Quality & Compliance Manager (EMEA Region)
Job Introduction
Sodexo are currently recruiting for a number of brand new opportunities due to growth in our Corporate Services segment. Sodexo is the 19th largest employer worldwide, operating in 80 countries and employing 427,000 employees worldwide, we are the leader in Quality of Life services. Sodexo is not only a growth company; it is also a people-oriented company that places quality of life of its 100 million consumers at the center of its mission. Join our teams and experience their passion and the unique Sodexo spirit!
Sodexo is looking for a Quality and Compliance Manager for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region to be based in one of the sites in Europe. If you have a solid practical experience in the pharmaceutical environment, particularly in a Quality function, laboratories and facilities management areas, with experience in Environmental Health & Safety, and you are an ambitious and proactive team player – this might be the next career challenge. Flexibility is highly important for the role as you will be expected to do a significant amount of business travel.
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Role Responsibility
- Support mobilisation of new sites from a quality, compliance and EHS perspective.
- Review due diligence reports highlighting specific quality, compliance and EHS issues
- Develop and roll out resources in order to ensure full compliance with Sodexo’s quality management system (QMS)
- Own EQMS in the organization
- Implement a risk management program
- Maintain communication with key Sodexo and client personnel.
- Provide guidance and assistance to quality, compliance and EHS staff (Sodexo and client).
- Conduct training in GxP and QMS topics, to the wider Sodexo operations team.
- Assist the Business development teams in bidding / securing new business for Sodexo.
- Execute various processes (e.g. QMS / documentation control, change control, risk management, risk assessment, non-conformance and CAPA management, 3rd party management) in compliance to rele-vant standards.
- Trending and analysis of KPIs
- Produce monthly reports to regional management teams highlighting successes and hot spots
- Implement a management review program
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Solid grounding and practical experience in working in the Pharmaceutical environment, particularly in a Quality function, laboratories and facilities management areas. The candidate should have an in-depth knowledge of working in a Pharmaceutical regulated (GxP) environment, and the standards which must be met to assure patient safety and product quality.
- The candidate should also have a good background in auditing.
- Reporting: Ability to write persuasive and effective reports and communications, which clearly define findings and their causes, and recommendations made.
- Analytical Skills: Must possess strong analytical skills. The ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyse information, identify implications of data, draw appropriate conclusions, generate viable alternative solutions to a question or problem and have the ability to apply Quality Risk Management processes to evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative.
- The candidate must have an engaging style in order to successfully deliver GxP and EHS training across the region
- Health and safety professional, ideally within facilities management
- The candidate should hold a NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)
- As this role interacts with senior client representatives, and senior Sodexo staff, excellent communications skills (verbal and written) are required, with an ability to recognise the values within different cultures and acknowledge different ways of working.
- Commercial awareness and judgement with an understanding of wider implications of their actions
Desirable
- Fluent English + other relevant major languages is an advantage
- Project management experience
- Membership of professional ‘Quality’ institutions or other Professional body.
- Qualifications in Quality & Compliance or Scientific subjects, including Science Degree / Auditing / Risk Management.
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
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