Head of Quality Control (m/f/d)

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Key objectives/deliverables:


* Management the quality control department, budget, and personnel planning


* Coaching and develop direct reports incl.

succession pipeline within the department


* Ensure the testing of raw material, packaging material, bulk material and finished products is carried out in appropriate time and according GMP/GLP-requirements


* Ensure that method validation, transfer of new products and stability testing is performed on time and in alignment with production needs


* Ensure that test methods are validated and equipment is qualified to perform tests


* Ensure that qualified personnel are available for laboratory management


* Share and drive best practices within the QC department


* Monitoring, developing, and improving the quality system for quality control including usage of suitable key performance indicators


* Define and drive the laboratory`s strategic vision in term of resources, investment, continuous improvements (lean/5s approach) and budget


* Promote and foster a culture of continuous improvement within all processes within QC


* Develop and drive a QC productivity agenda


* Guarantee HSE at the lab


* Driving the culture of safety first, quality always


* Strong partnership and communication with all site departments


* Participation and support in Lead Team, site reviews and business planning


* Ensure qualified support within inspection (before, during, after)

Minimum requirements


* MSc in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Microbiology or comparable.

PhD is desirable


* A minimum of 10 years of professional experience and technical expertise in pharmaceutical industry, in Quality Control or Quality Assurance


* Minimum 5 years of experience as a team leader or manager


* Proven track record of managing budget and employment development


* Strong expertise with the global quality standards (EU GMP)


* Prioritization skills,


* Written and oral communication skills (German and English)


* Critical decision-making skills...