Lead Certification Auditor - Pharma, Cosmetics and Personal Care, PCPC

Job Description

Join our team as a Contract Lead Certification Auditor and play a critical role in ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. We’re looking for a detail-oriented professional with a passion for quality and excellence.

The Contract Lead Certification Auditor - Pharma, Cosmetics, and Personal Care (PCPC)/Medical Devices performs third-party audits per SGS Certification procedures and the requirements of the applicable standards.  They are responsible to make relevant decisions regarding the audit process and informs SGS Business Assurance on issues resolution outside the audit process.  The PCPC/Medical Devices Auditor collects and analyzes sufficient information to provide a recommendation for certification and has the authority for the control and performance of auditing activities, including planning and control of other members of audit teams. 

This is a Contract role - must be authorized to travel to and provide auditing services in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

• Qualify as a Lead Auditor in more than one standard (i.e. ISO 22716, EU GMP, WHO GMP/GDP, EFfCI and EXCiPACT, ISO 15378, ISO 9001, etc.) and conduct integrated audit where required as per SSC global procedures, local procedures, guidance and instructing of Technical Manager. 
• Perform certification audits in any capacity in conformance with the SGS Global/Local procedures, sector specific schemes/standards and ensures that such duties are performed in an efficient and commercially expedient way.
• Upon evidence gained during audits, provides with determination whether or not registration should be recommended or allowed to continue.
• Assimilates, understands and operates the SGS Certification System in all auditing activities. 
• Collaborates with teams of Auditors during the auditing activities.
• Strives to provide customers with sufficient audit experience to cover the whole of SGS’s Certification's accredited activities.
• Actively participates in witness audits by SGS or accreditation bodies.
• Maintains all audit-related credentials.
• Adheres to internal standards, policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in science or bio-science is most preferable (consideration will be given to other science as well i.e. chemical science depending on the additional training course(s) attended related to pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personnel care (PCPC) subjects 

Experience

• Minimum 5 years' work experience of proven management function in PCP industry with minimum 2 years' work experience in Quality assurance function or quality & safety management system coordination. (required)
• Minimum 5 years auditing experience and qualified as ISO lead auditor. (especially Pharmaceutical or OTC products). (required)
• Minimum 4 years of medical device experience (preferred)
• Experience with ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and/or ISO 50001 based management systems (preferred)
• Experience in delivering training (preferred)

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Language Skills - Advanced level English (required)
• Language Skills - Spanish (preferred)

Travel

• Travels up to 80% of the time - automobile / airplane, some travel might be international with flight time 8+ hours depending on the destination. Weekend travel may be necessary to meet utilization requirements.

Additional Information

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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