Quality Systems Manager

Kenny Whelan And Associates

Belview, Kilkenny

Quality Systems Manager. Maternity Leave Contract. The Quality Systems Manager is responsible for supporting the quality department in the administration and implementation of the site Quality Management System in the context of a specialist dairy powder production facility. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining the facility’s QMS in line with the standards appropriate to a dairy powder facility and its customers. Key Responsibilities. Actively develop and maintain site Quality Systems in line with best practice standards in the dairy powder industry, food safety regulations and customer requirements. Manage the implementation and maintenance of Corrective Action Preventative Action and Change Control procedures. Quality Systems Auditing to assure compliance to cGMP and support site audit readiness activities. Review and develop internal auditing and feedback systems to maximise audit readiness in the context of industry, customer and plant standards and systems. Point of contact for all customer issues, queries or complaints as well as internal contact point for customer services, commercial, Department of Agriculture. Status report metrics for the CAPA and Change Control systems and other relevant KPIs. Co-ordination of quality related documentation for auditing (collation, filing, storage and presentation. Support process and product validation and compliance activity. Documentation management and ownership of the document library for site-wide related documentation. Report on metrics relating to documentation lifecycle management. Ensure quality risk management documentation is complete and maintained and administrate the records retention programme. Drive Continuous Improvement of Quality System processes. Support training on site document management and change control systems. Support subject matter experts to create GxP training material/programmes. Develop and review documentation as appropriate. Execute local mock recall exercise Compilation of the Master Manufacturing Batch Records for compliance to cGMP. Key Requirements: 3rd level qualification in a scientific or technical discipline. At least 3 years’ experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Systems with a background in Quality or Food Safety Management Systems with Infant Formula (preferred) Food, Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical Background. Proficient in applicable GMP/QSR regulations. Ability to deal with ambiguity and develop bespoke Quality Systems for the environment. Quality Systems Audit experience. Good prioritization capability and comfortable adapting to meet production needs. Attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret data. Organised and methodical, with excellent attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate technical information effectively. If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to ecahill@kenny-whelan.ie. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

1972 days ago