Quality Operations Manager

Job Description Summary

This role involves leading and overseeing a Quality Operations Team of 11 people to ensure adherence to cGMP requirements and Novartis Quality Manual, as well as regulatory standards. This entails ensuring that products meet Novartis Quality Standards and regulations before market release, overseeing production and warehouse quality, and ensuring timely completion of quality milestones for local and global projects.

Job Description

Location: Kurtköy, Istanbul, Turkey #On-Site

Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quality Operations oversight and management at the site
• Inbound and Outbound Quality Assurance supervision
• Review and approval of Master Batch Records, ensuring product release
• Quality Assurance for Quality Control, Analytical Science & Technology, and Operational Excellence
• Initiating local hiring and driving Operational Excellence projects
• Investigating deviations, Out of Specifications, and complaints, implementing Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Supporting transfer projects, validation studies, and new equipment commissioning
• Ensuring compliance with Health Safety Environment incidents, reviewing and revising Standard Operating Procedures and monitoring training status

Essential Requirements:

• University degree in Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy or similar
• Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry (production, quality or similar), preferably in a managerial or leadership role
• Strong communication skills, collaborative mindset, and understanding of local regulations
• Team leadership experience
• Fluency in English and Turkish

Why Novartis?

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Benefits and Rewards:

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

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Skills Desired

Audit Management, Communication Skills, Continued Learning, Dealing With Ambiguity, Decision Making Skills, Employee Performance Evaluations, Gmp Procedures, Inspection Readiness, Organizational Skills, People Management, People Management and Leadership, Product Release, Qa (Quality Assurance), Self-Awareness, Technological Expertise

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