# External Supply Quality Lead

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Mississauga
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: CAD92,000 to CAD142,000
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We need an External Supply Quality Lead in our Mississauga office. In this hybrid position, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding GSK's standards by managing critical relationships with External Suppliers across a specific region.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Lead Quality Agreement negotiations with External Suppliers and implement Quality Systems performance management with appropriate KPIs.

- Monitor the quality performance of External Suppliers and drive remedial action where necessary.

- Support technical assessment and perform Quality assessment for new product introductions.

- Partner with External Suppliers and internal teams to assure seamless communication and exceptional quality outcomes.

- Liaise with key contacts at External Suppliers to ensure relevant and applicable outcomes from quality & manufacturing systems.

- Drive periodic review of Quality Systems at External Suppliers.

- Evaluate effectiveness of External Suppliers' Quality Units and systems.

- Actively participate in External Supply Quality Review Meetings.

- Review and respond to External Supplier regulatory inspections.

- Work with External Suppliers to establish effective CAPAs.

- Support or provide on-time disposition of finished product manufactured by External Suppliers.

**Basic Qualifications**

- Degree in a Science or related discipline and at least 8 years' experience in a pharmaceutical company.

- Broad experience of cGMP and thorough technical and regulatory knowledge of current pharmaceutical analytical and manufacturing techniques/processes.

- 5 years' experience in various Technical and Operational Quality roles.

- Breadth of knowledge and experience applying cGMPs and other regulations/guidance.

- Change Management experience.

- Previous assignment experience promoting or requiring regional perspective desirable.

- Project Management skills.

- GPS exposure.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Master's or PhD and at least 6 years' experience AND/OR equivalency in education and experience.

- Demonstrated sense of urgency.

- Breadth in quality systems principles and practical application.

- Good knowledge and demonstrated application of quality and risk management principles and tools.

- Demonstrated sound decision-making process.

- Technical knowledge of multiple dosage forms.

- Demonstrated ability to effectively multi-task.

- Strong Project Management skills and delivery.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.

- Strong problem-solving skills.

- Proven ability to work and collaborate in cross-functional teams.

- Demonstrated intercultural skills.

- Excellent written and spoken language skills.

- Demonstrated commercial acumen.

- Ability to adapt, anticipate issues, work under uncertainty and accommodate flexible work demands.

- Capable of working independently.

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## Skills

### Required
- Data Integrity
- Digital Fluency
- GxP Regulations
- Influencing Without Authority
- Lean Management
- Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance
- Problem Solving
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Risk Awareness
- Supplier Auditing
- Supplier Quality Management
- Technical Writing

### Nice to have
- Master's or PhD
- Demonstrated sense of urgency
- Breadth in quality systems principles
- Good knowledge and demonstrated application of quality and risk management principles and tools

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