Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.The Clayton Grifols Quality Compliance department provides leadership to support cGMP compliance of the large and dynamic multi-facility Clayton North Carolina campus. The North Carolina facility performs fractionation of blood plasma, purification, aseptic filling, lyophilization, final packaging, and warehousing of plasma related products. The Principle Quality Compliance Associate will support hosting external audits and will support and lead quality compliance and site initiatives for process improvement.The incumbent is a professional with high technical competency who leads project or discipline teams. The employee influences the direction of complex projects and communicates with all levels of personnel. The incumbent is recognized as an authority in multiple areas and provides leadership and guidance to others. The employee is a fully qualified professional who requires minimal supervision. Interactions by this position include collaboration within the GT Clayton site, other Grifols BioPharma sites, suppliers/customers, and/or regulatory agencies. As appropriate, this employee may serve as delegate to the department manager.Depending on background and the level of experience, this position may also be filled as a Sr. Quality Associate I or II.Primary Responsibilities for this Role:
Use expertise to advise and influence the technical decisions of business units
Demonstrates the ability to influence the decision makers in other departments
Has excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with demonstrated use of domestic (i.e. Food and Drug Administration CFR) and applicable foreign regulatory agency requirements/guidelines
Interacts regularly with members of management and as needed with regulatory officials
Leads multi-disciplined project teams with highly technical objectives. Communicates project proposals to senior management and follows project through to successful completion
May serve as manager delegate with demonstrated experience in Quality Systems and with GT products/processes
Prepares, organizes, and tracks documentation and requests in support of regulatory and customer audits
Authors, reviews, and revises responses to regulatory and customer audits
Coordinates and manages logistics of on site and remote regulatory and customer audits
Track and follow-up on audit commitments and corrective actions
Perform effectiveness checks for audit related corrective actions
Other duties as assigned or as specified in the "Additional Responsibilities" section below may apply
Additional Responsibilities:
Prepares, reviews, and in some cases approves SOP revisions, Change Control Requests, Risk Assessments, Incident Tracking System entries and investigation reports
Revise / update and coordinate executive management review of the Grifols Clayton site master file
Manages and provides audit history information to internal customers
Compiles department metrics
Tracks corrective action resolution for near hit observations identified by management during regulatory or customer audits
Partners with stakeholders to identify and implement continuous improvement solutions with demonstrated / measured business results
Provides support to other functions within the Quality Compliance group
Provides guidance and training for other employees
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of domestic and foreign regulatory authority requirements
Investigation skills with nonconformances including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to follow up on matters consistently and diligently until timely resolution is achieved
Demonstrated ability to consistently apply technical knowledge in making sound quality decisions with minimal guidance
Technical report writing skills with the ability to produce high quality documentation appropriate for the intended audience
Ability to think critically/strategically and act proactively
Demonstrates integrity and company values
Follows cGMP and departmental safety practices
Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office applications
Other Preferences:
SAP Quality Module
Strong Excel skills, familiarity with pivot tables
This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Manager may assign other duties as needed.Required Education:Sr. Quality Associate I, Quality Compliance: BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 5 years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.Sr. Quality Associate II, Quality Compliance: BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 6 years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.Principal Quality Associate, Quality Compliance : BS/BA degree preferably in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline with minimum of 8 years relevant experience. A minimum of a BA/BS degree is required.Third Party Agency and Recruiter Notice:Agencies that present a candidate to Grifols must have an active, nonexpired, Grifols Agency Master Services Agreement with the Grifols Talent Acquisition Department. Additionally, agencies may only submit candidates to positions that they have been engaged to work on by a Grifols Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to a Grifols Recruiter under these terms or they will be considered a Grifols candidate.Grifols provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristic or status protected by law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.Learn more about Grifols (https://www.grifols.com/en/what-we-do)Req ID: 525224Type: Regular Full-TimeJob Category: Quality
