Pharmacist - Japan

Position Overview

• This position if for a registered pharmacist role at a distribution center in Koga, Ibaraki.
• Manages quality control and quality maintenance on our Product at the distribution center.
• Collaboration with a business partner on daily operation.
• Lead or participate in Continuous Process Improvement (Process efficiency, Cost optimization, Operator Dependency removal, Standardization, etc.)
• Participate and support the project (Regional Asia-Pacific, Local, cross-functional, internal, and external)

Main Responsibilities:

• Facility maintenance for product storage management
• Periodic temp mapping to assess storage status
• Quality control and validation to evaluate salable product condition
• Record and Information Management
• Training to operators on GMP, Regulation, and Quality control
• Lead internal and external audit
• Quality related correspondence and information sharing with business partner
• Plan and lead periodic validation and inspection
• Run self checklist to maintain a wholesale license
• Other related activities are 100% compliant with all operations

Required Skill Set:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Fluent Japanese and English communication skills - verbal and written
• Must to have Pharmacist License
• Good understanding of quality control and maintenance in the pharma industry
• Project Management Skill: a person who can drive projects with high ownership by efficiently managing PDCA
• Wider perspective for process improvement rather than prioritizing own or narrower interest
• People Development: Person who can share our team mission to support individual development within our team
• Continuous Improvement: Person who can accelerate improvement proactively by investing current time for better future on team capability
• A person who can always respect team spirit internally and externally. i.e. always try to understand expectations from others, or support team members each other to maintain a healthy working environment such as taking appropriate annual leaves, etc.
• Learning agility: person who can demonstrate learning from others and appropriate behavior i.e. "Do the right thing, do the things right"

Experience:

• Several years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry