Goods in Laboratory Supervisor - Merseyside, United Kingdom - Search Consultancy

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Description

Goods in Laboratory Supervisor

Job Purpose

As a Member of the Site Quality function, and reporting directly to the QC Manager, the principal responsibility of this position is to supervise the Good-In Laboratory at the Southport Manufacturing Facility, to facilitate the testing and approval of materials used in the manufacture of oral and topical products.

Major

Responsibilities:

Supervision of a team of analysts in the Goods-In laboratory ensuring compliance with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

Ensuring the department complies with site and laboratory health, safety and environmental requirements.

Overall responsibility for the sampling, testing and approval of raw materials.

Liaising the Production Services Officer to ensure raw materials are available for use in manufacture.

Requesting Certificates of Analysis from suppliers.

The review of the Certificate of Analysis to ensure it complies with the appropriate specifications prior to sampling and testing.

Assigning duties to the QC/Goods-In Analysts dependant on production release requirements ensuring the laboratory operations are performed in an organised and efficient manner to prevent any delays in material release.

Ensure all equipment in the Goods-In Laboratory is calibrated and available for use.

To perform sampling and testing of raw materials.

Ensuring the sampling booth and Goods-In Laboratory housekeeping is maintained to appropriate standards.

Performing investigations into 'out of specification results' to establish the root cause and raise appropriate CAPA actions.

Assist in the interface between Goods-In Laboratory, Quality Assurance, Purchasing and Production.

Inspection preparation - using GMP knowledge and experience to assist department inspection readiness

Review of Raw Material Documents against the relevant pharmacopeial or supplier specifications.

Performing of Raw Material Evaluation as requested by the Purchasing Department.

Application of knowledge & experience to support colleagues and other Departments as required

Undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time to support the Bells Healthcare business.

Principal Challenges

Typical Challenges in Roles

Managing internal and external relationships and resolving issues in a timely manner to prevent any delays in material release.

Person Specification and Competencies

Knowledge and Experience:

Experience of managing a team of analysts.
Experience of testing of raw materials to British Pharmacopoeia.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a passion for accuracy and attention to detail.
Strong analytical thinking and problem solving/troubleshooting.
Good computer literacy.
Analytical experience, preferably including IR and NIR spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC),