Quality Assurance Pharmacist

Experiencing together a unique human adventure

Animal health is key to the health of the planet. Working at Virbac means taking part in a unique human adventure in which the engagement of each individual contributes to its evolution. Encouraging internal mobility between positions and countries, offering individual development plans and building a partnership based on trust between managers and employees are as many perspectives of motivation for our teams.

We also offer them a work environment conducive to exploring new territories and balancing their professional and personal lives. Finally, fostering their engagement to animal health also means listening to them and helping them to acquire new skills, preparing them for the challenges of tomorrow and encouraging them to contribute to an ever more responsible approach to our business.

1. Quality Assurance & Product Disposition

• Batch Release Management: Oversee the disposition of finished products (Act 36 and Act 101), guaranteeing release notices are issued within 2 days of receipt, while maintaining an accurate and error-free Batch Release Register.
• Priority Clearance: Fast-track the release of high-priority backorders and critical inventory within 1 business day of receipt.
• QMS Quality Governance: Evaluate, authorize, and track Deviations, Out of Specification (OOS) events, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), Change Controls, and Product Quality Complaints (PQCs) to ensure prompt monthly resolution.
• Complaints & Returns Processing: Examine complaint samples, assess and determine disposition (approval or rejection) of returned stock, and perform Root Cause Analysis investigations per applicable SOPs.
• Self-Inspections & Audits: Schedule, perform, and follow up on regular self-inspections according to the annual plan, ensuring findings are resolved within target time frames.
• Documentation & Review Operations:
  • Draft, review, and revise Quality Assurance Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Direct Product Quality Reviews (PQRs) by establishing annual schedules, evaluating internal, contract manufacturer, and consultant reports, and maintaining the central PQR Register.
  • Supervise Executed Batch Documents (EBDs) by requesting, evaluating, and recording entries in the EBD Register.
  • Maintain current master manufacturing/packaging batch records and finished product specifications for local and imported portfolios.
  • Review and approve packaging artwork, process validation protocols, and validation summary reports.
• Certificates of Analysis (CoA) Distribution: Publish approved CoAs to dedicated G Suite Drive repositories for Orders, Production, Logistics, and external customers as required.

2. Regulatory Compliance & Scheduled Substances

• cGxP & EHS Standards: Uphold and enforce current Good Practice (cGxP), environmental health & safety, and workplace housekeeping standards.
• Audit Readiness & Support: Assist the Quality Manager with audit preparation and ensure resolution of internal and external audit observations, striving for zero critical findings during regulatory inspections.
• Schedule 5 (S5) Product Governance:
  • Verify and approve all Schedule 5 stock receipts and dispatches.
  • Supervise monthly cycle counts and physical stock-takes within the S5 secure storage area.
  • Reconcile S5 registers quarterly and present them to the Responsible Pharmacist (RP).
• SOP Training Facilitation: Conduct training sessions for relevant personnel on new or revised SOPs when designated as owner/trainer.

3. Documentation & Records Management

• Records Archiving & System Maintenance: Organize, store, and maintain all QMS and QA records in compliance with cGxP and regulatory expectations to support full auditability and efficient retrieval. Complete…