Quality Documentation Control Specialist

Quality Documentation Control Specialist (maternity cover)

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at

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Job Description

The Quality Documentation Control Specialist will maintain procedures related to the document control activities within quality systems to ensure compliance with: cGMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 820, MDR and ISO 13485 requirements.

Your impact

• Ensuring site compliance with operating standards and regulatory requirements specifically for Documentation practices
• Provide guidance and training to Document Control or Records Management and user departments in proper use of the document/record management systems
• Manage and Maintain electronic quality change control system
• Manage and maintain doc control and record retention activities
• Control of changes to documented procedures
• Coordinate review and revision of controlled documents
• Develop and oversee the creation of tools, resources and programs to improve document/record quality and promote good writing
• Support and maintain job codes for each employee\'s training requirements and records
• Balance both daily tasks and a project-based workload and may oversee related activities and the work of project contributors
• Serve as System Administrator for doc control and learning management systems
• Ensure that quality data and documentation is complete and maintained robustly and available for internal and external inspections
• Provide training and support to change control system users
• Serve as an internal auditor, conduct audits of Quality areas
• Collaborate with management to continuously assess and adjust programs and processes
• Prepare metric reports for management
• May coordinate document/record requests and stage documents for presentation during regulatory inspections
• May oversee and/or lead investigation activities and manage compliance items for the department
• May review/approve changes in accordance with SOPs
• May lead projects
• May oversee the revision of documents for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, presentation, etc., and to improve clarity, syntax, logic, flow, organization, etc.
• Any other improvement projects and jobs assigned by the Quality Manager

Qualifications

• 3rd level qualification in a scientific or technical discipline desirable or work experience equivalent
• At least 3 years' experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Systems and Documentation or equivalent
• Good interpersonal skills and acts with integrity
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office suite, Doc Control, ERP working knowledge)
• Rigorous attention to detail
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Quality Systems Audits and documentation experience preferred
• cGMP environment experience preferred

Additional Information

This is a maternity cover for min. 12 months period.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Quality Assurance

Industries

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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