Quality Assurance Specialist.

Overview

In this role you ensure quality and regulatory compliance across EMEA warehousing, inventory, and distribution for Abbott Medical Devices. You will partner with cross-functional teams and external partners to maintain QMS, audits, CAPAs, and supplier quality processes. The position supports onboarding of distributors and drives quality training and process improvements. This is a chance to impact patient outcomes by upholding Abbott’s high quality standards in a global healthcare environment.

Pay / Benefits

• career development
• international exposure
• recognized as a great place to work
• diversity and inclusion recognition

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain QA requirements for warehousing, inventory, and distribution across EMEA
• Support distribution and warehousing quality processes with affiliates, distributors, and logistics partners
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Supply Chain to align on quality requirements
• Support distributor onboarding and annual contractual quality processes
• Monitor field inventory quality processes and escalate quality risks
• Support qualification, evaluation, and ongoing monitoring of third-party suppliers and distributors
• Manage CAPA investigations, action plans, and timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions
• Deliver and support quality training initiatives related to inventory, warehousing, and distribution
• Participate in internal and external audits and assist audit readiness across affiliates
• Assist with development, implementation, and maintenance of quality procedures and documentation
• Escalate warehousing, inventory, and distribution-related quality risks to EMEA QA leadership

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• 2-4 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Quality, Warehousing, Distribution Quality, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, or a regulated industry
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 and Medical Device Regulations
• Experience working within a QMS environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and investigation skills
• Experience managing CAPAs and supporting audits
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and international environment

• communication
• stakeholder management
• cross-functional collaboration
• ISO 13485
• Quality Management System (QMS)
• CAPA management

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