EPM Scientific have partnered with a Swiss consultancy with a global client portfolio who is in need of a Head of Department Cleaning, Sterilization, Reprocessing, Biocompatibility & Toxicology.
The Head of Department Cleaning, Sterilization, Reprocessing, Biocompatibility and Toxicology assumes the following advisory, support activities and works in close coordination with the management in the areas:
Client support:
- Assumes specialist and project responsibility for the companies clients
- Representing the company internally and externally
- Supports clients with approvals and change notifications
- Supports clients in the areas of biocompatibility, toxicology, cleaning, reprocessing, sterilization, packaging and further regulatory and quality management topics
- Supports clients in dealing with authorities
- Assists clients with audits and inspections
- Professional contact person for company staff and clients
- Provides training to company clients if required
Professional responsibility:
- Planning and conducting internal training
- Conducts training at professional events, if required
- Supports develops and prepares processes and documents in the area of Regulatory Affairs (RA) / international marketing authorisation, quality management, quality assurance, biocompatibility, cleaning, sterilisation, reprocessing, microbiology, toxicology and similar areas
- Supports in the preparation of submission documentation and audits and inspections
- Supports develops and creates processes and documents in the area of quality management
- Supports develops and establishes processes and documents in the areas of sterility assurance, packaging, cleaning, reprocessing, biocompatibility, toxicology and similar areas
- Continues to train in the specialist areas assigned to him and actively makes suggestions for personal and professional development
- Works actively to make a name for himself as a specialist in his field
- Maintaining personal networks and social media
- Represents the company, if necessary, in working groups, committees and associations
Supports the companies internal processes (management or supervisors):
- Active communication with superiors and management
- Derivation of own goals from company goals
- Supports the management in the search for new orders and actively participates in the acquisition of follow-up orders
- Active collection and forwarding of information on potential clients, specific client problems and potential candidates
- Introduces entrepreneurial thinking and improvements to ensure the growth of the company
- Assisting with administrative tasks
- Support the optimisation of internal procedures and processes
- Supports the recruiting process
- Supports and encourages personnel development
- Supports company Marketing in document creation and maintenance
- Supports company Marketing in marketing campaigns and projects
- Works actively to increase company staff, level of awareness
- Supports the HR department in creating job postings and job descriptions
- Supports the management in the area of finance
Work Behaviour & Social Competence:
- Works highly independently and with initiative to relieve the management. Mainly technical, organisation and administration of projects and in the area of personnel and client handling
- Good communication skills in dealing with clients, staff and business partners. Good responsiveness to needs, clear and persuasive reasoning, and gaining and maintaining trust are very important
- Builds lasting relationships with clients and coworkers. Behaviour should be characterised by critical faculties, charisma, a positive view of people, a high level of commitment and performance awareness, and a liberal attitude that is open to other cultures
- Has a pronounced goal orientation, both in employee management and in corporate goals. Has a consistent, disciplined and systematic focus on quantitative and qualitative goals
Authorities and Competences:
- Assume technical and personnel responsibility
- Assume tasks that must be handled confidentially
- Motivating employees
- Provide orientation to employees in the form of measurable goals
- Monitoring the achievements of goals by the department and employees
- Conduct employee appraisals (feedback discussions, conflict discussions)
- Promoting the further development of employees
Supplemental:
- Due to the dynamics and upcoming challenges of this key position, this job description will be updated as needed to reflect new circumstances. Contributors are the job holder, their deputy and the management
- Integral part and supplementary and clarifying information to this job description are all company regulations, the company mission statement and management principles of the company.
** Please note this position requires fluent English and a C1 or higher in German
