Senior Specialist, Laboratory Coe

**Job Description**:
**THE OPPORTUNITY**
- ** Be part of the team that ensures sustainable products meets standard quality and committed to deliver to customers worldwide**:

- ** Based in Singapore**, the regional hub for **Asia Pacific (AP) **and **top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times **and** Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).**:

- Join the** premier biopharmaceutical company** that has been **in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

Our Quality Assurance group ensures every single material inside our products is manufactured, processed, tested, packaged, stored and distributed aligned with our incredibly high standards of quality and meets all regulatory requirements. Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers and suppliers we create an interdependent global manufacturing network committed to deliver a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across

This position is responsible to support initiatives to optimize laboratory systems, improve efficiency and productivity in quality laboratories.

**What will you do**

Main responsibilities include:

- Leads and supports initiatives in driving technology-enabled laboratory by developing technical and innovative solution to improve work efficiencies and productivities in quality laboratories.
- Provide system administration and technical support/coordination of laboratory systems, including but not limited to LabX, GLIMS, Empower, computerized and non-computerized lab equipment as well as systems maintenance related activities.
- Develop change control for lab equipment qualification, system development life cycle (SDLC) of computerized lab equipment and systems.
- Responsible for maintenance, improvement and harmonization of laboratory systems and procedures.
- Ensures the above activities are performed in accordance with cGMP, quality guidelines and all applicable regulatory guidelines.

**What you must have**

**Qualification**:
Degree / Diploma in Science.

**Experience**:

- B.Sc in Chemistry with 4 - 6 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industries, or Diploma in Chemistry with minimum 7 years’ experience in the relevant industries/labs.
- Continues improvement mindset.
- Good knowledge and understanding of GMP.

**Leadership, Professional and Functional Competencies**:

- Previous OJT / Coaching skills is preferred
- Good understanding of Safety and cGMP practices
- Computer Literacy
- The experience in operating laboratory equipment and lab computer systems is very desirable
- Good oral and written communication and facilitation skills

**Other Personal Attributes**:

- Self-motivated
- Independent
- Team Player
- Highly Approachable
- Meticulous

**WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT**
- Limitless opportunities across various areas in Manufacturing; well-structured career path
- A state-of-the-art facility that delivers solution to its customers world-wide

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

**Who we are **

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for **

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

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