QC Technician Supplying

Job DescriptionPosition Overview: You are the gateway to the QC laboratories, your main role is to provide laboratories with all samples, stabilities, and items necessary for analysis according to applicable standards and procedures and in compliance with GMP. Working on a variable schedule (day shifts), weekends (1 weekend every 4 to 6) and on-call periods, you participate in sample management for analysis from different Takeda units in compliance with the highest quality standards. Reporting directly to the QC Planning, Scheduling, Supplying Supervisor, this role ensures that QC laboratories meet deadlines for all tests and products (including outsourced tests). Additionally, you assist QC supervisors in daily activities. How You Will Contribute:

• Control, aliquot, identify, record, distribute, store, or destroy samples in compliance with current operating procedures and in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Follow good practices for receiving, processing, and distributing as defined in procedures/protocols.
• Record, document, and communicate any deviations observed during sample reception to the relevant departments.
• Receive and complete the attributes specific to each sample in the appropriate system (if applicable) according to defined deadlines.
• Receive and record backup samples in the appropriate system.
• Record backup sample transfers in the appropriate listed equipment.
• Perform backup sample withdrawals as requested by laboratories via the appropriate system.
• Conduct backup sample destruction via the appropriate system.
• Send samples to external sites or regulatory authorities according to defined schedules and procedures in place.
• Prepare cryotubes for sampling for production areas when applicable.
• Participate in the execution of validation protocols and stability studies for which you are responsible for samples from receipt to availability for analysis, or for stability and destruction when applicable.
• Contribute to the inventory management of consumables and reagents used in laboratories by ensuring orders and replenishment of items within defined deadlines.
• Ensure regular maintenance, calibration of equipment used, monitor temperature alarms according to current procedures, as well as complete log-books correctly and review them.
• Support QC teams in tasks not related to testing (preparation of solutions for analysis, freezer transfer, autoclaving activities, etc.).
• Conduct appropriate laboratory investigations when deviations occur, Gemba-Walk as needed.
• You also serve as the Deviation Owner.

What You Bring to Takeda:

• Holder of a CFC or a DUT/BTS in biology, biochemistry, or a related field or equivalent experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnological industry.
• Good knowledge of cGMP.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Good understanding of Analytical and Microbiological methods.
• Organizational skills - ability to manage multiple priorities and escalate flows.
• Good understanding of Data Integrity.
• Comfortable with usual and specific computer and office tools (e.g., office package, LIMS).
• Fluent in French and good level in English (written and oral B2).
• Alignment with company values (Honesty, Integrity, Fairness, and Perseverance).
• You are rigorous, methodical, organized, have a team spirit, and exhibit exemplary behavior.
• Possess good analytical skills and a critical mind, contribute to process improvements.
• Patient and solution-oriented.
• Structured with a solid technical understanding.

What Takeda Offers You:

• Competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive accident coverage.
• Participation in health insurance premiums.
• Advantageous retirement plans.
• Subsidized meals.
• Financial participation in employees' sports activities.
• Transport: support for local public transport subscriptions, free parking, carpooling program.
• Takeda Neuchâtel offers its employees an attractive working environment and conditions. Employee well-being, safety, development, and career advancement are at the heart of our vision and our Human Resources, Health, Environment, and Safety policies.
• Takeda Neuchâtel is a committed employer to its employees and future generations.

Learn More About Takeda Neuchâtel:

With over 700 employees, Takeda Neuchâtel is one of the top ten employers in the Canton of Neuchâtel and one of the leading biopharmaceutical production sites in Switzerland. Operating 24/7, the site employs a wide range of professionals trained in biotechnologies and their application in industrial production.
With over twenty nationalities, Takeda Neuchâtel provides an international, diverse, and innovative work environment within a company rooted and committed to its local ecosystem.
Takeda Neuchâtel is certified as a Training Company by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. We train young apprentices in various fields such as quality control in the laboratory, logistics, IT, and biopharmaceutical production.

"Empowering our people to shine"

Takeda is proud of its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and offering equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants regardless of skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, nationality, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

LocationsCHE - NeuchatelWorker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeFixed Term (Fixed Term)Time TypeFull time

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