Supplier Quality Management Lead

As a Supplier Quality Management Lead, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining the systems used to release starting materials for our finished products. You will provide expert advice on supplier changes, vendor complaints and Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA), this includes the creation and review of Raw Material Specifications alongside the monitoring of the Supplier Quality Workflow. In this role you will…

• Oversight of new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)/Raw Materials, raising Change Controls in VQMS and allocating actions to ensure the Supplier is suitable and the material specifications are created.
• Providing annual updates of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) documents in VQD containing all Suppliers of materials for a given product.
• Active management of Vendor Complaints working closely with the suppliers to ensure appropriate actions are progressed.
• Raising, managing and completing Change Controls for progression of new and existing excipients and non-GSK API testing requirements against pharma/regulatory standards.
• Checks on the Supplier of a Packaging or Raw Material to ensure they meet the expected quality standards.
• Creating and approving the relevant Certificate of Analysis (C of A) acceptance reports to allow material deliveries to be accepted. Reports must be reviewed and updated as required.
• Review and update Distribution Risk Assessment (DRA) as required by assessing transportation to site from the Supplier ensuring compliance.
• Reviewing the quality systems in place for Suppliers not within scope of the audit process by performing desktop audits and generating the subsequent reports.
• Creating and reviewing agreements between Suppliers and site for specifications and purchase requirements.
• Ensuring all Suppliers have been audited in accordance with expected frequency, reviewing audits performed and ensuring that the reports are in line with site requirements., 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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• Degree in Science related discipline or equivalent experience.
• The ability to approach and discuss scientific data.
• Strong communications skills, able to communicate at all levels internally and externally.
• Experience using various electronic systems e.g., SAP.
• Good attention to detail, able to multitask.
  
  GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK's blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually., We want GSK to be somewhere everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive. Our success absolutely depends on our people.
Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK