Operational Quality Analyst at Haleon
About the job
Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.
With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.
About The Role
- The role of Operational quality analyst (OQA) is meant to ensure Shift-based oversight of facilities, equipment and personnel to ensure real-time compliance to procedures, instructions, contemporaneous data integrity and other cGMP requirements, including participation in Rapid Response approach to address deviations, with Operations, Engineering and Technical to ensure finished product and intermediate products meets quality requirement at the time of Processing
- The role holder will support the batch release pharmacist to ensure that GMP is enhanced throughout Batch processing cycle and to support batch release by ensuring processes are under control for quality critical attributes
- The role of the OQA as First Line Leader is to develop and enable a first touch team of operators to consistently deliver outstanding safety, quality, service and value to the person at the end of our supply chain’. The role has a direct hour by hour impact on the ambition of the GMS Strategy to achieve zero Defects
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out continuous in process inspection for the product during production processes, and ensure all parameters are within specification
- Coaching operators/technicians on GMP requirement, quality issues and ensures non-compliances to GMP are addressed in timely manner by working with line manager, quality and technical team
- Identify areas to drive out operational waste and cost reductions thereby optimizing the Manufacturing and packaging processes
- Make detailed observations, analyze data, and interpret analytical result. Manage towards, and report monthly against Quality KPI targets
- People Leadership – full people leadership for a team of staff working within a production environment
- Conduct effective risk assessments
- Support Product releases
Required
Qualifications and skills
- The job holder should have a degree in Pharmacy (Registered with Pharmacy and Poisons Board).
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role with proven track record in achieving results.
- Manufacturing experience/background preferable pharmaceuticals and/ or FMCG organizations.
- Experience in multi-product operations.
- Experience with people management.
Other Skills/Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills
- Analysis and Problem Assessment
- Planning and Organizing
- Desire and ambition to Improve Systems and Process
- Strategic Thinker: ability to think outside the box
- Quality Auditing
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.
Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.