Site Quality Head

Site Quality Head, Poland

- Take a leading role in meeting business requirements and customer deliverables

If you possess management experience in Quality in a GMP environment in the Pharmaceutical Industry and want to take a leading role in shaping the site quality in Łyszkowice Poland, this is a great opportunity for you.

Leading Quality in Orifarm PL

As a Site Quality Head in Orifarm PL, you will develop and implement a site quality strategy, to ensure it meets business requirements and customer deliverables (i.e. for rational and cost-effective implementation of quality operations).

You will monitor and improve the performance against the local quality organization’s KPIs. Moreover, you will lead the site Quality Council and hence, lead regulatory audits/inspections as required. It includes conducting self and global inspections and to take appropriate measures to address and/or correct identified deficiencies as well as timely providing documents to authorities and internal controllers.

Another key responsibility is to ensure sufficient QP resources are available as well as to develop future QPs within the organization. For example, you will prioritize training and further education across the local quality organization and ensure the development of SOPs safeguarding regulatory compliance. You will be responsible for ensuring that all activities are performed in accordance with GMP, company SOPs and Environmental Health and Safety policies.

You will manage the performance and, importantly, the development of direct reports, elevating Orifarm’s capabilities for now and the future. In relation to this, you will carry out staff appraisals and establish their goals derived from own goals, company strategy and company mission statement.
 

Further, your responsibilities include:

• Preparation, alignment and execution of departmental budget
• Providing information to the relevant authorities and to advise Orifarm globally, other manufacturers and partner companies in as far as the area of responsibility of Quality Control is concerned
• Actively participating as a member of the Site Leadership Team, which includes informing them of any potential changes in legislation that may impact the business, as well as aligning on people selection, talent moves & budgeting
• Promoting communication and cooperation with the other departments as well as with other Orifarm sites

An experienced leader with an understanding of the Polish Drug Laws
You have 10 – 15 years of management experience in Quality in a GMP environment in the Pharmaceutical Industry and a strong understanding of the Polish Drug Laws. You are also experienced in leading a team/teams in an international environment. You possess s scientific or engineering education (BSc, MSc, PhD).

As a person, you are or possess:

• Able to focus on few key priorities and demonstrate strategic enterprise thinking
• Patient and customer-centric
• Very strong ability to drive and manage change
• Able to inspire and build trust within team and across network
• Strong analytical abilities in order to make competent decisions based on the review of data

Additionally, you are fluent in Polish and in written and spoken English.

Who are we?
The department consist of 115 employees. The unit consists of 4 departments: Quality Control, Operational Quality Assurance, Quality Systems & Quality Compliance, Validation. Additionally, QPs report to this role. As a SQH, you will need to cooperate with all departments within the site and other Orifarm sites. We work within an open communication culture, value effective cooperation, feedback and proposing the solutions.

About Orifarm
Everyone should have access to modern medicine. High prices or lack of access to medicines should never affect our ability to receive treatment or relief and live a healthy life. At Orifarm, we strive to bring healthy days to the people and communities we serve by making modern medicine a better business for the people and communities we contribute to. Based on our vision, we aim to provide access to affordable, high-quality medicines by challenging markets and always seeking new opportunities. With our core values at the forefront, we always focus on responsibility and our customers as the center of our attention. Everything we do is driven by our single purpose:

For as many as possible, as healthy a day as possible.

Our history dates back to 1994 when Orifarm was founded in Denmark by Hans & Birgitte Bøgh-Sørensen. Since then, Orifarm has grown from a small nine-person company to today being an international company operating globally in 13 different countries. Today, Orifarm is Europe's largest parallel importer of pharmaceuticals and Denmark's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals with over 2200 employees.

We operate within seven different business areas: Over the Counter (OTC), Consumer Healthcare, Generics, Promotional Rx, Unlicensed Medicines, Parallel Import, and Clinical Trials Supplies (CTS). Additionally, we focus heavily on new business opportunities and synergistic M&A to further enhance our offerings. 

We offer
At Orifarm, we know that our growth is rooted in the growth of our employees. We are an ambitious organization characterized by an entrepreneurial culture, and we celebrate both brains and hearts with a can-do attitude. Our secret to success? Appreciating how different skills can play together, so we collectively create the framework for the journey. Whether you play a direct or indirect role in achieving our goals, you will contribute by using your skills, both personal and professional. At Orifarm, your personal growth journey will be shaped by your own contribution to making everyday life healthy for as many as possible.

We consider our feedback culture as a fundamental part of every employee's opportunity for learning and development. And when we achieve good results together, all employees, including student assistants, are, of course, part of our bonus scheme.

Location

You will primarily have your daily work at Orifarm's site in Lyszkowice (Lodz Voivodeship), Poland. We emphasize a flexible workday, where all employees have the opportunity to work from home two days a week, if desired by the employee and it aligns with the tasks at hand.

Need Further Information?

If you need further information, please contact Lukasz Dawidowicz at lukasz.dawidowicz@orifarm.com

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Application Deadline

As soon as possible.