Sr Pharmaceutical Scientist Oral Drug Products
Further development of a new venture
Weesp, The Netherlands
Offer / rewards
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a globally active, well-established and quality-based organisation
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an ultimate mix of science, projectmanagement and business acumen;
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continuous personal and technical development;
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an excellent remunerations package.
Company
Abbott has a special mission: to improve people's lives. All over the world, millions of people rely on medicines and medical treatments from Abbott. Each of the company's 93,000 employees is dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. In the Netherlands Abbott employs approximately 2,000 people in production, logistics, marketing and sales.
The imposing Abbott Healthcare Products B.V. premises in Weesp contain three plants of which two for chemical APIs (Abbott Healthcare Products B.V.) and the other for influenza vaccine (Abbot Biologicals B.V.) in bulk. In Weesp the Manufacturing Science & Technology (MS&T) Oral Drug Product Center is based, where established and proprietary products are supported. The MS&T provides technical product support for Abbott's Global Pharmaceutical Operations (GPO) oral pharmaceutical products. Staff in this center provide technical expertise and support for commercial manufacture of GPO oral drug products globally. The pilot plant facility enables troubleshooting activities to be scaled down and provides opportunity for rapid, efficient resolution of potential issues or development of continuous improvement ideas. The pilot plant also contributes to support early product development in partnership with drug product development.
Position
As a Sr. Pharmaceutical Scientist you support the Abbott Technical Operation functions and the Abbott Technical Centers worldwide. You Identify and resolve manufacturing issues for commercial and Research and Development products. Also you provide technical support to cross-functional teams during development, commercial launch or problem solving for a given drug product.
As a teamplayer you provide individual technical support of all scale-up activities and maintain timelines for on-going projects. Also you crite /co-author process memos and scientific reports in support of Regulatory Submissions, Regulatory Field Alerts and supportive quality control and manufacturing documents. You provide technical support for introduction of new products and for process improvements to existing products and you can be a member of VRB (Validation Review Board) where involvement consists of reviewing all changes in the plant that require validation and provide technical support of product validation.
Profile
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Masters/Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology, Process-, Chemical Engineering is preferred (although strong experience in Technical support of Manufacturing Operations may compensate for a lack of a post-graduate degree)
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Strong technical background in pharmaceutical dosage forms
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Knowledge and experience working in a cGMP environment and knowledge of regulatory issues (CMC)
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Good organizational skills, problem solving abilities and scientific report writing skills. Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
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Capable of a bird's eye view as well as day to day business management
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Good command of the English language, both spoken and written
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Willing to travel on a regular basis
Response
Interested? Send your curriculum vitae and letter of motivation to Mr P. van Gelderen at Derks & Derks B.V., stating reference number WS/11-050-DD, e-mail: info@derksenderks.nl.
For more details please phone Mr Van Gelderen on +31 (0)33 - 4728087.
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