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Become the 15th member of our global ESO Injectables team!
Join a newly formed team of passionate professionals driving quality excellence across the Large Molecules & Injectables Platform. As a Quality Assurance Manager (QAM), you will act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all quality-related activities with external suppliers, ensuring compliance with cGMP, regulatory requirements, and Sandoz Quality standards.
You’ll work in a flexible hybrid model and collaborate with colleagues across multiple regions in a truly international environment.
Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Acts as Single Point of Contact / SPOC for all quality related activities at the External Supplier.
- Supplier relationship management: Build and proactively maintain strong strategic relationship with suppliers beyond issues escalation and resolution.
- Supplier performance management: Drive supplier performance to improve KQIs through monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback to supplier on performance. Assess the impact of Sandoz audit / HA inspection outcomes at supplier and ensure robust CAPAs and timely closure.
- Internal stakeholder management: Provide visibility and regular updates to leadership & key stakeholders on topics of importance e.g. those impacting product quality and supply.
- ESO QA routine tasks:
- Implement Supplier Qualification process to support timely launches. Support timely Tech transfers as per plan.
- Draft, negotiate, update Quality agreements, PSA / SSA with Suppliers.
- Initiate audit requests and perform timely closure of Audit CAPAs.
- Perform Risk assessment during exceptions management, as needed by HA.
- Initiate / evaluate / close change controls, as applicable.
- Approve CQRA and APQRs.
What you will bring to the role:
- University degree in Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Biology)
- Excellent command of English
- 5–10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, minimum 5 years in QA; experience with sterile/aseptic manufacturing or injectables
- Strong knowledge of cGMP (EU GMP Annex 1, US FDA) and sterility assurance
- Understanding of regulatory requirements, risk assessment, and key QA processes (deviations, complaints, batch record review, audits, APQR)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a global matrix organization and drive improvements
- Adaptability and openness to change
You’ll receive:
Employment at the most reputable employer in Slovenia offers Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Flexible working schedule, tailored to your needs, possibility to work from home, Pension scheme, Employee Recognition Scheme, Expanded program for the promotion of health in the field of physical, mental and social well-being (WellBeat), Unlimited learning and development opportunities.
Job location: Slovenia
We offer permanent employment, with a 6-month probation period.
You are kindly invited to submit your application in the English language, including your CV by November 23 2025.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. In delivering over 900 million treatments with Sandoz medicines to patients around the world, 20,000 people of more than 100 nationalities are involved. While we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Sandoz is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired
Continued Learning, Dealing With Ambiguity, Employee Performance Evaluations, Gmp Procedures, People Management, Qa (Quality Assurance), Quality Control (Qc) Testing, Quality Standards, Self-Awareness, Technological Expertise, Technological IntelligenceSimilar Jobs
What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines.
Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance.
We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
