Head Of Quality Assurance
Cerrillos, Región Metropolitana De Santiago, Chile
Lead the Quality Assurance Area of a National Pharmaceutical Company, which has a Head count of 26 people who exercise different functions inside the company as Analysts, Technician, Engineers, Pharmacist, etc.Responsible of managing all the functions described in the Chilean’s regulatory code for pharmaceutical products and food for medical use (DS Nº 3), including:• Verify that the manufacturing of the pharmaceutical products are done according to cGMP and cGPL and supervise their compliance at all levels.• Ensure the proper establishment of data in each of the records that the company must maintain in accordance with current regulations.• Release each production lot (Batch) for distribution to the market.• Establish the validation programs for the manufacturing processes that may be responsible for causing variation in the characteristics of the products in process and finished products, and also for the analytical methodologies.• Establish and enforce the calibration and qualification programs of the equipment and instruments of the company.• Design and execute programs to verify the reliability of the methods used in the inspection and analysis of the quality attributes of materials and products.• Design and execute audits of suppliers and external service providers and self-inspection audits (process, facility and documentation).• Monitor and ensure the correct use of Quality Management Systems (Non-Conforming, Deviations, CAPA’s, etc.)• Coordinate the identification and investigation of quality related complaints coming from customers, identifying and resolving root causes• Exercise the other functions assigned by the local regulation, in relation to the professional activity throughout the company.