Posted Date: Aug 22 2025
Position Summary
Are you passionate about ensuring quality and compliance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? As a Batch Release Specialist in the QP Importation Team, you will play a key role in preparing product release dossiers for presentation to Qualified Persons (QPs). You will review batch manufacturing and packaging records, artwork, quality notifications, transportation and temperature records, sampling plans and test results.
You will escalate issues to manufacturing sites, warehouse teams and logistics groups that arise from the reviews to support batch certification processes.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare batch release dossiers for presentation to the QP to support compliant batch release.
- Escalate any issues identified: Review associated records and documentation, including deviations and liaise with the manufacturing site/External Quality and QP to understand the impact of the deviation on product quality prior to release.
- Raise and track Transport Incident Logs (GTIL) for transit temperature excursions, liaising with the Pharma Logistics Operations groups and supplying sites to resolve and close, ensuring escalation to the QPs.
- Conduct activities to support QP Importation processes related to quality oversight for importation, including quality meetings; investigations and reporting; periodic product reviews.
- Ensure records of batches certified are maintained, and dossiers and samples archived in accordance with local SOPs and GMP requirements.
- Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Supply Chain Hubs, Local Operating Companies, manufacturing sites, External Supply Quality managers and importation warehouse and provide feedback to all on progress of release as required.
Qualifications/Skills
Basic:
- Degree in a relevant science field (e.g., Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology).
- Experienced in manufacturing site operations, batch record review, quality data review and operational quality requirements.
- Knowledge of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and GDP (Good Distribution Practices) regulations.
- Demonstrated experience of Quality assurance/GxP documentation review and management, Deviation, RCA and CAPA management and/or support.
- Experienced in using IT and electronic documentation and/or Quality management systems such as Microsoft Office, Veeva Quality suite, Trackwise, LIMS, MES etc.
Preferred:
- Understanding of quality management principles and documentation requirements (ALCOA+) for GMP compliance.
- Capable of working in multi-disciplinary teams across IT, Quality, External Supply, Global Logistics, Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
- Working knowledge of GMP and GDP regulations.
- Experienced in application of continuous improvement concepts and knowledge of performance measures.
Closing Date for Applications – 07 Sep 2025 (COB)
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Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.
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