Quality Associate - Sterility Assurance

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your creativity addresses challenges

You are creative, thorough, and a heads-down do-er. You embrace a challenge and truly apply the collaborative powers of your team to produce great results. You are motivated by work that is never the same from one day to the next. As a Quality Associate, you are unafraid of navigating through necessary internal processes to facilitate a product you deeply believe in. You can absorb and act on complex procedures and data and train your team or peers if needed. You take pride in getting things done quickly without sacrificing safety or quality.

Your Team at Baxter

Within Quality, every role makes a difference. Products that Baxter makes are shipped worldwide for patients in need. Whether it's building a new process from scratch or facing a never-before-seen production hurdle, individuals within Quality are given the trust and opportunity to bring creativity to the table. Regardless of your specific role with a product, it is sure to touch a portion of our global operation.

The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality. Our patients come first, always.

The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.

As a Quality Associate you should have the ability to handle multiple projects and demonstrate effectiveness in task completion, decision-making, empowerment of others, exception management, training, problem solving and team leadership. As well as have a functional understanding of FDA, ISO and Baxter Quality systems is also required.

What you'll be doing

• Lead ongoing global daily activities for areas of direct responsibility and assist other Quality areas in the successful performance of these activities
• Manage activities of self in achieving defined quality goals in an efficient, accurate and timely manner
• Accountable for global Sterility Assurance (SA) compliance and SA decisions
• Identify, evaluate, mitigate and communicate regional risks
• Collaborate with Facility Sterility Assurance (FSA)/Quality Leaders/MWER to identify, evaluate, communicate and mitigate (proactively) facility risks
• Collaborate with FSA’s in planning, execution and tracking of progress for SA and global initiatives
• Proactive preparation and support of internal and external inspections at regional facilities
• Participate in sterility assurance competency @ global level, working with Quality Site Heads to develop plans for FSA
• Collaborate with external outreach and influence the industry by participating in local industry events, assist in the development of standards
• Ensure business needs and timeliness requirements of the department are met or exceeded globally
• Write, review, analyze and revise written Procedures and submit procedural changes as needed to meet Corporate, Divisional, Plant, Regulatory Requirements, etc.
• Partners with facilities, divisions, and regions to ensure successful implementation and compliance to procedures / regulations
• Be involved in and lead multiple process/product improvement projects or other focus groups, design of experiments, validations, development of new methodologies and improving existing methodologies, data generation, report development and presentation
  

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering required
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Sterility Assurance, Quality Compliance, Quality Engineering, Validation or related field
• At least 2 years of experience in auditing techniques, interpreting regulations and quality system helpful
• Strong technical writing skills. Must be able to clearly document audit findings within audit reports
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal, communication, influencing, negotiation skills.
• Understanding of scientific strategies and the ability to invent new methods or new avenues of investigation.
• Good interpersonal/communication/influencing/negation skills
• Good project management skills
• Working knowledge of FDA Regulations, Application of Good Laboratory Practices, and Application of Good Manufacturing Practices
• Must be flexible to travel 35-50% including internationally
  
  

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $88,000 - $121,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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