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Summary:
The Quality Analyst II Batch Reviewer is a member of the Quality Assurance Team (QA) reporting directly to the Quality Supervisor, Batch Release. He or she performs review of all quality documentation generated during filling and/or packaging operations. He or she must communicate effectively with customer support departments to coordinate batch review and release activities to meet internal commitments and contractual commitments. He or she also provides leadership and guidance to associates with less experience and create an environment where teamwork, productivity, safety, identity, strength, purity and quality are reflected in the finished product.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (these are primary responsibilities of the role and the incumbent will perform other duties as assigned):
* Perform batch record review and final product release / disposition for GMP batches produced at Baxter for accuracy and compliance to procedures based on regulatory requirements and internal guidelines, etc.
* Reconcile discrepancies with documentation and/or electronic systems as appropriate.
* Plan, organize, evaluate, and communicate applicable activities of designated QA batch review functions, including Quality metrics reporting.
* Resolve batch record non-conformances.
* Perform verification of Hold System activities.
* Facilitate an environment of teamwork and communication between Quality Assurance, Production and other support functions to ensure on-time Quality review of batch records in order to achieve internal targets and contractual commitments for batch release.
* Participate in escalated client issue resolution (conference calls, responding to batch record observations)
* Subject Matter Expert for Batch Release procedures and presenting executed batch records during client and regulatory audits as required.
* Mentor and train less experienced Batch Release personnel
* Lead continuous improvement projects to improve department operations, increase efficiency, solve problems, generate cost savings, improve quality, and increase employee and customer satisfaction.
Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Qualifications):
* Bachelors degree in a science discipline with a minimum of 2 year Pharmaceutical Quality or Manufacturing experience, or Bachelors degree in non-science discipline with at least 5 years of Pharmaceutical Quality or Manufacturing experience.
* Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook and the ability to use enterprise software (examples include: JDE, BPLM, Pilgrim, Trackwise, etc.)
Physical / Safety Requirements
* Must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as applicable
* Duties may require overtime work, including nights and weekends
* Use of hands and fingers to manipulate office equipment is required
* Position requires sitting for long hours, but may involve walking or standing for periods of time.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Deerfield, IL
Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops and provides a portfolio of healthcare products. The company operates through North and South America; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia-Pacific segments. The company offers peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis, and additional dialysis therapies and services; renal replacement therapies and other organ support therapies focused in the intensive care unit; sterile intravenous (IV) solutions, IV therapies, infusion pumps, administration sets, and drug reconstitution devices; and parenteral nutrition therapies.
It also provides biological products and medical devices, and surgical hemostat and sealant products used in surgical procedures for hemostasis, tissue sealing, and adhesion prevention; premixed and oncology drug platforms, inhaled anesthesia and critical care products, and pharmacy compounding services; and generic injectable pharmaceuticals. Its products are used in hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, doctors’ offices, and by patients at home under physician supervision.
The company sells its products through direct sales force, as well as through independent distributors, drug wholesalers, and specialty pharmacy or other alternate site providers in approximately 100 countries. It has an agreement with Celerity Pharmaceutical, LLC to develop acute care generic injectable premix and oncolytic molecules. Baxter International Inc. was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.