Merck & Co., Inc.

Global Laboratory Information Management System Specialist

Posted on: 27 Feb 2021

Wilson, NC

Job Description

Job Description

Our Quality Assurance group ensures every single material inside our products is manufactured, processed, tested, packaged, stored and distributed aligned with our incredibly high standards of quality and meets all regulatory requirements. Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers and suppliers we create an interdependent global manufacturing network dedicated to deliver a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across the globe.

Primary Responsibilities

* Requires expertise in the Quality Control Laboratory discipline and applies knowledge of internal/external business challenges to improve products and processes

* Works independently with minimal guidance

* Solves complex problems and takes a new perspective using existing solutions

* Builds knowledge of the company, processes, and customers

* Promotes teamwork and open discussion of issues

* Carefully weighs priorities, costs, and benefits when determining risks

* Demonstrates a deep understanding of customer needs, requirements, and expectations

* Consistently takes the customer point of view when examining implications of systems, process or workflow changes

* Responds to trials non-defensively, effectively balancing ones point of view with new information new information

* Does not hesitate to deal with difficult conflict among peers and/or team members

* Relentlessly pursues new opportunities to learn new skills and abilities and acquire new knowledge

* Pays close attention to the work of others and proactively steps in to help as needed

* Demonstrates routine use of analytical tools to solve issues and simplify processes

* Demonstrates capability as a visionary for on-going continuous improvement

* Applies knowledge of information / external business challenges to provide input into recommendations for improvement to processes and products

* Ability to interpret our company's Quality Policies and Guidelines for daily application

* Understands and applies regulatory / compliance requirements, including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), New Drug Application (NDA), and related regulations, and has the ability to interpret those regulations for implementation in the workplace

* Solves complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions

* Ability to independently respond to advanced requests for data and trending of data from multiple systems and sources and proactively utilizes trending of data to improve the operation or drive change

* Explains difficult issues and works to build alignment around a complex situation

* Accountable for technical contribution to work or project

Minimum Education Requirements

* Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in Chemistry or Biology

Required Experience and Skills

* Two to four years in a pharmaceutical laboratory setting

* Labware Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) experience

WilsonQuality

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network thats devoted to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Specified

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

Number of Openings:

1
Requisition ID:R100690

Merck & Co., Inc.

Kenilworth, NJ

Merck & Co., Inc. provides healthcare solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services, and Alliances. The company offers therapeutic and preventive agents to treat cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, chronic hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 infection, intra-abdominal, fungal infection, insomnia, and inflammatory diseases. It also provides neuromuscular blocking agents; cholesterol modifying medicines; and anti-bacterial and vaginal contraceptive products.

In addition, the company offers products to prevent chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting; treat non-small-cell lung, ovarian and breast, thyroid, and cervical cancer, as well as brain tumors; and prevent diseases caused by human papillomavirus, as well as offers vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, shingles, rotavirus gastroenteritis, and pneumococcal diseases.

Further, it provides antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs to treat infectious and respiratory diseases, fertility disorders, and pneumonia in cattle, bovine, and swine; vaccines for poultry; parasiticide for sea lice in salmon; and antibiotics and vaccines for fishes. Additionally, the company offers companion animal products, such as ointments; diabetes mellitus treatment and anthelmintic products; products to treat fleas and ticks in dogs and cats; fertility management products for horses; vaccines for dogs, cats, and horses; and products for protection against bites from fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and sandflies.

It has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Intec Pharma Ltd. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and entities, physicians, distributors, veterinarians, animal producers, and managed health care providers. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.