The Supply Operations Quality (SOQ) Lead –is accountable for providing end‑to‑end Supply Operations Quality leadership in India, ensuring regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, robust suppliers oversight, and a strong quality culture that enables uninterrupted supply and patient safety. The role acts as a strategic quality business partner to Pfizer India as a core Leadership Team (LT) member, Global supply chain, and external partners, translating global quality requirements into effective local execution.
The SOQ Lead will be accountable for the implementation and compliance to SOQ Functional and Global SOPs and any other Pfizer Quality Standard requirements. It will be the primary contact point for business partners both internal and external. It will be responsible for the management of the SOQ India development and organisation of the team reporting into it.
It will also be accountable for the supply of compliant product into India and neighbouring markets and act as a GMP/GDP Compliance role model for areas of responsibility by educating the team and ensuring adherence to Good Manufacturing Practice and Valuable Distribution Practice for Medicinal Products.
Responsibilities:
Quality Leadership & Governance
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for all SOQ activities, ensuring alignment and timely implementations of global QMS and SOQ strategy.
- Sustain quality governance, escalation to management, and risk management
- Drive and implement continuous improvement
Regulatory & Compliance Excellence
- Ensure continuous compliance with GDP/GxP, local regulatory requirements, and Pfizer Quality Standards.
- Maintains inspection readiness and oversight for health authority inspections, internal audits, and suppliers assessments and effective CAPA management
Suppliers, Partner & Distributor Oversight
- Ensure effective quality oversight of suppliers, distributors, third party logistics providers, and commercial partners through robust governance
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📌 Supply Operations Quality Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 Pfizer
📍 Mumbai