Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients.  Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

You will be a member of Pfizer’s dedicated and highly effective Quality Control team. Under the general guidance and functional direction of the QC Laboratory Manager, the QC API Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for supervision of analysts performing physical and chemical testing in a safe, compliant, and efficient manner of commodities or raw materials. This position is specific to CQ API Laboratory.  This position will evaluate analytical data to determine compliance with established specifications.  The QC API Laboratory Supervisor is expected to resolve daily analytical and quality problems, generally without any additional high level technical assistance other than the chemical quality manager/director.

It is your hard work and commitment that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Consistently adheres to company, site, and laboratory safety rules and immediately raises any safety issues with supervision as soon as they are identified.

• Follows procedures, adopting cGMP, cGDP practices.

• Supervision of, physical and chemical testing and data review of commodities or raw materials.

• Schedule work sequences for analysts and track progress of work sequences and provide feedback and coaching as required

• Participate in daily and weekly planning discussions with team offering suggestions to improve efficiency and schedule adherence.

• Responsible for writing lab investigations for lab errors made or procedural deviations found during lab operations. (RAACs or Event Records)

• Evaluate analytical data to determine compliance with established specifications.

• Resolve daily analytical and quality problems, generally without any additional high level technical assistance other than the chemical quality manager.

• Review and provide feedback on SOP’s, Investigations, and Reports as needed in the absence of Management.

• Spearhead special projects such as Continuous Improvement initiatives or process flow improvements

• Act as Liaison between lab analyst, data review, and investigations were appropriate

• Demonstrated strong technical and leadership skills

• Ability to serve as primary CQ representative on multidisciplinary project teams

• Act as Department representative for Internal and External Business tours and Audits

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Applicant must have high school diploma (or equivalent) with eight years of relevant experience;

• OR an Associate's degree with 6+ years of experience;

• OR a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3+ years of experience;

• OR a Master’s degree with more than 1+ year of experience.  

• Direct leadership experience

• Prior experience in a Quality Control Laboratory environmentt

• Knowledge of cGMPs and regulations outside of the US. 

• Good communication, organization and computer skills are required. 

• Knowledge of LIMS, Empower, and Microsoft Office programs is desired. 

• Ability to interface with multiple levels of people in the organization, including plant personnel and senior management.

• Ability to drive teams and suppliers to complete commitments and projects in a timely manner.  Strong and demonstrated leadership skills.

• Prior experience with computerized laboratory systems (Lims, Empower and Sample Manager).

• Must be familiar with operation and maintenance of routine Lab equipment.

• Must be able to troubleshoot routine instrument and test method problems.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• High level of organizational skills and independence.

• Strong judgment and decision making ability.

• Must be familiar with cGMP and cGLP for a pharmaceutical industry.

Nice-to-Have

• Quality Control Laboratory experience

• IMEX experience

• Experience in a Quality Control or R&D laboratory and experience with a wide variety of analytical techniques (e.g., HPLC, GC, AA, UV-VIS, etc.) and biological techniques (e.g., BET, antibiotic potency, sterility, etc.) or incoming material commodities (glass vials, stoppers, plastic bottles, printed material, etc)

• Technical writing experience

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Stand up for up to 8 hours, sit for up to 8 hours, walking, climbing stairs, responding to visual warning indicators, respond to audible warning indicators, respond to color or special visual indicators, wear specialized protective clothing (lab coat, safety glasses, gloves, face shield/goggles, apron), repetitive use of upper extremities.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

There are no out of the ordinary travel or shift requirements associated with the position.   Individual will be expected to work nonstandard schedule as needed to support the business objectives.

Relocation support available: YES
Work Location Assignment: On Premise

Last date to apply: 6/15/2023

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.