Specialist, Regulatory Affairs at a multinational Pharmaceutical company - Adexen Recruitment Agency

 Employment Nigeria 12-Aug-2017 LAGOS , Pharmaceutical  


POSITION : Regulatory Affairs Specialist

 Description

  • Influential in the withdrawal of products from the market; contributes to control the impact such issues can have on the company.
  • Exercises excellent judgment on critical drug quality and regulatory issues and optimal product quality and safety action based on pharmaceutical knowledge.
  • Ensure inspection preparedness, review departmental performance following defined targets and KPIs and take corrective actions as necessary.
  • Ensures Quality compliance within the country organisation.
  • Acts as decision-maker for all operational Quality matters in respective Quality country organisation
  • Ensures independent decision-making of Quality from business to avoid conflict of interest
  • Monitors country requirements of registration and quality control of Healthcare products. Timely inform Head of Regulatory Affairs and all departments on changes connected with product portfolio promotion and sales;
  • Coordinate the activities of the regulatory affairs third party service provider in liaison with the other company regulatory affairs functions
  • Supports contacts with Ministry of Health and other authorities and the organisations participating in registration, expertise and quality control of products;
  • Supports registration / re-registration of company product portfolio, subsidiaries If necessary companies-partners defined by Head of Regulatory Affairs in Middle Africa;
  • Provides regularly progress reports, puts regulatory dates together and supports entry into databases in liaison with the regional office in Nairobi;
  • Participates in development of country packing, labelling, application instructions and insert (checks conformity of NDA and, if necessary, puts relevant corrective amendments in place);
  • Timely provide other departments with copies of registration certificate, approved specification, description of packaging, marking and maintenance aspects of the products;
  • Ensures adherence to industry-specific codes of practice or conduct, advertising codes, regulatory directives and guidelines, as applicable to the role, and to the Program for Legal Compliance and Corporate Responsibility at Bayer;
  • Perform the role of responsible pharmacist for the company Nigeria Office in Lagos;
  • Responsible for the oversight of quality processes (e.g. GMP/GDP) and their implementation within the country platform
  • Maintains local Quality Management System (in line with local regulations and global QMS)
  • Represents Quality in Senior Management of the country (e.g. QMR)
  • Leads the Quality country organisation and has interlinkage to local functions performing quality (e.g. GDP/GMP) relevant processes (e.g. SCM)
  • Acts as interface to Managing Director and Cluster Quality Head on country-related Quality topics for marketed products
  • Ensures quality training (e.g. GMP /GDP) for the local organisation
  • To ensure the registration and /or the re-registration of the company and Consumer Health products in Nigeria.
  • Assures license to operate in the countries
  • Contributor to decision-making process involving business critical action regarding product quality and regulatory issues and crises.
  • Provides Regulatory and Quality Assurance expertise to cross functional groups including legal counsel.
  • Enhances good communications and collaboration between all internal and external customers, while at the same time ensuring that the highest Regulatory and Quality standards are maintained.
  • Remains current with changing regulatory requirements, ensuring company compliance with current legislation and regulatory demands.
  • The position holder has a direct influence on the country’s EBIT by preventing major authority enforcements due to non-GMP/GDP compliance. Such enforcements can easily result in financial damage and severe loss of reputation at authorities, patients and customers.

Expectations

  • High self-motivation to complete processes even in challenging regulatory environment;
  • Good command of English language (both oral and written)
  • Good Computer literacy;
  • Readiness to business travel;
  • University Degree in Pharmacy
  • 3 years of work experience in Quality Control, Product Development or Regulatory Affairs;
  • Good knowledge of regulatory environment in the sphere of registration and certification of pharmaceutical products;
  • Collaborative, team-oriented, flexible


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