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The Site Quality Head - Johor develops, maintains, and improves quality systems and assures products meet established specifications and are in compliance with various quality and regulatory standards. They are responsible for Quality Operations for our Contact Lens Manufacturing facilities.
Major Accountabilities The Site Quality Head is responsible for the following activities: Ensures excellence and consistency in the implementation and execution of the Alcon Quality Systems at the Manufacturing site. Assures the site Quality Systems, operations, and products are in compliance with all applicable specifications, SOPs, standards, submissions, and regulations. Directs and guides with respect to product, process, and system quality requirements and standards, oversees non-conformance resolution, continuous improvement, quality plan development, risk assessments, change management, and qualification/ validation activities. Responsible for all quality and compliance related decisions for the site, for implementing all site quality management programs. Participates in the design, implantation, monitoring and maintenance of an effective Quality Management System. Chairs the site Quality Council and Quality Management Review meetings. Partners with cross-functional Site Leadership team to establish key quality and performance objectives, corresponding resource requirements, budgets, and forecasts/plans to ensure they are met. Identify and direct activities to ensure organizational compliance to FDA regulations, ISO Requirements, ISO standards, and internal policies/procedures. This includes: Leading and participating in cross-functional teams to drive improvement in global processes that affect compliance to regulations, standards, and internal Alcon policies and procedures. Manage and facilitate local implementation and deployment of global policies, SOPs, processes, and systems including gap analyses, risk assessments, corrective actions, and relevant training. Support all global initiatives. Direct and implement the organizations Quality Improvement Plan in accordance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal and state laws, and regulations and standards. Advise employees and management team on the applicable regulations and standards, Alcon policies, and all other relevant regulatory requirements and notify and take management of any identified patient safety or regulatory risks. Ensure a robust training program for all levels of Site's organization that covers: Applicable regulations and standards including cGMP and Safety. Compliance topics and quality systems such as GDP, Change Control, Data Integrity, auditing, and Complaint Handling. Internal Alcon policies and procedures Execution of manufacturing and testing processes and procedures. Ensure the development and success of the Site's Quality Team through: Providing clear Goals and Objectives. Mentoring and Coaching. Talent Management Review. Succession Planning Assure tracking, evaluating, trending, reporting of key quality indicators, and promotes awareness of customer satisfaction. Ensures reporting to top management on the performance of the quality management system and any needs for improvement. Assures compliance inspections and audits for monitoring the compliance for the Site and actively support inspection readiness activities. Manage the Quality budget to ensure spending is within department plans. Serves as delegate to the PRRC for Device Release Conformance to QMS per Article 15 3 (a) and for Trend Reporting per Article 15 3 (d) and Article 88. The Site Quality Head is independent from Technical Operations, Development, or other Function Heads. Objectives and priorities for quality management are driven from the functional quality organization. The Site Quality Head reporting lines do not create conflicts of interest relating to quality assurance, quality control, product release or any other compliance decisions taken by the Site Quality Unit. Other duties as assigned by area management. Key Performance Indicators Site Compliance status; e-Compliance, QA Laboratories Compliance and Manufacturing Compliance. Adherence to Regulatory requirements; US FDA, European MDD and other HA requirements Customer Complaints Deviations on all internal and external audits; HA & Regulatory bodies. Meet financial budget for Quality Organization Development of staff and Succession Planning Education Bachelor in Engineering, Science or related field
Experience 12 years of relevant work experience and 7 years in a leadership role.
If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site.
At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.
If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site.
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