Supervisor QA Specialist

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

For our QA team located in Erkrath, Germany  we are seeking an experienced and highly motivated

Supervisor QA Specialists (m / f / d )

Your role :

As QA Team Lead, you will oversee a team of 2–4 QA Specialists / Auditors and play a central role in ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence across computerized systems, equipment qualification, internal inspections and evaluation of quality metrics. Your work will support both site-level and cross-functional / global quality initiatives.

Your Key Responsibilities :

1. Quality Oversight & Compliance

• Ensure that computerized systems and testing equipment comply with global regulatory requirements and internal CRL standards.
• Approve the implementation and maintenance of such systems to ensure ongoing control and quality.
• Continuously monitor and improve systems and procedures to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Identify and escalate compliance gaps; contribute to the development and revision of policies and SOPs.
• Provide compliance expertise and guidance to QA teams and stakeholders across functions.

2. Validation & Qualification

3. Inspections, Metrics & Risk Management

4. Team Leadership & Collaboration

Your Profile :

This position is ideal for an experienced QA professional or auditor with a scientific background who is ready to take the next step into team leadership.

You bring :

What we offer :

Are you interested?

Please apply under job ID 229314 via our career portal with your application documents in English.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Charles River Laboratories Germany GmbH

Human Resources

Max-Planck-Str. 15a

40699 Erkrath

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About Biologics Testing Solutions

With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs. Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include : bonus / incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.