Quality Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Your Role:
In your role as Quality Manager, Supply Chain & Distribution you will be based at our Gillingham site in Dorset, UK and will be responsible for the local management of all aspects of the Quality Management System and GDP requirements, and will be the site representative and owner of the Quality Management and Quality Assurance for distribution operations. You will provide leadership for and be the responsible person for all quality topics at the Gillingham site and will also provide support for related 3rd-party warehouse locations and commercial subsidiaries in UK and Ireland. Your duties will include the implementation and maintenance of the local QMS, ensuring the site is fully compliant to applicable ISO and GDP standards, communicating feedback and information for quality topics to and from the business sector quality organization (LS-Q), participating in or leading regional or global LS-Q projects and initiatives, and managing the audit program for the site.
Who You Are:
- Degree-level or equivalent qualification in science, quality, regulatory or related subject
- minimum 4 years of relevant work experience
- Training in Quality Management and GDP
- Experience in QA-related tasks, including IS09001 Quality Management System
- Extensive auditing experience
- Working knowledge of a distribution operation
- Working knowledge of trade compliance and legal regulations for import/export
- Project Management skills
- Team-building, development & motivational skills
- Good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Quality Manager roles across Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Biotech & Pharmaceuticals.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £34,000 - £53,257 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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