- Responsible for performance and activities of direct reports to include allocation of workload, goal setting, coaching, training and providing continuous feedback. Oversees and provides clear direction on assigned work.
- Develops personnel to ensure efficient and highly skilled workforce to meet the department and organizational goals/activities; recommends training, assigns projects, and provides other avenues for employee development opportunities; provides constructive feedback and coaching to members when necessary to encourage professional development.
- Assigns or delegates responsibility for specific projects, tasks or assignments; provides clear direction and continuous feedback, resolves problems, prepares work schedules, establishes objectives and sets deadlines to ensure completion of operational functions.
- Promotes teamwork and collaboration between subordinate employees to promote knowledge sharing and increase department morale.
- Conducts performance management activities, counsels, and advises subordinates concerning performance. Monitors and documents employee performance for annual performance review.
- Initiates, recommends, and approves personnel actions such as hires, promotions, transfers, and discharges for area of responsibility based on departmental/organizational needs.
- Works with recruiting during the hiring process (i.e. reviewing resumes, participating in interviews, providing timely feedback, etc.);
- Participate and lead cross-functional and departmental teams to ensure timely completion of FDA, other regulatory authority and internal audit commitments as well as commitments arising from any CVIMPG Quality Improvement initiatives.
- Perform and or facilitate completion of gap analyses and implementation plans for standard operating procedures.
- Coordinates inspection activities (incoming, in-process and final product testing).
- Verifies that the INQI team has appropriate equipment and materials to support inspection activities.
- Provides direction and oversight for the quality system members who are responsible for MasterControl, Blue Mountain and other electronic systems as applicable.
- Works with Quality Engineering/Purchasing for supplier qualification and supplier maintenance.
- Ensures compliance with all safety regulations.
- Develops work instructions/procedures to perform inspection activities. Drives first article inspections.
- Performs inspections as needed.
- Performs routine audits to ensure compliance to inspection plans/procedures.