Junior QA Assistant

Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Johannesburg seeks a Quality Assurance Specialist responsible for managing product quality and stock compliance. Your role includes requesting certificates from manufacturers, liaising with procurement and distributors, visually inspecting stock, and updating quality management documents. A Bachelor of Science degree is required, with experience in Quality Assurance, production, and audits considered a plus. Candidates should possess skills in Sage, Smartsheet, Excel, and have a high level of integrity and resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience in Quality Assurance would be advantageous.
• Experience in Production advantageous.
• Experience in Self inspections and Third-Party Audits advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Requesting COAs and Batch documents from Third Party Manufacturers.
• Liaising with procurement team and updating Sample receipt and release tracker.
• Liaising with distributor on arrival of stock.
• Visually inspecting stock on import and creating release documents.
• Updating smartsheets to reflect stock arriving at Distributor.
• Assisting with the review and update of Quality Management System.

Skills

Sage

Smartsheet

Excel

Sweet Process

PowerPoint

Integrity

Resilience

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree

Job description

Assist in ensuring that legislation is complied to, assist in ensuring that the overall quality of the Product is of a high standard and assist with the management of stock.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Requesting of COAs and Batch documents from Third Party Manufacturers
• Liaising with the procurement team and updating the Sample receipt and release tracker to note stock arriving
• Liaising with the distributor on the arrival of stock
• Liaising with the Distributor and updating of the sampling plan once a new launch takes place
• Visually inspecting stock on import and the creation of release documents
• Updating of smartsheets to reflect stock arriving at the Distributor and Samples being received at the laboratory
• Document all samples that need to be sent back to the Distributor as retention samples
• Filing of all Release forms, COAs and Batch Documents as they are receipted and reviewed
• Assisting with the review and update of the Quality Management System, including Standard Operating Procedures, Policies and Process
• Requesting working standards when the Laboratory is running low
• Arranging API from the manufacturer for the Post importation testing of Products
• Arranging of Columns for the Post importation testing of product
• Arranging for the courier of samples, Technical Complaint replacements and Product for QA, Regulatory, Procurement and New Business
• Checking of all damaged product
• Request and Review of all PQRs annually
• Request and review of all stability and validation data annually
• Assisting with the data preparation for the Annual management review meeting
• Assisting with the mock recall process annually
• Assisting the procurement team with tender applications, including printing of tabs, Filing, completing forms, arranging, and packaging of samples, courier of the application and samples
• Updating of artwork files as new manufacturers are added, amendments are approved, or artwork is changed internally
• Updating the artwork tracker to reflect only the latest artwork
• Assist with Vendor Audits

Qualificationsand experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree
• Experience in Quality Assurance would be advantageous
• Experience in Productionadvantageous
• Experience in Self inspections and Third-Party Auditsadvantageous

Skills and physical competencies:

• Sage
• Smartsheet
• Excel
• Sweet Process
• PowerPoint
• High integrity and honesty and bound by ethical principles.
• Resilient, does not give up in the face of setbacks.