Senior Vendor Quality Compliance Officer

Job Description
About Us
Allergy Therapeutics are a market leading, pioneering immunology business with specialist experience in the research and development of allergy treatments.
We believe that transformational outcomes for patients are achieved by directly treating the cause, rather than just managing symptoms. Our vaccines are aluminium free. Driving convenience; our ultra-short course treatments make life easier and increase adherence.
Our adjuvant technologies not only advance the results of allergy immunotherapy but also drive beneficial immune responses in cancer and infectious disease.
We are a proud and passionate team with a vision that delivers growth and transforms the way we think about immunology.
We are continuing to grow and it’s an exciting time to be joining us. You will contribute to our ongoing success and be part of our future which is looking very bright!
You’ll join a team of like-minded people who are passionate about what they do and providing positive outcomes for our patients.
We are looking for a Senior Vendor Quality Compliance Officer to lead our site Vendor Qualification process and conduct all Vendor Qualification activities.
About you
You will already be experienced and proficient in a Vendor Qualification role and be ready to progress to the next level, bringing your experience with you to coach and develop others.
We are looking for someone who has a background in Quality Assurance who can demonstrate excellent communication skills, working with both external and internal stakeholders.
The role
You will be responsible for the following:
Leading the qualification of vendors in accordance with GxP requirements and corporate procedures
Performing QA reviews for all Non GXP vendors
Maintenance of Approved Vendor list
Leading the full life cycle of vendor approval process, keep the VAF tracker and support the maintenance of the audit schedules
Performing ongoing vendor qualification process
Performing self-inspection of the team
Providing vendor qualification data for annual product review
Performing risk assessments for high, medium, and low risk vendors
Reviewing and creating SOPs as appropriate
Management of CAPAs and NCs raised from audits and internal processes
Acting as the first point of contact for external vendors, and internal departments for vendor management enquiries
Conducting license checks (GMP, WDA, MIA, GDP) of vendors
Preparing/assessing TSE compliance and prepare the TSE report
Please note that this is a hybrid/homeworking role with the requirement to be on-site at least once a month. You may also be required to travel as part of this role.