Quality Support Team Leader

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• Role: Full-time, Permanent Contract
• Location: Barnstaple, Devon
• Working Hours: Monday – Friday (08:00 – 16:30)
• Salary: Circa. £37,000pa + bonus + benefits

De functie

We’re seeking an experienced and motivated Quality Support Team Leader to lead our friendly Quality Support & Improvement (QSI) team and support the day-to-day management of the wider laboratory department with the maintenance, verification and calibration of the laboratory equipment, and playing a key role in minimising down time of the laboratory.

Leading a team of Analysts, you’ll be a fundamental part in keeping the lab running and ensuring we are GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant and closely adhering to industry requirements. Working closely with other departments, you will prioritise workloads and delegating tasks across your team to ensure timelines and effective completion for validation, qualification and maintenance of lab equipment, performing COSHH assessments and ensuring all chemicals and reagents are correctly labelled and stored.  Along-side this you will oversee the receipt, checking and processing of all chemicals and consumables that come into the lab and manage the scheduling of water and environmental sampling, ensuring effective reporting of results.

With strong understanding of EU and FDA legislation and to ensure quality levels are maintained, you’ll provide support in internal audits and inspections, conducting trend and root cause analysis to recommending corrective and preventative actions, always driving continuous improvement.

De kandidaat

• Significant experience working in a busy QC laboratory, with a good understanding of multiple lab equipment and their associated systems, ideally in a highly regulated environment (Pharma or FMCG)
• Previous people management and leadership skills with experience of managing, motivating and developing a team
• Knowledge of equipment troubleshooting, maintenance and calibration processes and associated regulations
• Excellent communication skills – happy relating to people of all levels, navigating cultural differences and using subtle negotiating and influencing skills to get the best outcomes
• Strong organisation skills, able to manage multiple tasks to deadline and maintain a good eye for detail even in a fast-paced and changeable work environment
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and a good understanding of quality management systems (QMS) with the ability to analyse data and reports in order to make decisions
• HNC/HND/Degree level qualification in a Science related subject, however significant relevant experience would also be considered

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

In return, we offer a competitive salary and rewards package. Not to mention the opportunity to genuinely make a difference in a new and dynamic role within a progressive and expanding business, at an exciting time of growing international reach.

Hoe toe te passen

If you have the experience, passion and ability to make this role a success then we would love to hear from you. Please complete your Candidate Profile on our careers site to apply for this role. The closing date is 26th May 2025. For more information, you can contact us on: careers@accord-healthcare.com

Meer over ons

Accord Healthcare Europe is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Accord has one of the largest market footprints of any European generic and biosimilars companies selling generic medicines in over 80 countries around the world. This global footprint enables us to deliver vital, affordable medicines to national health systems supporting healthcare professionals to transform patient lives worldwide. The approach of Accord is agile and inventive, always seeking to improve products and patients' access to them. Accord are driven to think differently and deliver more for the benefit of patients worldwide.

To continue our growth, we’re looking for the best and brightest technical minds and forward-thinking business professionals. Keeping our people at the heart of all we do, we offer rewarding opportunities for those looking for continued personal and professional growth, investing in training and development tailored to each individual’s focus. So, if you’re looking for an inclusive company to take your career to the next level, you’re certainly in the right place; come and join us to make it better.

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