QA Release Pharmacist - Johannesburg, South Africa - Reckitt

Reckitt

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands.

Our purpose defines why we exist:
to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

About the role:

The QA Pharmacist ensures compliance to quality requirements as dictated by current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and the Internal Reckitt Policies and Procedures.

To foster and develop a culture of quality within the Supply Division, by monitoring and ensuring compliance with the Reckitt Global Quality Systems, Good Manufacturing Practices and local Regulatory requirements and to ensure that all the Suppliers and it's co-packers adheres to the required quality and GMP standards.

Furthermore, to assess all Healthcare and Personal care products against registered requirements and authorise release for sale.

The position holder has direct influence on Reckitt healthcare earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) by preventing major authority enforcements due to non-GMP/GDP compliance.

Such enforcements can easily result in financial damage and severe loss of reputation at authorities/ regulatory bodies, patients and customers.

Your responsibilities:

Identifies and resolves quality incidents, both internally and from outside suppliers (vendors of materials and copackers).
Contributes actively to the quality improvement of existing products through key Quality KPI objectives.
Coordinates and compiles documentation for healthcare products
Local Batch Packaging and Manufacturing documents in compliance with TDS and Imported Packaging Checks and Analytical Test specifications for pharmaceutical products in compliance with registered dossiers.
SOP Management and Maintenance of Good Documentation Practice.
Provide Support for Annual Product Quality Reviews on all Healthcare products in compliance with regulatory requirements.
Fully support QMS in ensuring processes are followed to the Deviation, CAPA, Quality Risk Management and Change Controls procedures as laid out by Reckitt.
Succession plan for the Deputy Responsible Pharmacist and potentially the Quality Assurance Manager based on performance and desire for the role

The experience we're looking for:

Minimum: B.Pharm Degree (non negotiable)
At least 12 years' experience in Quality Assurance/Production Preferable
Previous managerial experience would be advantageous
Any applicable QMS course
Good analytical, organising and communication skills.
Good Computer literacy (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc).
Consumer Focus, drives results, collaborates with others, manages complexity
Strong cross functional skills, Excellent communication and negotiation skills
Organizational and administrative skills, very good English skills

The skills for success:

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

What we offer:

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally.

We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality:

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience.

Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or