Quality Associate (12 months contract)

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.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

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!

Your Role: Quality Associate

As a Quality Associate, you will join our team on a 12-month cover assignment, supporting the Affiliate Quality Manager and the Iberia Quality team in maintaining compliance with applicable Good Practice requirements, company quality standards, and local regulations.

You will contribute to the effectiveness of the affiliate quality system and provide independent quality oversight of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) service providers.

You will also support the maintenance of the GMP+ multi-site certificate.

Your Responsibilities:


* Support the Quality team and affiliate functions in ensuring that operations comply with applicable GxP requirements, company quality standards, and local regulations.


* Complete and maintain operational quality activities, including deviation management, change control, quality document management, supplier and GxP service provider oversight, customer licence verification, and quality system maintenance.


* Drive continuous improvement and risk reduction through routine self-assessments, Quality Plan activities, key performance indicator reviews, and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).


* Monitor, trend, interpret, and report quality metrics, escalating local product quality issues to Quality leadership and affiliate management.


* Support compliance with company policies and standards, including quality frameworks, the Code of Conduct, corporate citizenship, anti-discrimination and anti-harassment requirements, and health, safety and environment policies.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline, preferably pharmacy.


* Fluent Spanish and advanced English language.


* Min.

2 years of similar experience.


* Attention to details.


* Demonstrated analytical and investigational skills.


* Strong organisational and planning skills.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):


* Experience working in a GxP environment.


* Experience participating in regulatory inspection audits.


* Effective written and verbal c...