about quality and compliance, we want you on our team!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a quality role with strong compliance knowledge.
• Experience with electronic Quality Management Systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal Quality liaison with logistics service providers.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and quality standards.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Education

5+ years of experience in quality roles

Experience in GDP or GMP environment

Certifications in Quality Management

Tools

Veeva Vault

SAP

Job description

At Elanco (NYSE : ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Quality Consultant Job Description

Maternity cover – 6 months.

Job location : Elanco office in EU or SA.

1 or 2 days per week office based as appropriate and remainder homeworking)

Position Description : As a quality contact for the Elanco Affiliate organization, the holder of this role works to ensure compliance with applicable regulation and Elanco standards, of the day-to-day activities performed by Elanco affiliates in the Benelux and Nordics region.

Functions, Duties, Tasks :

• Act as principal Quality liaison with the Danish Logistics Service Provider, including providing oversight and participating in troubleshooting,
• Responsible for the accurate completion of operational quality tasks in a timely manner, including but not limited to : batch release and the management of deviations, change controls, returns and quality documents in the Veeva Vault electronic Quality Management System,
• Support launch, rationalization, inventory management and supplier / customer qualification activity from an affiliate Quality perspective,
• Participate in the planning, preparation and conduct of self-inspection and audit activities, including regulatory inspection readiness,
• Work with the Quality Manager to ensure that all operations of the affiliate(s) comply with GDP and other applicable quality standards and local regulations,
• Comply with all company local and global policies including Quality frameworks, Code of Conduct, Corporate Citizenship, anti-discrimination, harassment, and health, safety and environment (HSE) policies.

Minimum Qualification (education, experience and / or training, required certifications) :

• Strong written and spoken English is essential,
• 5+ years of adequate experience,
• Spoken and written Dutch or French is an advantage,
• Previous experience working in a GDP or GMP environment is essential,
• Previous experience with electronic Quality Management Systems and ERP Systems preferred (experience with Veeva Vault and / or SAP is a significant advantage).
• Effective communications (written / verbal), presentation and facilitation skills,
• Ability to work well with others,
• Demonstrated analytical & investigational skills,
• Effective organizational and planning skills.