Supplier Quality Specialist

About the role

At Guerbet, we build lasting relationships to enable people to live better. We are a global leader in medical imaging, offering an extensive portfolio of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital and AI solutions, for diagnostic and interventional imaging. The Supplier Quality Specialist operates in full compliance with applicable hygiene, safety, quality, and regulatory standards, and in alignment with the organization’s framework, company’s procedures, and the defined scope of responsibility the role is accountable for.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers supporting GMP manufacturing, including raw materials, consumables, external laboratories, and transportation providers.
• Support supplier qualification, re-qualification, and lifecycle management activities using a risk-based approach.
• Support and/or conduct supplier audits (remote and on-site), including audit reporting, CAPA assessment, and follow-up; maintain audit schedule of approved suppliers.
• Maintain oversight of critical and single/sole-source suppliers, including identification of supply and quality risks and development of mitigation strategies.
• Manage supplier change notifications, ensuring appropriate internal documentation, quality risk assessment, and impact analysis in accordance with internal procedures.
• Confirm quality and technical agreements remain current and are not adversely impacted by proposed supplier changes.
• Draft and manage the creation process of Quality Agreements with new and/or legacy suppliers.
• Provide Supplier Quality impact assessments for internally driven GMP changes and complete assigned change actions.
• Ensure supplier-reported deviations, OOS, and other quality events are logged, assessed, investigated, and closed in accordance with internal procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional SMEs to ensure timely investigation, root cause determination, and effective remediation.
• Critically review supplier investigations and CAPAs.
• Support supplier and material quality risk assessments, including evaluation of data integrity, traceability, and supply continuity risks.
• Manage the Annual Product Quality Reviews for Technical Quality Agreements and Starting Materials.
• Initiate, manage, monitor, and trend the Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs).

Qualifications

The required qualifications for this role include a Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years (Specialist) / 8+ (Senior Specialist) years of experience in Quality Assurance in a GMP-regulated environment. The candidate should have experience authoring, reviewing, and maintaining controlled GMP documentation, as well as a strong working knowledge of GMP regulations and regulatory expectations (FDA, EMA, ICH).

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage priorities and timelines.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• ASQ CQA Certification (preferred).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Quality, or a related discipline (preferred).
• Advanced expertise in document lifecycle management, change control, deviation support, and CAPA documentation (preferred).
• Proven experience serving as a subject matter expert for Supplier Quality (preferred).
• Ability to independently audit new and approved suppliers (preferred).
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration skills with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams (preferred).
• Technical writing skills, and ability to translate regulatory requirements into clear, user-focused documentation (preferred).