LOC Quality Assurance Manager

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At GlaxoSmithKline, we are recruiting for an LOC Quality Assurance Manager to join our Sydney team.

GSK Consumer Healthcare is at the beginning of an exciting journey. We're bringing together the legacy businesses and product portfolios of two great companies – GSK Consumer Healthcare and Novartis Consumer Healthcare – to form the world's largest manufacturer of OTC products, with our products reaching over a billion consumers. We're passionate about building the world's best Fast Moving Consumer Healthcare Company with a focus on quality, backed by science.

At our Ermington Consumer Healthcare manufacturing site we have produced Panadol for many years – one of the top 5 most trusted and one of the 50 most desirable brands in Australia. We're very proud of our success and heritage.

The LOC Quality Manager role exists to provide an independent QA role to ensure consistent implementation of sustainable GSK Quality Management Systems and GSK Standards / requirements within the ANZ LOC (Local Operating Company). The LOC Quality Manager will act as Quality Representative within the Commercial Country Leadership Team leading quality management review of process performance and product quality and of the quality management system for ANZ.

The LOC Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for:

• This Leader will use their knowledge to advise on how to manage potential recall situations for countries in their area
• Ensure implementation of GSK CH Quality Management System and GMP requirements at country level
• To monitor and review performance of metrics against the targets and liaise periodically with General Managers and Regional Commercial heads to agree improvement areas
• Determine the responsibilities of LOC Quality Staff to ensure effective, overall quality management and continuous improvement of supply chain activities in LOCs
• Create and identify opportunities to share information, documentation and knowledge between LOCs and driving simplification and improvements.

Skills we are looking for:

• Quality experience within the industry and application of Quality Systems
• Proven influence and impact skills across business levels and functions
• Strong interpersonal, problem identification and negotiation skills
• Competent people manager and able to identify and promote talent
• Experience of working with and leading cross-site and multi-functional teams

Your ability to communicate a compelling vision, create a climate where people want to do their best and blend people into high performing teams will ensure you feel comfortable working in a high performing and highly regulated environment. In return we can offer an expansive network of experienced and professional individuals to help develop and mentor your career within the Pharmaceutical industry.

Please have a look at the website to see some of the exciting initiatives currently happening at GSK at a local level. www.gsk.com.au. If you want to work for a company with a true sense of purpose, find out what we have to offer!

Please note – GSK manages recruitment directly and applications via third party agencies will not be accepted.

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