Quality Assurance Pharmacist at Roche

The Position

Make your mark. Improve lives.

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

As a Roche Quality Assurance Pharmacist, you will be ensuring that Roche Products comply with the local and international Quality Assurance standards, safeguarding legal compliance to these and thereby ensuring the quality assurance function in totality. You will also perform product releases.

Amongst other duties your role will entail:

• Ensure adherence to the Roche’s Pharma Quality system and local South African requirements (SAHPRA and SAPC) when executing quality activities
• Release commercial product batches to the local market timeously and in line with requirements
• Assist with oversight of outsourced GMP/GDP relevant suppliers by ensuring that Quality Agreements are current and audits are performed
• Review and address any discrepancies in Discrepancy Management System and action corrective and preventative measures in line with this and any audit findings to ensure continual improvement.
• Perform quality risk assessments, establish risk controls and review risks to assist with the Quality Risk management process and ensure that all GMP related documentation is handled correctly and is readily available
• Handle complaints, recalls and returns in line with agreed processes and compile annual quality product reviews
• Interact and support the relevant internal and external stakeholders with regards to ensuring quality standards and procedures are met and followed

Who you are:

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following education, experience and skills:

• Pharmacy degree (NQF 7) or any related qualification and registered with the SA Pharmacy Council
• 3-5 years’ experience as pharmacist in the pharmaceutical quality assurance environment

Skills and Knowledge:

• Knowledge of relevant pharmaceutical and medicines legislation
• Knowledge of GMP/GDP
• Knowledge on validation
• knowledge of SAP will be a plus
• demonstrated ability to solve problems with an innovative mindset
• Self-motivated and achievement driven as well as demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Knowledge on digital systems
• Ability to work cross functionally across teams and with multiple stakeholders