Specialist

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The QA Shop Floor Specialist is responsible for quality activities supporting Manufacturing Operations in accordance with Bristol-Myers Squibb policies, standards, procedures, and Global cGMP. Functional responsibilities include ensuring manufacturing compliance with applicable procedures, providing real time review of manufacturing records and logbooks, and working with Manufacturing Operations to resolve issues. 12 hours shift with split week including one weekend day.

Shift Available:

• Wednesday to Saturday, alternating every other Wednesday off, onsite, 5:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain relationships with Manufacturing Operations, Quality Control, Manufacturing Science & Technology, and other departments to effectively accomplish responsibilities make improvements and resolve issues.

• Ensure manufacturing compliance with applicable procedures and batch records.

• Perform real time review of manufacturing batch records.

• Review manufacturing shop floor documentation.

• Issue production batch records and product labels to Operations.

• Directs quality initiatives that accomplish continuous improvement and enhance site quality system efficiencies.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Must have strong authorship and ability to critically review investigations, interpret results and generate technical conclusions consistent with Quality risk management principles.

• Must be skilled in planning and organizing, decision-making, and building relationships.

• Knowledge of quality processes, including material disposition, change control, product complaints, deviations, investigations, and CAPA management.

• Must be able to work in the cleanroom environment for 6-hour time periods.

• Must be available for weekend and off-shift hours.

• Must be flexible for shift hour changes to support manufacturing.

• Must have sound knowledge and experience in FDA regulated cGMP Quality Manufacturing operations and processes.

• Must be action-oriented and customer-focused and skilled in decision-making, building relationships, problem solving, conflict management, planning and organizing, resource allocation, coaching others, and analytical thinking.

• Must possess an independent mindset.

• Requires moderate direction to complete more complex tasks; completes routine tasks with little or no supervision.

• Work is self-directed.

• Confident in making decisions for non-routine issues.

• Routinely recognizes and resolves Quality issues; Informs management of proposed solutions. Seeks management guidance on complex issues.

• Develops procedures.

• Proposes solutions for complex issues and works with management to resolve. Follows established procedures and performs work as assigned.

• Intermediate to advanced ability to interpret results and situations and articulate recommendations for resolution.

• Must be action-oriented and customer-focused and skilled in decision-making, building relationships, problem solving, conflict management, planning and organizing, resource allocation, coaching others, and analytical thinking.

• Understands continuous improvement and improves efficiency and productivity within the group or project.

• Builds relationships internally within and with cross functional teams.

• Contributes to goals within the work group.

• Able to recognize conflict and notify management with proposed recommendations for resolution.

• Able to prepare written communications and communicate problems to management with clarity and accuracy.

• Able to effectively multi-task.

• Knowledge of US and global cGMP requirements.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• 3 years of Quality Assurance.

• 1-year prior deviation experience/knowledge.

• Strong computers skills.

• Aseptic experience preferred.

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On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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