Product Steward

**Product Steward***

**Manufacturing, Science & Technology**

**Linthwaite, Huddersfield**

**OUR MISSION, YOUR HEALTH**

**AGILITY** - do you have the flexibility and decisiveness to drive change?

**ENTREPRENEURSHIP** - will you thrive in one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical businesses in Europe?

**INTEGRITY** - we are driven by trust, respect, and honesty, are you?

**ONE STADA** - communication and teamwork, it’s our path into the future together.

**About the Company**:
Like all success stories, our company history started with a great idea. In 1895, a group of pharmacists had a common objective**:The standardised production of medicinal products to ensure an effective and reasonable provision of healthcare for the many**_._ This was the beginning of STADA’s impressive development.

As a global and constantly growing health care group, we dedicated ourselves to people’s health and wellbeing. We know that our committed and qualified employees make a key contribution to STADA’s success. With a long-standing heritage rooted in pharmacies, we continue to be a reliable and trustworthy partner.

If you are ready for new challenges where you can make a difference to people’s health, you have come to the right place. We are looking for qualified employees, who drive our company forward with their specialist knowledge and commitment. We offer the right conditions with diverse and interesting tasks as well as good career prospects and a comfortable working environment.

**About the Role**:
As Product Steward within Technical Operations you will have responsibility and oversight of all manufactured product process capabilities, through data trending and statistical analysis of critical parameters, ensuring process(es) are robust, and remain in a continued state of control. You will own the process knowledge of the site product portfolio throughout the product lifecycle from new product introduction to commercial realisation and beyond. In this exciting position you will support a seamless flow of knowledge and information across functions, and with other UK/Global sites when applicable, with focus on the improving process control of product(s) based upon sound Risk Analysis tools, to support the delivery of our strategic vision of **Caring for People as a Trusted Partner**.

Key Responsibilities
- Maintain the knowledge and the history of the product(s) processes throughout the entire product lifecycle from laboratory R&D, through scale up and commercial supply.
- Create and maintain a product-specific Quality Risk Analysis (QRAs) inline with ICH Q9 Quality Risk Management principles.
- Track product process capability, through data trending and statistical analysis of critical parameters, ensuring process(es) are robust, in continued state of validation and continuously improving.
- Initiate and support investigations and improvement projects (quality, efficiency), based on the above data analysis, involving cross-functional teams.
- Actively participate and represent the MS&T group in the relevant committee / council meetings, where the improvements on weak point products are planned, prioritized and monitored.

**About You**:
At STADA we talk about diversity as Uniqueness. Everyone is unique and we recognise our differences as a strength. Our values **Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Agility** and **One STADA** ensure our uniqueness thrives, enabling us to care for people’s health as a trusted partner. Empower your Uniqueness, bring your whole self to STADA.

If you’re keen to add value and see results, thrive under pressure and have the can-do spirit that’s spearheading our success, bring those unique qualities, with the following skills and qualifications:

- Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry Engineering or equivalent scientific degree (Minimum)
- A minimum of 5 years of combined experience in pharmaceutical or allied industries roles within Production, Quality, R&D or relevant process expert roles.
- In-depth knowledge of cGMPs and current validation sciences.
- Previous experience in statistical tools (desirable), including problem solving techniques, FMEA, or HACCP analysis tools.
- Proven experience & understanding of process validation (Pharma, GMP, Regulatory aspects).
- Proven experience driving quality and compliance standards in an organization.
- Knowledge & understanding of Lean six sigma methods for reduction in waste and reducing variation.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical, medical device or cosmetic industry standards, in quality & regulatory.

**What’s in it for you?**

This is a permanent position with a salary dependant on your skills and experience. With 5 locations in the UK, the STADA UK Head Office is a recently renovated site only a two minute drive from our largest manufacturing site both based in Huddersfield. Zoflora® and Covonia® brands are made locally along with some key medicines for the healthcare sector. We employ over 1000 employees,