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High-level Description

Senior manager, Quality Assurance (QA) is responsible for managing and leading Quality Assurance activities, and for ensuring that all processes/activities at Aichi plant are in compliance with regulatory and corporate policies and that manufacturing and testing activities are carried out in accordance with cGMPs (current Good Manufacturing Practices)appropriately.

Roles & responsibilities

Operate and manage the QA Operation team.

- Understand the company ' s and department ' s policies and set team goals.

- Coach team members and implement performance management to achieve set goals.

- Allocate resources to maximize team performance.

- Implement effective development strategies to achieve high - performance teams.

- Lead, operate, and manage the team through effective communication.

- Promote resource planning and improvement activities.

Maintain product quality and comply with laws and regulations through the following processes:

- Monitor the entire production process and ensure that its activities are GMP compliant.

- Conduct deviation investigations, impact assessments, and make decisions on product quality in deviation management. Lead adherence to deadlines for required improvement actions.

- Maintain, manage, and improve the market complaint investigation process, including quality information. Assess the impact on product quality and plan necessary actions. - Operate the Quality Risk Management assessments / program and oversee quality risk management in the Aichi Plant process.

- Check the status of manufacturing control and quality control, etc., and decide whether or not to ship from the factory. Confirm SCM, IP, and QC information on production and shipment schedules, and manage shipment decisions within the deadline.

- Establish and maintain good relationships with domestic and overseas contract manufacturers, including overseas BMS factories that supply intermediate products to the Aichi Plant, as well as the External Manufacturing Division, to ensure smooth communication regarding quality and to effectively implement improvements in quality problems. Maintain close communication with domestic and overseas material suppliers who supply materials to the Aichi Plant, and appropriately improve quality problems.

- Escalate Quality concerns to the Director of Quality for Aichi Operations

International work

​- Working with director, participates as a stakeholder and member of the Global Commercial Manufacturing Operation team that develops and implements distribution strategy for BMS Network organization.

Act as the primary delegate for the Director of Quality at Aichi when a delegate is required.

Required knowledge/ Skills

Bachelor’ s degree required, preferably in science, pharmaceutics, or other related technical discipline. A master’s degree is highly desirable.

-Understanding of technical areas related to pharmaceutical manufacturing, statistical methods, quality control, and quality assurance.

-Strong understanding/knowledge of cGMPs, GQP and regulatory requirements -Knowledge and demonstrated ability to analyze and solve complex problems. Ability to effectively communicate visions/ideas and persuade others to accomplish challenging goals and objectives.

-Must have a demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and achieve significant, complex goals and objectives.

-Demonstrated ability to work with and manage people in a complex, changing environment to deliver value added results to the organization.

-The ability to work with a wide range of technically and culturally diverse people is important.

-Fluency in Japanese and English is required.

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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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