Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Quality Control Chemical Team Leader with a very good management background and GMP experience to join our Internal Manufacturing department based in our UCB Campus in Braine-L’Alleud, Belgium.


About the role

We are seeking a dynamic leader to manage our technician team in supporting Pharmaceutical & Raw Material QC projects. This role involves overseeing phys-chemical analyses, ensuring timely double-checks, and acting as the QC representative for all chemical products. The ideal candidate will build strong analytical knowledge for Phase III and commercial products, coordinate new product introductions, and implement new lab processes.
Additionally, this position requires managing regulatory aspects, interfacing with Regulatory Affairs, and ensuring compliance with updated regulations.


You will work with

You will collaborate with various teams, including development, transversal stakeholders, and the production team.


What you will do

MANAGEMENT

• Motivate, recognize team members performance, maintain discipline and compliance to rules whilst firmly supporting teamwork and spirit. Manage conflicts.
• Increase team's competency by ensuring adequate training, coaching and development of technicians in function of the team and people potentials.
• Define and communicate openly the objectives of individuals and of the team in accordance with the company's strategy and formally assess the results with the adequate KPI (Key Performance Indicators) covering HSE, quality and overall performance both for the individuals and the team.
• Ensure interim review and end year performance review of each team member as well as their contribution to the team in time.

OPERATION

• Ensure the day-to-day operational planning and coordination to satisfy the client needs based on a monthly forecast.
• Organize daily meetings with team to follow-up on the planning and collect and give information’s. Ensure that each one contribution is done in due time
• Ensure required corrective actions are taken and put in force.
• Implement, follow-up and communicate on KPI with its related corrective actions
• Inform customers and/or RM & NCE head if deviations from the day-to day-planning occur.
• Be prepared and participate actively to weekly/monthly planning meetings, propose solutions, demonstrate creativity and pro-activity to ensure adherence to plan and performance.
• Ensure that continuous improvement is part of day-to-day activities of the laboratory
• Maximize the utilization of departments budget within given budget limits.
• Be accountable for a pro-active collaboration with Pharmaceutical and Packaging Plants, QA/RA (validation), Metrology (calibration), BPS, HSE (Security and Environment), DEV and bio-pilot plant, HR (Human Resources), Co E (Centers of expertise), QC from other sites.
• Coordinates the implementation of new NCE products (NPI) in the lab from an analytical, administrative and logistical point of view

Interested? For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills

• Bachelor / Master +5yrs in a GMP lab, 3+ years of management experience
• Experience in commercial areas of the pharmaceutical industry required (NCE).
• Must have experience in a GMP regulated laboratory.
• A very good management background is imperative
• Capable to make one’s proper decisions by utilizing strong analytical skills, troubleshooting and problem solving approach.
• Key technical backgrounds: HPLC / UPLC, GC, CHN, atomic absorption, pharmacopea testing, particule size, spectroscopy, potentiometry, RMN
• Investigation skills in order to carry out investigation with proper details and outcome.
• Scientific and business driven problem solving.
• French and English.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.