Global Quality Auditor - Quality Assurance (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!

Functions, Duties, Tasks:

These responsibilities are not intended to be all-inclusive:


* Scheduling, preparing, conducting and reporting Global Quality audits and assessments of commercial operations, both internally and externally (contracted) to assess the level of compliance with company standards, policies, practices and procedures and current regulations and guidelines. 


* Participate in mock-inspections, as appropriate.


* Support training mentoring and qualification of new auditors to the team.

Participate in or lead the risk assessment of commercial operations.  Integrate the information obtained through auditing and risk assessment and influence actions within and across EGQCA and the business areas involved/impacted.


* Drive the escalation of any compliance issues or significant risks identified during audits or when conducting risk assessment.


* Meet the requirements outlined in quality standards, quality manuals, policies, procedures, and tools.



* Participate in or lead the preparation of organizational metrics and trending of audit findings, when required.


* Influence internal and external customers and partners when improvement needs are identified.



* Maintain good interpersonal and communication skills with auditees and business areas with particular emphasis on verbal and technical writing skills.


* Be continually aware of current industry trends and regulatory agency interpretation of requirements for Animal Health.


* Participate or lead improvement efforts, including Six Sigma projects.


* Lead in the assessment of Top 7 product supply chain audits to support uninterrupted product supply.


* Represent EGQCA in conducting Due Diligent audits to support the business in new acquisitions.

Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training, required certifications):


* Ability to analyze detailed technical scientific information, while understanding the bigger picture.  The auditor should be able to clearly identify and assess risk and impact associated with specif...