Packaging Technologist At GSK Egypt

Job description

Site Name: Egypt – Giza

Are you an experienced pharmacist/engineer who is eager to develop their career within one of the leading pharmaceutical companies worldwide? If so, then this role is the one for you to consider.

As a Packaging Technologist, you will be responsible to support and/or lead the technical packaging aspects of a product during product transfer, product trouble shooting and change assessment, in accordance with regulatory requirements and GSK standards ensuring that the product is delivered on time to the highest levels of quality and robustness. You will also support in implementing technical elements of the product lifecycle on site comprising packaging Technical Risk Assessment (TRA) & Material Risk Assessment (MRA).

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Provide first line technical support for root cause analysis of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging operational issues, packaging materials and rapid resolution.
Deliver packaging performance improvement projects through identification and application of specific knowledge/expertise per packaging material, conversion process, component, and printing techniques to improve efficiencies, drive down cost, improve value of established products.
Support in packaging compliance with internal and external quality, regulatory, QMS and other compliance systems. Identify areas of non-compliance and develop and execute plans to fix it.
Ensure accountability for the product pack throughout its lifecycle, influencing the packaging process and associated specifications including technical input to the lifecycle validation approach for the product pack through Packaging TRA and MRA execution.
Assessment of operational feasibility of new/proposed primary, secondary, tertiary, and ancillary packaging materials by taking various packaging trials on shopfloor in consultation with value stream.
Lead initiatives like pack rationalization & portfolio optimization of all products in Egypt sites.
Active identification of risk and to derive risk index value of new / proposed packs by conducting packaging material risk assessments, failure mode effective analysis and extractable and leachable risk assessments.
Actively contribute and collaborate with stakeholders to support definition, design and development of primary, secondary, tertiary packaging materials and distribution pack design.
Actively facilitate the improvement of pack and process capability and batch yields across the supply chain by reducing Cost of Goods (CoGs) and Cost of Waste (CoW) by leading PPV and continuous improvement projects.
Packaging technical support in technical trouble shootings, product transfers, packaging process validations, packaging material validations, supplier complaints, alternate source evaluation & evaluation of alternate pack.
Technical evaluation of Egypt sites packaging changes and issues.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Science or Engineering.
4 -7 years of experience at an industrial organization; preferably a multinational one.
Detailed knowledge of dosage form packaging including tab. & cap. blistering, bottle filling, tube filling, vial packaging and corresponding packaging equipment and analytical testing.
Understanding of Risk Assessments and FMEAs as per ICH guidelines.
Capability to provide first line technical support for root cause analysis of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging operational issues, packaging materials and rapid resolution.
Knowledge of regulatory environment, particularly in markets where product is commercialized.
Track record of improving products, processes and troubleshooting, execution of technical activities including trials and validation activities.
Able to assess/interpret statistical data e.g., process capability, control charts.

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