Sr. Spec, Quality ECM

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person-regardless of who they are or where they are from-deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job-you will find purpose and pride.

• Act as Quality contact for assigned External Contract Manufacturer (ECM) partnerships.
• Work with new ECM partners to ensure they meet Baxter quality requirements.
• Assist with the negotiation, development, and maintainance of Quality Agreements between ECM and Baxter.
• Work with Product Quality and Design Quality to execute technical transfer activities to ECMs.
• Manage Quality and Compliance related issues between ECM and Baxter.
• May participate in Health Authority inspections and Baxter audits of ECM to ensure successful inspection outcomes and maintain a constant state of inspection readiness at ECM sites.
• Perform quality risk assessments develop mitigation actions and follow-up on CAPA implementation and monitor quality / process improvement initiatives at the ECM.
• Define applicable metrics for new ECMs. Monitor and report quality performance metrics for established ECMs.
• Ensure timely change implementation, deviation / investigation review, complaint investigations, and CAPA closures at the ECM.Review and approve Annual Product Quality Review (APQR) reports for Baxter products manufactured at ECMs
• Escalate and manage ECM issues within the Baxter Field Action process
• Work with Baxter employees across multiple global sites and functions to assess the impact of an ECM Supplier Notice of Change (SNC).
• Perform Baxter batch release for product at ECM sites.
• Set and monitor quality system requirements to suppliers within the Finished Good and Contract Manufacturing space.
• Execute SCAR management ensuring effective and timely closure. Assess quality notifications from ECMs and determine if escalation to SCARs and NCR is neededImprove / develop quality systems at selected suppliers for QMS and compliance improvement
• Support Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality and Purchasing organization for third party suppliers related activities, as applicable

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