Assistant Quality Unit Manager

About the role

Keystone Industries is passionate about employees, striving to create a stimulating, motivating environment that fosters mutual respect, teamwork, and career development. They offer competitive starting salaries and a wide variety of benefits, perks, and programs to support employees’ goals at work and personally. Learn more at www.keystoneind.com. The Assistant Quality Unit Manager position is located in Gibbstown, NJ (08027).

Responsibilities

• Provide, and oversee, inspection activity for cosmetic finished goods, as well as drug and medical device products throughout their product cycle.
• Perform appropriate customer complaint and product nonconformance follow-up and close-out activities including Product Conformance and Out-of-Specification (OOS) Investigations, Corrective / Preventive Action Requests, Nonconformance Product Reports, etc.
• Under QU Management guidance, continuously review department processes, procedures, and capabilities to sustain the most cost-effective and efficient methods for meeting quality requirements; suggest recommendations for improvement as appropriate.
• Assist with the authoring and revision of procedures, batch cards and specifications impacting the identity, strength, quality, and purity of drug and medical device products. Ensure procedures are appropriate, implemented, trained to, and consistently followed. Ensure any deviations from established procedures are recorded and justified.
• Participate in regulatory agency & other third-party audits/inspections & associated Nonconformance closures.
• Conduct or oversee validation activities, such as sample collection and shipment.
• Responsible for reviewing contract QC, cleaning validation & stability lab data, documentation related to test method validation, requesting rework, OOS Investigation, and resolving lab related issues.
• Oversee label control system/functions.
• Coordinate with external and internal laboratories for product testing. Assist with the approval of testing invoices.
• Participate in projects related to quality system improvement. Work independently or under minimal supervision of QU Manager to provide periodic updates, and furnish reports and/or presentations, and ensure adherence to deadlines.
• Initiate the ordering of chemicals, consumables, and equipment as necessary. Verify that equipment is maintained and calibrated appropriately. Participate in graphic art QC approvals.
• Assist in conducting vendor assessments.
• Serve as a senior resource for the Quality Unit team, offering guidance, training, and mentorship to support team development and collaboration.
• Assign supplemental projects to team members and help monitor progress.
• Contribute input to performance feedback and development discussions for team members.
• Ability to provide coverage for Quality Unit functions in the absence of Quality Unit staff, including completion of on‑floor inspections and related quality activities.
• Perform additional duties/tasks as needed or requested by management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ directly related experience.
• Experience working with chemistry, biology, math, or another related technical field and/or working within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong knowledge or background in a manufacturing Quality Control/Assurance environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of FDA CFR 210 & 211,