 
        
        Interim Quality Assurance Manager – Life Sciences
Contract day rate: £400 - £600 Per Day
Length: 8 – 12 weeks Interim
Location: Manchester / M62 / North West
Multi UK locations + USA
Sector: Pharmaceuticals / Life science supply chain, laboratories, warehouse
Immediate hire
This is an excellent opportunity to join a global pharmaceuticals organisation in an Interim Quality Assurance Manager role.
You will provide interim support to several large pharmaceuticals and NHS contracts, ensuring laboratories / site storage and logistics Quality Management Systems KPI’s are achieved + work in collaboration with teams on boarding new clients and projects
Key Areas: -
 * Day to day support of the Pharma / Life Science / Laboratories Quality Assurance teams
 * Project Leadership
 * ISO 9001 Quality System requirements experience and standards
 * Onboarding new projects - customer Service / client management
 * Client audits and regulatory inspections
 * Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
 * Science-based degree discipline
The key responsibilities: -
 * Day to day site management of the Quality Assurance systems and processes + teams
 * Support with the maintenance and improvement of quality systems and processes: - e.g. Incident management, complaints CAPA, supplier approval, validation protocol and approval
 * Performing internal audits and study-specific audits for customer compliance.
 * Hosting client audits and regulatory inspections and the development of responses to subsequent meetings visits.
 * Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements.
 * Being a point of contact for the quality management system and providing guidance and support, where applicable.
 * Providing training in applicable quality concepts and providing the appropriate quality inductions to new recruits.
 * Provide staff training in the Quality Management System
 * Support and deliver services to the portfolio of customers from the life Science / pharma sector
 * Showcase strong leadership in people by providing coaching, mentoring, and developing team members.
 * Customer Service – Responsible for the delivery of a high standard of Customer Service against agreed targets.
Person Specification: -
 * Previous experience of working within a pharmaceutical supply chain environment
 * Experience working with a quality management system.
 * BSc (or equivalent) in a science-based
 * Previous experience of multi-channel Quality Assurance operation