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QA Officer – GMP

Location: South Normanton, Derbyshire, UK

Company: Alloga UK, a Cencora Company

Salary: £32,604.00 per annum

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm (Flexibility required)

Join Our Team!

Alloga UK, a leading provider in pharmaceutical logistics, is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented QA Officer – GMP to join our Quality Assurance team. As part of Cencora, we are committed to ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance in all our operations.

Job Purpose:

The QA Officer will play a pivotal role in supporting the business in compliance with GMP regulations, ensuring that work is completed safely and efficiently, and meeting the agreed standards of quality, GDP, GMP, and service levels for our company, clients, and regulatory bodies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Report all accidents and near misses to the Health & Safety Manager immediately.
• Ensure QA department activities comply with company procedures and client instructions.
• Document all QA activities appropriately.
• Provide QA oversight of operational activities to maintain compliance with GDP, GMP, and ISO 9001 standards.
• Assist the QA Manager in managing QA activities to meet regulatory, client, and internal expectations.
• Raise, investigate, review, and manage deviations and corrective actions.
• Support other departments in managing and investigating deviations and corrective actions.
• Host client audits and manage findings and corrective actions.
• Support regulatory inspections and perform internal and supplier audits.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations and ensure quality documents are appropriately approved and controlled.
• Support the site change control process and ensure quality-critical changes are documented and assessed.
• Record, investigate, and communicate quality incidents, client complaints, and deviations; approve corrective action plans.
• Complete product quality reviews for Alloga UK and clients, ensuring timely corrective actions.
• Generate and report quality metrics internally and to clients, attend client review meetings, and communicate on quality matters.
• Manage direct reports, ensuring their continuous development and training in GDP and GMP.
• Conduct performance reviews and manage departmental holidays, sickness, and absence.

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Competencies:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to motivate and influence direct reports
• Effective planning and prioritising abilities
• Decisive in decision-making

Personal Attributes:

• Flexible approach to work
• Confident and enthusiastic with excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective use of initiative and judgement
• Conscientious and committed to performance improvement
• Capable of setting clear objectives for others

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:

• Ideally educated to degree level
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a GMP/GDP environment
• Thorough knowledge of GMP and GDP regulations
• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical regulatory framework within the UK
• Trained in all department procedures within 6 months

Key Working Relationships:

• Production, Clients, Operations, QPs (internal and client), Human Resources, Vendors/Suppliers

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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