Job Description

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding peoplexe2x80x99s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.The PositionA healthier future. Itxe2x80x99s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come.Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.Thatxe2x80x99s what makes us Roche.The OpportunityRoche Diagnostics in Cape Town is seeking a Quality Control Manager who will be responsible for ensuring that High Quality products are released for distribution from the Roche Dia Manufacturing site. This role will be responsible for maintaining the sitexe2x80x99s Right to Operate and enabling excellence in quality control. You will lead a high-performing team in Cape Town, South Africa.Key Challenges

• Lead three quality control groups responsible for routine quality testing and product release. Manage staff requirements, recruitment, performance, and development within the quality control team and foster a strong team spirit, effective communication, and high motivation within the team.
• Establish and maintain strategic goals and objectives for the Quality Control organization to meet the overall objectives for the Cape Town Operations unit. Develop and implement strategies for optimizing quality control processes and procedures to improve productivity.
• Collaborate across the Cape Town and Penzberg Operations network as well as Cape Town functional groups to ensure that new methods are transferred into routine testing, testing is completed to meet our customer needs and best practises are leveraged and issues are resolved quickly.
• Oversee the generation, review, and compliance of local procedures aligned with global standards and ensure quality control testing and data review are performed according to these standards.

Who you Are as our ideal candidate:

• Youxe2x80x99re someone who wants to influence your own development. Youxe2x80x99re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.
• You hold a Bachelors Degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or relevant Life Sciences discipline, Masters preferred.
• You have over 7 years of experience manufacturing, engineering, quality and/or vendor management, ideally in a Quality related role. You have demonstrated the ability to develop / lead / direct a high performing team of professionals.

Note that a full job description is available upon request.Who we areAt Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, wexe2x80x99ve become one of the worldxe2x80x99s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

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