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Job Title: Quality Account Manager

Department/Group: Quality

Location: Philadelphia

Summary of Objective:

Responsible for ensuring quality products and processes by aligning the members of the customer focused team

with the approved quality standards of the site. Plans, directs, and coordinates Quality activities of a designated

Customer Focused Team to ensure that goals and objectives of the team are accomplished within prescribed time

frames and within budget. Select, supervise, empower, coach, develop and retain a team of qualified individuals

including Associate Quality Account Manager(s) and Quality Coordinator(s) while partnering with the Business Unit

Manager to ensure that we deliver a quality product, on time, every time. Drives project success through active

leadership to provide PCI a competitive advantage in long-term quality customer management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform

each essential duty satisfactorily. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following but other duties may be assigned.

• Select, supervise, empower, coach, develop and retain a team of qualified individuals through effective employee development, performance management, succession planning and recognition.
• Ensure the appropriate team structure is in place by performing workload analysis to manage headcount and to ensure we deliver on customer and business commitments.
• Establish quality team and individual goals and objectives in alignment with Customer Focused Team goals and customer requirements.
• Ensure strong alignment and coordination with other business units and functional groups. Collaborate on best practices with other Quality Account Managers and leadership.
• Facilitate the daily quality team performance to ensure goals and objectives are met and to build a culture of safety, quality, performance, customer service and continuous improvement.
• Manage the training and development of the team including cross training initiatives and on-boarding of new employees to the team.
• Provide support for customer audits, visits and conference calls. Work with Customer Focused Team to develop systemic corrective actions to any deviations noted.
• Participate in and oversee the completion of investigations, consumer complaints, CAPAs, DEA activities, Non-conformances, etc.
• Collaborate with the other team members to manage the team performance metrics and customer scorecard.
• Collaborate with the appropriate Account Executive and Business Unit Manager to coordinate and facilitate the customer Quarterly Business Review’s.
• Provide proactive quality assurance and risk assessment using FMEA, HCCAP, and Quality by Design in compliance with PCI and cGMP policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Manage the development of Master Packaging Instructions (MPI) for every product introduced to the team as well as the associated updates for all new and existing MPIs.
• Oversee the timely issuance and review of batch records in order to meet production schedules and product release commitments to customers.
• Drive improvements into all metrics including a reduction in batch record errors (RFT over 99%) and no overdue CAPAs, Customer Complaints, and DNs
• Commitment to the batch record redesign project in order to standardize documentation.
• Ability to foster an environment of continuous process improvement.
• Adherence to the appropriate Supply agreement, Quality agreement, PCI policies, and applicable cGMP policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Attendance and the ability to inspire and lead a team are essential aspects of this job.
• Able to budget and understand the financial implications and impact of decisions made within the team.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly supervises up to 5-10 associates within the Customer Focused Team. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

• Responsibilities include:

• interviewing
• hiring, and training employees
• staffing
• planning
• assigning and directing work
• appraising performance
• rewarding and disciplining employees
• addressing complaints and resolving problems

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university and seven to ten years related industry experience in increasingly more responsible positions.
• A history of project accomplishment and leadership excellence strongly desired.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement experience; Lean Six Sigma black belt preferred.
• Direct experience working with various domestic and foreign regulatory authorities and supporting inspections.
• Must have excellent computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project, and a working knowledge of GMPs.
• Familiar with the technical requirements of the International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) especially ICH Q9, A Risk Based approach to Quality.
• Experience working in multiple areas of Quality, such as Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA), Quality operations, metrology, and validation.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, customers, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Must have strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situatis.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule
• form.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Must have excellent computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project

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