Quality Control Supervisor

Use Your Power for Purpose

Every day, our unwavering commitment to quality ensures the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our flexible, innovative, and customer-oriented culture is rooted in science and risk-based compliance. You will play a crucial role in improving patients' lives by ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety in our products. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving innovation and excellence, ultimately making a global impact on patient health.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

• Lead people, technology, and financial resources in QC finished products and Microbiology sections.
• Identify and develop innovative concepts for process or product improvements, taking calculated risks to achieve results.
• Solve complex problems, leveraging experience from various areas as needed.
• Recognize and address development needs, creating growth opportunities for colleagues.
• Lead , oversee and/or manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities, ensuring compliance with approved methodologies and cGMP documentation.
• Provide technical expertise and support for laboratory and core applications, collaborating with business partners to identify and implement improvement areas.
• Utilize IMEx methodology and tool “Lean &sigma” to lead continuous improvement activities in QC laboratory
• Conduct , oversee and/or review/approve investigations, CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) and change controls.
• Review laboratory data to ensure compliance with approved methodologies.
  Build capabilities of the Process-Centric Team according to skills needs assessments.
• Provide technical expertise and support to the QC laboratory for laboratory and core applications.
• Manage review and approval of Good Manufacturing Practices ‘’ cGMP’’ documentation, such as procedures, analysis data and reports.
• Manage work streams Quality Control Finished Good, Stability, cleaning/process validation, Microbiology and Methodology sections.
• Responsible for developing Quality control Finished Good, Stability and Methodology sections colleagues and prepare Succession plan for the Finished Good, Stability and Methodology sections.
• Responsible for QC analyst qualification program
• Act as site SME for Stability and microbiology.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline with 5+ years’ experience

• Laboratory supervisory experience in FP, Stability and/ or Microbiology
• Proven experience in leading colleagues and managing projects
• A deep understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance requirements for Quality Control Laboratories
• Proficiency with Quality Control instruments and methodologies Microbiology and/ or Finished products analytical
• Experience in lean manufacturing and sigma concepts and tools
• Knowledge of cGMP /Saudi FDA compliance requirements for Quality Control Laboratories
• Proficiency in Laboratory Information Management Systems like Empower and SAP quality module
• Solid understanding of method qualification and testing of components and finished products
• Solid understanding of Data integrity requirements
• Experience in microbiological risk assessments
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think outside the box.

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant scientific discipline
• Lean six sigma certifications.
• 2+ years of experience in leading people

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.