Quality Compliance Team Leader Bardi

Quality Compliance Team Leader
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

No Relocation Assistance Offered

153946 - Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lombardia, Italy

**Job Summary

The Compliance Team Leader is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the manufacturing site's quality systems and regulatory compliance.

This role is expected to understand and influence the implementation of all plant, company and government standards for Food Safety, HACCP, GMPs and regulatory initiatives.

This position will lead the continuous quality improvement in the site by creating and maintaining an internal audit, management of change, corrective & preventive action, customer complaint reporting, validation and calibration programs to improve food safety, regulatory & cGMP compliance at the site.

This position will lead, implement, monitor and manage the document control programs which ensure all documents related to the product quality meet the requirement of the Global Quality Standards and will deliver Hill's quality training of SOPs and Quality Standards to the site and ensure proper communication to the site personnel

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities

- Ensure the site adheres to the Hill's Quality Standards and Hill's Food Safety Program.

Includes implementing and maintaining relevant systems and processes to ensure continuous compliance and improvement

- Responsible for management of the site documentation management systems and ensuring compliance to applicable regulations and internal requirements

- Supports product release process to ensure all documents related to production are reviewed for all finished product release criteria, HACCP and cGMP compliance prior to release

- Ensure the site conducts proper validation testing and documentation to any process changes impacting Hill's products and processes

- Responsible for managing the execution of the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) programs to meet the expectations of the quality standards

- Responsible for creation and management of plant quality Internal Audit programs which also consists of KPI communication & Forward Action Plan tracking

- Supervises and manages customer complaint issues and drives continuous improvement at site level

- Facilitates follow up and closing verification in compliance with Quality Standards and applicable regulations of all Internal and external audit findings and CAPA program

**Education/Experience/Skills Requirements

- B. A. /B. S.

degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry or related field

- Experience with working in a manufacturing environment

- Italian and English language proficiency

- Project management skills

- Proficient Knowledge of HACCP, cGMPs, and SPC

- Excellent critical thinking skills used to evaluate relevant information and make determinations about compliance to laws, regulations, policies, or standards

- Proficient at collaborating with EU Regulatory agencies, Customers, or other agency's during an audit

**Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law

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