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Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office

Job Description

Sr. Manager, Quality – LCD/LAR

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

This role is based at our site in Fairlawn, NJ, supporting our Laboratory Analytical Reagent (LAR) sites within the Laboratory Chemicals Division (LCD). LCD manufactures reagents and solvents used for a breadth of applications from life sciences research to drug discovery and manufacturing.

Discover Impactful Work:

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Senior Quality Manager to own the Quality function for the Laboratory Analytical Reagent business unit and manufacturing network. This person will be responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control. The senior leader will direct a team of professionals who partner with operations to establish, maintain, and strengthen businesses to ensure compliance of product and systems to customer and regulatory requirements.

A Day in the Life:

• Develop and coach the Quality team to provide the best possible service through effective communication, scientific leadership, and problem solving.

• Lead a culture of quality ownership, teamwork, and compliance.

• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key partners in Operations, Procurement, Business, Commercial, and other functions/groups.

• Be comfortable navigating a sophisticated functional and technical matrix.

• Improve operational performance by identifying, monitoring, and analyzing process metrics.

• Collaborate across functions and sites to troubleshoot problems, interpret data and resolve next steps based on risk-based approach.

• Provide expert mentorship on risk management, vendor qualification, and statistical process control.

• Design, plan and lead Practical Process Improvements (PPI) initiatives focusing on scientific practices, knowledge, standard work, or quality initiatives.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree required. Preferably in Chemistry, Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, or Biomedical Engineering.

Experience

• Requires 10 years of global experience in a Quality Assurance, or Quality Control position within the Chemical, Medical Device or Pharmaceutical, or highly regulated Industries supporting Regulated Products.

• Minimum 5 years of management experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to develop and lead complex teams in a matrix environment.

• Ability to lead conversations with customers and auditors.

• Ability to think strategically with the capability to resolve technical problems using innovative ways.

• Work with diverse teams, guide teams through decision making, facilitate agreement, build collaborative relationships, and focus on customer needs.

• Practical application experience in continuous improvement methodologies to improve processes, strengthen quality and drive efficiency.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.