Quality Assurance Specialist

Overview

Kenvue is currently recruiting for a:
Quality Assurance Specialist

Role reports to: Site Quality and Compliance Lead

Location: Europe/Middle East/Africa, South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg

Work Location: Fully Onsite

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

QA Specialist

This position reports to the Site Quality and Compliance Lead and is based in Cape Town, South Africa

What we do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA, AVEENO, TYLENOL, LISTERINE, JOHNSON’S and BAND-AID that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who we are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you!

Join us in shaping our future–and yours.

What you will do

Ensuring shop floor plant quality through GEMBA walk's, quality inspections, self inspections and effectiveness checks. Responsible the day-to-day management to the sample and document retention rooms. Assist with the release of cosmetic products. Responsible for the issuing of master batch records to operations and day-to-day filing of documentation

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitoring GMP in the plant
• Perform Quality Assurance tasks including production line start up checks, IPC's e.g. Updated cleaning logs, cleaning status labels and inspect and approve manufacturing/packaging rooms, lines and equipment prior to use.
• Inspect all departments daily, for housekeeping, status labels, updated logbooks etc
• Identify and report deviations or non-conformances of process, component, or documentation from specifications, standard operating procedures, process instructions and packaging process instructions.
• Perform and document required in-process checks and challenge testing of product.
• First Article Inspections
• Assist Lot Release with complaint investigation, by gathering required information from the factory (e.g. interviewing staff checking logs, etc).
• Assist with any investigation in the factory as required.
• Responsible for stopping the line or manufacture if a serious non-conformance is noted. Report stoppage immediately to Line Management, Area Management Lot Release Pharmacists and Quality Assurance Management
• Conduct product acceptable quality level (AQL) inspections on pallets produced should major defects be detected post line closing.

• Issuing of GMP Documentation
• Review documentation to confirm accuracy, completeness and GMP compliance ensuring, deviations and NC's are reported online
• Management of document queries between lot release and production
• On the issuing of official documentation, verify that BOM and Process Instruction, and Packaging Process Instructions are current revisions from TRU
• Ensure issuing logbooks are completed
• Assist LR in the compilation and supply of CoC's and CoA's for external customers timeously where necessary

• Assist in management of Archive and Stability rooms
• File Samples and documents efficiently
• Destruction of samples and documents exceeding expiry

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 year experience in Pharmaceutical Industry
• Knowledge and experience of Quality Assurance Systems with a general understanding and application of cGMP Principles (Act 101 1965)
• Experience in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and/or Operations.
• Experience with manufacturing and packaging batch record

• Excellent Attention to Detail
• Good planning and administrative competencies
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Logical approach to problem solving and trouble shooting.
• Strong independent working ability.
• High work standards and business ethics.
• A self-motivator with high energy levels - ability to work autonomously, governed by tight deadlines.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you are an individual with a disability, please check our Disability Assistance page for information on how to request an accommodation.