Specialist, Supplier

Job description
Scope of the Role The Specialist, Supplier & ESO Operations supports quality oversight and compliance activities across the product lifecycle. The role is responsible for managing quality events, investigations, risk assessments, and change controls to ensure compliance with company requirements. The position also supports quality performance monitoring, issue resolution, and lifecycle management activities. Your Role As Specialist, Supplier & ESO Operations, you will:
• Support the quality oversight of assigned suppliers to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, quality standards, and company requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage supplier oversight, quality events, and risk management activities, including complaints, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, risk assessments, and OOS/OOT results, ensuring timely resolution of quality issues and effective mitigation of quality risks.
• Coordinate change control activities impacting suppliers, manufacturing processes, materials, and externally manufactured products, ensuring compliant implementation and effective cross-functional alignment.
• Support product disposition and release decisions by ensuring that quality issues, investigations, deviations, and changes are appropriately assessed, documented, and resolved in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Maintain supplier qualification, audit readiness, and ongoing compliance through supplier oversight activities, participation in audit programs, management of corrective action plans, and Quality Agreements.
• Support continuous improvement and technical quality initiatives by identifying process enhancement opportunities, supporting technology transfers and remediation projects, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen quality performance and compliance. Who You Are Work Experience
• 3+ years of experience in supplier quality management within pharmaceuticals, food supplements, or medical devices. Education & Training
• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or Engineering. Competencies & Major Skills
• Strong knowledge of GMP, GDP, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and applicable regulations for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food supplements.
• Solid experience in supplier qualification, supplier oversight, audits, risk management, and quality systems within a regulated environment.
• Experience with digital quality systems (eQMS, SAP, TrackWise, Veeva, or similar) and process improvement initiatives.
• Good analytical skills, including KPI monitoring, performance reporting, and data analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams and external partners.
• Experience supporting quality improvement projects, technology transfers, and the resolution of complex quality issues.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional languages are considered an advantage. The pay range is around €40,000The compensation range indicated in this job posting represents an estimated average range for the position. The final remuneration will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, in accordance with applicable EU pay transparency and pay equity requirements