Quality Assurance Specialist at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 43,000 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Specialist

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Category: Quality

Job Details

• Do you have experience within Quality? Are you passionate about procedures, regulations and audits? Are you motivated to use your skills to develop an excellent standardized quality structure? Then this might be an exciting opportunity to join Novo Nordisk as Quality Assurance Specialist, Middle Africa  
• Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!
• This role will be based in Lagos, Nigeria and directly reports to the Quality Manager, Middle Africa.

The Position

• As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you will ensure that the NN Quality System as well as local regulations are always implemented in Middle Africa and maintained according to corporate guidelines and products and business processes meet NN and local quality standards. You will also follow-up and ensure closure of audit findings issued during HQ and local audits.

Responsibilities
The responsibilities will also include

• Training and communicating the QMS throughout the local affiliate organization, and distributing Quality Docs (SOP) updates to affiliate employees and maintenance of Quality Docs List
• Tracking of local quality laws and requirements in the affiliate also assisting review of the list of NN Procedures, QA approval, uploading local procedures in Quality Docs (SOPs), making reviews and updates of local procedures in Quality Docs as applicable.  Distributes Quality Docs (SOP) updates to affiliate employees and maintenance of Quality Docs (SOP) List.
• Act as the Local GxP records Manager in maintaining status for documents in Archiving system for the affiliate. Serve as the affiliate Change Request and Deviations Expert on NovoGlow, and be responsible for preparation of QMR input and minutes of meeting with identified action points.
• Serve as lead auditor responsible for local distributor audits. Track the local quality laws and external requirements in countries. Ensure the distribution of the updated procedures  (SOPs) to distributors before effective date

Qualifications

• You hold a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical related studies, or Medical Sciences with 3 - 5 years working experience in the similar position.
• A Master’s Degree is a plus.
• You have excellent command over both written and spoken English.

Further sought-after skills are:

• You have an innovative mindset
• You are good at computer and IT skills
• You have a strategic mindset, and great planning and execution skills.
• You have strong communication skill and an ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with various stakeholders.
• You are driven, can take initiative, and are agile in actions and detail oriented

Application Closing Date
9th April, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• To submit your application, please upload your CV and Motivational Letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
• We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
• At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.