Quality Business Partner at South African National Blood Service (SANBS)

Introduction

• Successful incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the strategic alignment between quality and the business objectives and plans, by building a partnership with managers and employees to support good quality practises. Implement the quality strategies and projects in area of responsibility.

Job description

Key Performance Areas:

• Monitoring and Alignment of the Operational Environment against the Quality System to bring alignment to the SANBS Quality Goals
• Accomplish Operational Quality Management Objectives in terms of continuous improvement
• Participate in Business Planning and Budget preparation
• Act as advisor, subject matter Expect and Educator on all Quality related matters
• Act as Quality Business Partner to ensure alignment between Business and Quality Strategies
• Ensure Implementation of Quality Improvement Projects, New standards and Change Management
• Quality Risk Management

Competencies:

Cognitive:

• Analytical Thinking and Attention to Detail
• Change Management
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Planning, Organising and Monitoring

Personal:

• Excellence Orientation
• Resilience and Stress Management
• Self – Management
• Ethical behaviour

Interpersonal:

• Customer Service Orientation
• Conflict Management
• Knowledge Sharing
• Teamwork
• Relationship Building

Prof. Technical:

• Technical and Professional Competence
• Process Engineering , Systems Competence
• Computer Literacy.
• Software Skills
• QC and Audit
• Best Practice Thinking
• Legislation Literacy
• Project Management

Leadership:

• Practical Execution Management and Project Management

Minimum requirements

Education

• Medical Technician / Technologist in Blood Transfusion
• HPCSA Registration

Experience 

•  3 years' of general blood banking
• Supervisory experience implementing a quality system
• Computer literacy
• Drivers license

Other (Knowledge and Skills):

• MS Office and SAP
• HPCSA
• SAHPRA
• Vitro diagnostic products
• Corporate Legislation
• SANAS
• Good Manufacturing Practice
• Good Laboratory Practice
• Standard for Blood Transfusion
• Some knowledge of one or more than following ISO standards ISO15189 / 9001 / 13485 / 17043

Apply by: 24 September 2025