Head of Quality Assurance

A client of Domo Ventures is looking for a Head of Quality Assurance for the pharmaceutical industry in Bahrain. Preference given for applicants based in Bahrain

Title:

• Head of Quality Assurance ( Pharmaceutical )

Location:

• Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy
• Must have a valid NHRA license
• Applicants outside of Bahrain should be eligible to have an NHRA license as per the PQR

Experience:

• 5 to 10 years

Responsibilities

• Manage the quality Operations to ensure that a Quality Management System is planned, and maintained to comply with the national and international standards of MOH, NHRA, WHO GDP & GSP, and ISO.
• Evaluate information and verify that pharmaceutical products and services within the organization comply with national and international standards.
• Design new strategies to limit noncompliance with pharmaceutical services.
• Monitor the Quality of Supply Chain operations, GDP, and GSP activities and compliance with its standards.
• Initiate, review, and approve Quality Technical Agreements (QTA) with principal companies.
• Contribute to the review of principle companies' Distribution Agreements.
• Review and Approve the Business Continuity Plan.
• Contribute to relevant Committees such as the Quality Improvement & Occupational Safety Committee.
• Organize all Quality Committee Meetings as Management Review, and Quality Improvement meetings, and make recommendations to the committee based on best practice and current regulatory standards.
• Approve the initiation of pharmaceutical product destruction internally, and communicate with the principal companies and regulatory team for NHRA / MOH approvals for destruction.
• Ensures organizational compliance with required KPIs and mandated quality indicators, by doing Audits and Validation for both internal and external KPIs related to principal companies.
• Prepare periodic reports like Quality reports, internal audit reports, and other reports required by the management.
• Assist the Head of Departments in developing and maintaining records of policies, standard operating procedures, guidelines, forms, and other documents and ensure the circulation of current documents and the de-circulation of expired documents.