Manager Quality Control lab, Incoming Materials (Chemical)

☞ GSK

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Update Tag: 26-11-2025

Ort: Wavre Walloon Brabant

Kategorie: Qualitätssicherung / Qualitätskontrolle Produktion / Betrieb Merchandising / Einkauf / Lieferkette

Industrie: Pharmaceuticals

Jobtyp: Full-time

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Jobinhalt

Site Name: Belgium-Wavre
Posted Date: Jun 17 2021

The SPU Incoming Materials (IM) department is responsible for raw materials used in Belgium manufacturing operations and some international sites.

The Quality Control (QC) IM labs are responsible for testing and release of chemicals, primary/secondary pack items and single-use-systems and media. The teams are involved in qualification of new articles, testing, investigations and complaints and work in a GMP environment. Key stakeholders are IM experts, QA, EHS, MPUs, Supply and regulators (audits).

Your Responsibilities
  • Manage the QC lab RM1 – Chemical raw materials : a team of technicians and a coordinator (cadre) specialized in analytical methods, method validation and change controls. This lab is on a change curve in terms of Safety (eg chemical exposure risks) and Quality (method robustness, documentation, GMP competencies) and as a manager you will lead and accompany your team in this change.
  • People: You are responsible of people management, the team’s wellbeing and engagement, and to ensure competencies and capacity remain fit-for-purpose with regards to current and future lab activities.
  • Safety: You ensure a safe lab environment in full alignment with EHS regulations and ensure and role model a strong safety mindset in the team. You are responsible for implementing EHS CAPAs and improvement plans in your lab as defined in the department’s EHS Plan.
  • Quality: You ensure your team fully applies GMP requirements, you are the reference point to your team and you strongly collaborate with your QA partner. You are responsible for investigating quality issues (ie as a deviation manager) and risks. You coordinate, with the support of analytical method expert in your team, the required method (re-)validations and method updates. You are responsible for documentation lifecycle management in your lab (eg test SOPs)
  • Supply: you are responsible for organizing the short and long term planning in the team in order to respect standard release times and you use the different governances to escalate any issues proactively. This requires a good understanding and efficient organization of capacity needs (people, competency, equipment) and a strong collaboration with supporting services (eg maintenance, method validation team, …) and strong communication skills towards stakeholders.
  • Cost: you are cost conscious and seek opportunities to reduce/avoid cost.
  • Performance management: as First Line Leader, you will put in place and maintain a GPS performance management system with support from Operational excellence (OE).
  • Stakeholder management: you manage the operational issues in your team and ensure escalations and information are shared in a timely manner to your manager, peers and other relevant stakeholders.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
  • University degree in (bio)chemistry, pharmacist, bio-engineering
  • At least 5 years operational experience in a GMP environment (Quality Control, Quality Assurance or Manufacturing)
  • At least 3 years experience in people management
  • Strong experience in quality management systems (eg Deviation, CAPAs, SOPs, Documentation, …)
  • Strong affinity with Safety and Quality culture
  • Fluent in French and English (spoken and written)

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics it would be a plus:
  • Experience as a QC lab manager
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Previous experience with Performance management systems
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