Team Lead IPC

Role Description

Team Lead IPC, Overhalla

Job Purpose

• Plan and coordinate day to day activities for the team

• Be team members closest operational lead
  • short time leave and absence
  • need for overtime related to maintaining operation activities
  • WinTid

We are looking for a candidate with a broad understanding for quality test program and operational activities in IPC-laboratory, and would like to develop and expand into people management by taking on a role as team leader.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan, initiate and execute activities for the team according to production plans, procedures and GMP/GDP

• Follow up and optimize team members workload and efficiency at a daily frequency

• Team responsible GMP/GDP excellence included training

• Maintain a positive and process focused relationship across the PHQ/Zoetis organization

• Cooperate closely with Department manager to optimize work-sharing

• May be assigned new responsibilities within function and company needs

Key Skills

• Good operational overview of the department activities and responsibilities
• Effective / good leadership and guidance according to our core values
• Communication skills across department/function
• Good knowledge of GMP and current guidelines
• Process and improvement focus

Behaviours

Continue to develop your-self and the plant within your core responsibilities and share your knowledge amongst your colleagues. Take responsibility and ownership, and actively pursue new task to evolve and improve the way we work. Lead by example.

Our Colleagues make the difference

 * Be inclusive. Take people along with you, especially through challenging times

 * Show people what best practice looks like and empower others to deliver it

 * Find innovative solutions in challenging environment within legal and compliance restrictions

Always do the right thing

 * Be an ambassador for the things we stand for as a business

 * Pursue growth and learning

Customer obsessed

* Champion a customer focused environment by maintaining a deep and practical understanding of customer needs

* Challenge yourself to consider how the work of the team contributes to achieving our Vision

Run it like you own it

 * Take well thought through, calculated risks. Balance the investment of resources, the risk, and the potential gain

 * Be an enabler of action. Allow people to do more and discuss less

 * Make bold decisions to enhance the distinctiveness and reputation of Zoetis

We are one Zoetis

 * Lead and encourage the exchange of opinion, discussion, debate and collaboration

 * Listen to your team and act on what you hear. Promote a culture of open communication and honest feedback

 * Unify people in success and failure. Bring people together to celebrate, commiserate, and look forward

 * Be visible, be available and be generous – with time, support and praise

For information:

Manager Quality Control

Gro Skjærvik

Mobile: 0047 99509954

Work Location: PHARMAQ Overhalla

Deadline for application: 11/15/2026

PHARMAQ is the world's leading vaccine and innovation company focused on the aquaculture industry and part of Zoetis, the world's leading animal health company. The company develops safe and effective medicines for the aquaculture industry with a good environmental profile through targeted research and dedicated staff. Production, administration, research and development is located in Norway and the group's products are marketed in Europe, North and South America and in Asia. PHARMAQ has around 420 employees. For more information, see the company's website: www.pharmaq.com.

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