Interim Site Quality Director

3 days ago


Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Dechra Full time
Job Introduction

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Interim Site Quality Director to join our team at Dechra. As a key member of our quality function, you will be responsible for ensuring that our site meets the highest standards of quality and compliance.

The Opportunity

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, providing an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced professional to make a significant impact on our site's quality performance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage the Quality teams on site, including Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Qualified Persons.
  • Develop and implement quality systems and processes to ensure compliance with UK, EU, and FDA cGMP regulations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive quality improvements and ensure effective communication across the site.
  • Host regulatory and customer audits, and ensure that all quality-related issues are promptly addressed.
  • Develop and implement a quality improvement plan to achieve agreed deliverables, on time, with the necessary resources identified, in place, and accountable.
  • Drive performance improvements across departments, recognizing efficiencies while driving continuous quality improvement.
  • Establish and implement visibility of quality on-time performance (OTP) across all departments and drive accountability for resolving quality issues.
  • Ensure strategic quality risk management activities are implemented, effective, and sustained by the Quality and site team.
  • Coordinate with regulatory Authorities (VMD, FDA, etc.) including product recalls, license application/variation, defect reporting, annual controlled drugs return process to ensure compliance to current standards.
  • Use departmental and site KPIs to monitor and improve performance.
  • Ensure the Quality function operates in alignment with the site's 5 strategic pillars (People, Safety, Quality, Deliver, and Cost).
  • Support the development of the quality team by mentoring and coaching team members, identifying training needs, and implementing a plan to deliver proactively addressing under-performance, developing effective succession plans.
  • Liaise with customers and suppliers as required to resolve any quality issues or deliver further improvements.
  • Support the implementation of new initiatives, including systems and processes, to ensure new ways of working are implemented and compliance is maintained.
  • Provide feedback on quality performance and Quality KPIs at the appropriate forums.
The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced professional with a strong background in quality assurance and leadership. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Proven experience in leadership of large functions through line managers and their teams.
  • Strong people management experience.
  • Ability to define and develop a high-performing team culture.
  • Pro-active and solutions-driven, with the ability to work to strict deadlines with a high level of accuracy.
  • Role models best-practice mindset and behaviors.
  • Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple deadlines.
  • Proven track record of working with multi-department projects.
  • Fully IT-literate: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel.
  • Knowledge of GMP, UK, EU, and FDA would be beneficial but not required.
  • Demonstrated pharmaceutical quality experience, including audit, batch record review, change control, complaint handling, and investigations experience would be beneficial but not needed.
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical/nutraceutical manufacturing, packaging, testing, and distribution processes and associated global regulatory GMP/GDP requirements would be an advantage but not required.
  • Experience of hosting UK and FDA inspections, client audits, and self-inspections would be ideal but not required.
  • Experience in devising, implementing, and maintaining pharmaceutical quality systems compliance with UK, EU, and FDA GMP requirements would be beneficial but not needed.
Package Description
  • Average 36-hour working week (with a day off every other Friday).
  • Plenty of training and development opportunities.
  • 22.5 days annual leave + Bank holidays.
  • Option to buy a week's holiday each year.
  • 8% Employer Pension Contribution.
  • Free access to the Headspace App.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Free on-site parking.


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