Quality Assurance Specialist

**This is where you save and sustain lives**

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

**Your role at Baxter**:
As a Quality Assurance Specialist in Portugal, you will report to the Sr Manager Country QA & RA Iberia and support the implementation of Country QA processes (Good Distribution Practices and Supplier QA management) and will be involved in Post marketing surveillance Activities.

You will be responsible for the Quality management system and documentation, ensuring that processes related to mentioned activities are in compliance with local regulations, to the Corporate Quality Manual and to the ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 requirements and ensure appropriate contacts with country Pharmacovigilance, Logistic, Technical Service, Customer Service and Business are maintained.

If you are passionate about quality and are looking for a place where you choose to work with talented and dynamic people whose primary focus is to save and sustain lives and your work values focus on speed, simplicity, courage and collaboration. Then we would love to hear from you.

**What are your responsibilities?**
- CQA processes
- Ensure service providers for warehouse and distribution comply with Baxter requirements and applicable legislation_ Good Distribution Practice
- Guarantee all process associated with distribution follows Baxter requirements and applicable legislation (eg: returns, release, hold, traceability )
- Quality system management activities: Training, Non-conformity and CAPA investigation and implementation and internal auditing.
- Post marketing surveillance
- Field Actions execution
- Quality management system and documentation
- Ensure corporate local regulation, Corporate Quality manual, ISO 9001 and 13485 compliances
- Other
- Act at all times in compliance with local legislation and according to Baxter’s Quality Management Systems and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) requirements

**We are presently seeking people who have**:

- Min of 2-3 years of experience in a similar role
- logistics/distribution experience would be an advantage
- University degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Natural Sciences or equivalent degree in a scientific field
- Strong analytical/problem solving and multitasking skills
- Knowledge of quality standards (GMP; ISO..), applicable to country regulations (ISO 9001 and 13485 knowledge)
- Great communication skills in English and Portuguese
- Resourceful IT user

**Why do you want to work at Baxter?**
- Inspiring work environment and company culture (Great Place to Work Award 2021
- Professional development opportunities
- High importance placed on work life balance (Family Responsible Certificate efr)
- Private medical & life insurance
- Competitive total compensation package
- Commitment to growing and developing an inclusive and diverse workforce

**Equal Employment Opportunity**

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer and is therefore firmly committed towards making employment opportunities available to all qualified applicants without regard to gender, race, age, disability, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependents, religion or trade union membership.

**Reasonable Accommodations**

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