QA Specialist

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

The Role:

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Look no further! We are seeking a Quality and Regulatory Specialist to join our exceptional ANZ QARA team in this 12-month fixed term role.

Reporting to the Senior QA Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the flawless quality compliance of our products. Your exceptional attention to detail and expertise will be essential as you collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and maintain quality strategies. You will join a team responsible for quality oversight of Baxter Warehouse and Distribution activities across ANZ, working with internal warehouses and external 3PL suppliers. Continuously identifying areas for improvement and ensuring that all processes are in strict adherence to quality standards and regulatory requirements. Your proven ability to successfully implement quality initiatives will contribute to our ongoing commitment to excellence.

If you are an ambitious and dedicated professional looking to make a significant impact in the healthcare industry, this opportunity is for you. Join our team and be part of our mission to save and sustain lives globally. Apply now and let your skills and passion compete in a world-class environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance in quality related activities to monitor recurring trends and implement continuous improvement to warehouse/distribution processes
• Support the deviation programs associated with Quality Assurance issues in Warehouse/Distribution, provide technical guidance to ensure investigation & CAPA analysis are completed on time
• Monitor and Process Product Temperature Transport releases and facilitate and/or Implement product holds
• Ensure warehouse/distribution suppliers are qualified to meet supplier quality requirements, including maintaining quality agreements, distribution agreements and distributor agreements
• Coordinate warehouse/distribution Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs) from logging to closure. This includes coordinating any root cause investigations with the supplier and ensuring that relevant stakeholders are involved
• Perform supplier quality audits as required
• Support the ANZ Warehouse sites to ensure all licenses are maintained current and correct
• Ensure change to systems and process is documented and reviewed appropriately to ensure maintenance of compliance to Quality standards and GMP (implementing via Change Controls where required)
• Organise and participate in cross functional teams as necessary to progress projects
• Involvement in Internal Audit as per schedule as required
• Investigation of JDE system issues and errors interrupting QA business practices.
• Assist Warehouse with oversight of calibration system requirements

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Previous experience with warehouse/distribution quality assurance is desirable
• In-depth knowledge of quality management systems
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and decision-making skills for investigating issues and analysing trends.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-energy and time-sensitive work setting
• Ability to work autonomously with a remote manager.

Why Baxter?

At Baxter ANZ, we are focused on being a Best Place to Work where our people can be their authentic self, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a culture where all employees can collaborate and work together effectively. Relationships are a key component in how we operate in Baxter and we share the common traits of being reliable, ethical, caring, having empathy, actively listening to our colleagues as well as being open minded to new ideas and perspectives. Baxter is an organisation that makes inclusion and diversity a priority and that seeks to promote and improve gender equality in the workplace.

Baxter is proud to be recognized as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia. We are also committed to delivering support structures for working families; stronger actions to address pay inequalities; and strategic recruitment and promotion practices that help to encourage the full participation of all people at work.

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by law. Baxter encourages applicants of all ages.

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