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Courcelles, BE

Quality Operations Supervisor GMED Courcelles-000008TZ

Description

In 2005, Johnson & Johnson decided to reorganize its logistics and supply chain of finished goods for the Medical Devices & Diagnostics (MD&D) product portfolio. The supply chain across the different brands in this portfolio became centrally organized and a central new warehouse was built to replace different smaller (25+) European warehouses. Today this 20.000m² site is fully operational and supplies almost the entire world of the MD&D products. Per day 5000 sales orders are processed and shipped. This warehouse is located in Courcelles (Belgium) and operated by GMED Healthcare BVBA which is responsible for the trading (i.e. buying and selling from/to intercompany) and which legally owns the inventory and hedge contracts. Annual turnover is over 2.200M€ with over 80 J&J Affiliates. Besides the finished goods inventories in the Belgian warehouse, GMED Healthcare BVBA is responsible for inventories in its satellite warehouses and consignment stocks in hospitals across Europe. The total inventory value of GMED is approximately 800M€.

For the GMED distribution activities on the Courcelles site we are currently looking for a Quality Operations Supervisor, who will lead from a Quality perspective the GMED distribution activities.In this role, the function holder will work closely together with the Regulatory Compliance team in the same group.

Your Responsibilities:

- You will manage the activities of a group of J&J Quality Engineers covering Receiving Inspection, Quarantine, Recall and QA Cage Management, and Late Stage Customisation activities of personnel based in the Courcelles facility. Your management responsibilities include day-to-day work allocation and prioritisation, performance and output quality review, coaching, training, internal communications and general personnel assistance during the course of their duties.
- You will develop and implement a Record Management process for the Courcelles site.
- You will actively support all defined facility goals and objectives in support of GMED distribution business needs.
- You will resolve problems & eliminate constraints to ensure compliance targets are met. Therefor you will work closely with other areas of QA (Courcelles, Strasbourg & UK) and other business functions to promote compliance.
- You will ensure that all relevant Environmental control & Quality Data is recorded, reported and actioned in an efficient manner.
- You will identify and carry out required Quality inspection, standards of housekeeping and GMP requirements training and communication.
- You will ensure the Courcelles distribution centre complies with GMP, ISO and QSR requirements.
- You will represent Quality in all applicable Planning/Customer Service meetings to support timely delivery of service to ensure continuous supply of good product to distribution.
- You will ensure effective and timely closure on all Corrective Action Requests, Nonconformity Reports and Recall Investigation.
- You will be responsible and held accountable for their groups health and safety performance. You will liaise directly on H&S matters with the EHS Facilities Manager. You will communicate relevant health and safety information to QA group, inclusive of local hazards and individual health and safety responsibilities.

Qualifications


- You hold a Bachelor (or Master) Degree , preferably in a Business oriented or Supply Chain oriented direction.
- Minimum 5 years in Medical Device Manufacturing in a people management role.
- Demonstrated people leadership capability.
- Proven ability to successfully manage QA systems in the Medical Device Industry.
- Proven knowledge and ability regarding product verification and process validations.
- Proven knowledge of FDA and MDD GMP requirements regarding medical Devices.

Primary Location:Europe/Middle East/Africa-Belgium-Hainaut-Courcelles
Organization: GMED (7548)
Job Function: Quality Systems