Site Quality Manager

Company Description

At SGS, you can choose. First of all, out of our various vacancies. However, SGS also gives you another choice. Do you choose to expand or to enrich? We are not only looking for colleagues who can go in to depths of their discipline. We are equally as much looking for colleagues who we call ‘connectors’, people who can connect our diversity to our services. To each other. And this way, enrich our business.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. We’re also the benchmark worldwide for quality and integrity. And that makes us very proud. This can only happen thanks to more than 90 000 colleagues worldwide, with 1650 employees in Belgium only. Our employees give 110% of themselves every day, divided over all expertises, branches and cultures. Our coworkers build their own way inside the company, the services and the expertise.

SGS Life Sciences carries out all type of services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, from coordination and running of clinical trials with new molecules or techniques on human beings, to support and consultancy on post marketing registration activities. SGS Life Sciences has also expertise in the quality control of pharmaceuticals.

At our Clinical Pharmacology Unit, located at UZA Edegem, we are currently looking for a Site Quality Manager.

Job Description

The Site Quality Management (SQM) focusses on the management of the quality (system) within CPU and Patient Sites, and guides and supports the Site staff with regards to all aspects of quality. In addition, the SQM will encourage and facilitate internal and cross-functional discussions and efficiency exercises to increase consistency in the way of working throughout the CPU/Patient Site organization.

As a Site Quality Manager, you will collaborate closely with the CPU functional area Heads, Data Quality group, the Operational Quality Managers (CRO) and the QA Quality Compliance Managers.

Your main responsibility is to guide the CPU and Patient Sites through the requirements of the quality management system, and to act as the first point of contact for any kind of support regarding any aspect of quality.

This implies that you:

develop and maintain quality and personnel documents
propose changes to quality documents on an ongoing basis in order to improve the quality system
initiate process improvements / efficiencies as required
monitor quality by following up on timely training of new or revised quality documents
guide the CPU/patient site teams through the CAPA process by assisting in risk assessment, Root Cause Analyses, and formulation of CAPA Plans
assist teams in performing their daily work in a consistent and efficient way
participate in / facilitate cross-functional discussions and working groups related to any aspect of quality, in order to create or optimize cross-functional procedures, or in order to look for efficiencies in processes and collaboration
act as project lead for internal projects related to operational process improvements or efficiency exercises

Qualifications

What do you need to be successful?

You have obtained a university degree, PhD or have relevant experience (at least 3 years) within Clinical Research and quality
You are fluent in both English and Dutch
You have excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Finally, you can recognize yourself in these character traits: eye for detail, organizational, assertive, motivated, stress resistant and flexible.

Additional Information

What we have to offer:

Were you already considering a big switch in your career? Maybe this could be your next step. At SGS you can count on an interesting position where you can take responsibility. Come enjoy our fun team of colleagues and on top of that, we will reward you with an interesting salary package (incl. retirement plan, meal vouchers, …)

Do you want to be part of this?

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Send us your story and your resume via the apply button and maybe you will soon join us for work and coffee breaks. Still have questions? Anneleen can give you more details about the job. Send her an e-mail at [email protected].