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Location: SW Ontario on-site role DIRECTOR OF QUALITY - ANIMAL HEALTH PHARMA Grasslands Recruitment Specialists is recruiting a full-time, on-site office-based experienced Director of Quality- Animal Health Pharmaceuticals. This position will be based in rural SW Ontario and will work for a Canadian marketleading manufacturer of animal health medicants and other animal health care products. Our client is Health Canada licensed, FDA approved, and HACCP certified, and occupies a dominant position in their market. In this fulltime, permanent Director of Quality role, you will have responsibility for setting, leading and continuously improving the Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) functions across the organisation. This role provides strategic and handson leadership to ensure regulatory compliance, robust laboratory and quality systems and a strong, embedded quality culture across the business. Do you have a background in senior quality management from the pharmaceutical, cannabis or other similarly aligned sectors? Do you have a demonstrated track record of successful personnel and team management in a quality and laboratory setting? Would you like to work for a nationalscope, market leading, growing company that offers their customers more than the broadest product range? Are you ready to take your quality management career to the next level? If so, please read on! This key management position earns a competitive salary of $150,000.00/year DOE. This company also offers a comprehensive benefit plan including RSP match, health benefits, and more. If this sounds like the right senior quality management opportunity for you, apply today! ABOUT GRASSLANDS RECRUITMENT SPECIALISTS We are a recruiting company that has been connecting Canadian agriculture since 1996. With well over 80 years of combined experience in the industry, we provide specialized recruiting services for our clients. Our focus is to find the best candidate for our client employers and the perfect opportunity for career seekers. As a search firm, we have dedicated our resources to being an integral part of the continued growth and diversity of the Canadian agricultural economy. Our team is strategically placed throughout the Canadian labour marketunderstanding the needs of national and international agribusiness employers. We take the time to understand individuals career aspirations and then work to match them with our clients opportunities. We are not algorithms; we are people helping people! ABOUT OUR CLIENT The animal health company we are partnered with is Canadianowned and operated, nationally recognized, and is a leader in medicated feed additives for the production livestock, aquaculture, and companion animal sectors. For over 3 decades, they have supplied feed mills, veterinarians, and producers with the quality products they require to improve and maintain animal health. They offer their customers more than the broadest product range in the industry they provide the total solution of current information, exceptional service, and quality products. Every day they challenge themselves to improve their products while acting ethically with their customers, vendors, and staff. The safety of animals, workers and, ultimately, consumers depends on how well they do their job. They maintain a continual focus on quality, safety, effectiveness, and traceability. Dedicated to their employees'''' professional growth, they provide abundant mentorship and coaching. They impart a strong culture of collaboration and interdependent support among their staff. They value and appreciate their team, and thats why they offer excellent benefits, flexibility, and a great work environment. The company has developed a reputation for knowledgeable staff and quality products, which has resulted in trusted, longterm relationships with customers. In turn, they consider themselves partners in the success of their customers businesses. The company has enjoyed consistent growth and is well positioned to continue as a major supplier to the animal health sector in Canada and the US. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE DIRECTOR OF QUALITY - ANIMAL HEALTH PHARMA Reporting to the COO, the Director of Quality leads the QA Manager and the QC Lab Manager and works crossfunctionally with Operations, Regulatory and R&D Leadership to support both daytoday execution and longterm company improvement. In this senior role, key areas of responsibility and oversight include Quality Leadership and Culture, Regulatory Compliance and Quality Systems, Laboratory and Technical Operations, Computerized Systems and Validation, LIMS and Laboratory Software, and Documentation and Writing. AM I A GOOD FIT FOR THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY? Ideal Director of Quality candidates will offer: Minimum of undergraduate degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry of a closely related discipline 10+ years of progressive experience in quality and/or laboratory leadership roles within a regulated industry (pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing, cannabis) Demonstrated professional experience working directly within a laboratory setting Strong leadership background spanning both QC and QA functions A strong performance orientation, and ability to motivate and coach others to achieve their own full potential Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Strong leadership skills with the ability to support a team to understand and implement a customeroriented, qualitydriven approach that upholds high standards and achieves a high level of customer satisfaction. Preference and ability to live and work in a rural setting of SW Ontario READY TO MOVE FORWARD? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this senior quality management position, please click on ''''APPLY'''' and follow the easy selfserve application process or email your resume to [email protected]. Questions may be addressed in confidence to Mike Bachner at 1-866-519-2793. Individuals who hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Canadian Residency need only apply. While we welcome and appreciate your interest in this opportunity, only candidates closely aligned with the ideal profile will be contacted. As per Grasslands Group of Companies Privacy Policy, your personal information will be kept in complete confidence. This is a legitimate vacancy for which our client has signed a formal recruitment agreement. Grasslands Recruitment Specialists does not use AI in our hiring or decisionmaking processes. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram! 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