Regional Quality Auditor

City: Salt Lake City

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The role of the Regional Quality Auditor within the Global Supply Chain Quality Team is to perform GMP Compliance Audits of existing and External Manufacturing Organizations, Suppliers and Reckitt Corporate audits in North America. The role will conduct follow-up actions in order to drive improvement and compliance with Reckitt standards. The audit team ensures the safety and quality compliance of suppliers who provide Reckitt with materials or products sourced from this region.

Your responsibilities

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Quality Manager, Corporate Audit and Vendor Management -US, the primary scope of the role is:

Act as a lead auditor to plan, arrange and complete new external manufacturing organisation audits, new supplier audits, routine compliance verification audits and Reckitt corporate audits and follows up audit actions to completion.
Ensure all audits ensure compliance with Reckitt guidelines to minimise risk to consumers, company and brand.
Write technical summaries and audit reports and issues reports within 28 days.
Recommend approval (or rejection) of new suppliers and EMO’s.
Escalate any non-standard issues through supplier QMS failures to the Quality Director – Corporate Audit and Vendor Management-EM and regional procurement leaders as necessary and ensure they are managed and communicated through the CEP process where appropriate.
Propose quality improvements and training where required to suppliers and or EMO’s to improve vendor performance.
Work closely with appropriate teams to collaborate on any strategic supplier initiatives as a result of site non-conformances.
Work with the Global Supplier Compliance team to support the maintenance of the ongoing supplier / EMO/ Corporate audit assessment and re-approval programme based on risk.
Support the broader audit network for NA to ensure the area audit plan is delivered

Please note that the duties and responsibilities within this role may change over the course of employment, which will require flexibility

Key Challenges

Ensuring Reckitt materials and services are sourced from approved suppliers who remain safe and compliant with applicable regulations, understanding the different quality standards across the different BU’s becoming a truly BU agnostic function within the region.
Working suppliers in North America
Understanding different quality and regulatory requirements for the different portfolio of materials procured (API’s, Packaging, Reckitt Products)
Working with cross functional teams to approve new and BCP suppliers/ EMO’s.
Skills and experience of Suppliers, EMO and corporate audits.

The experience we're looking for

Available to undertake local travel as required.
Broad understanding of quality management systems such as ICHQ7, EU GMP, ISO13485, ISO9001, ISO17025, and specifics relating to supplier management.
Strong leadership, partnership, and facilitation skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills with experience communicating to a diverse audience, at multiple layers within and outside the company.
A continuous improvement mindset and ability to facilitate change.
Excellent risk management skills to identify and site, supplier and EMO risks to the business, developing strategies and executing action plans to resolve critical issues.

The skills for success

Demonstrate behaviours in line with Reckitt strategic values.
Proven ability to work under pressure without compromising on deliverables.
Well-developed influencing skills, diplomatic and tactful in difficult situations.
Highly motivated and confident in external environments. Organized and able to deliver concise written or oral summaries to senior management.
Ability to work on own initiative is essential for the success of this role.
Excellent communication skills and able to debate and negotiate with external supplier personnel.
Able to lead improvement plans with key suppliers, requires a good manufacturing knowledge and an understanding of business processes.
Preferred to be able to train and coach other auditors
Experienced auditor (lead auditor qualification required)
Degree or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline is desirable, suitable experience will be considered.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience within a Quality organisation within a Health or Nutrition environment
Broad understanding of site quality operations including raw materials and packaging material manufacturing and control.
Thorough knowledge on the regulatory requirements, rules and guidance covering the manufacture of pharmaceutical products in the geography of the role location.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $90,000.00 - $136,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.