Quality Officer - Analytical Chemist

You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a Quality Coordinator, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.

About The Job:

Role Summary

• Deliver core support operations: sample booking and outbound, stability logistics, CoA packaging, training coordination, and master data updates ensuring frictionless handoffs to QC Operations.
• Maintain ALCOA+ behaviors and safe laboratory practices in daily operations.

Main Responsibilities

• Execute sample receipt & booking; maintain chain-of-custody records and registers, second-person reviews when needed and ownership of key quality documents.
• Coordinate stability logistics and external testing shipments/documentation; track turnaround and issues.
• Assemble CoA packs, LIMS approval when needed; update master data in LIMS and controlled docs; support training coordination.
• Contribute to HSE activities and safe lab practices.
• Lead and contribute to Laboratory investigation and quality events actions implementation.
• Troubleshoot methods/instruments; support method validations/transfers and system suitability.
• Raise and own quality records (deviations, OOS) to investigation; verify CAPA effectiveness; contribute to HSE leadership
• Support training/competency evidence (P10) and LMS administration where delegated

Health, Safety and Environment: Cooperate with Management to:

• Maintain safe systems of work and working environments; comply with corporate and legal HSE requirements.
• Ensure information, instruction, training and supervision necessary for health and safety are always completed on time; consult on OHS matters.
• Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors; promptly report incidents and non-conformances as per policy.
• Undertake duties in accordance with current Opella Policies and Procedures.

About You

We believe that professionals with the following experience and skillsets are well-suited for this position:

• Certificate/Diploma or bachelor’s in science discipline; 1–3 years lab experience, QA background is preferred.

• Ability to clearly and concisely express ideas in spoken and written communications
• Release for Supply (RFS): agile and internal stakeholders supply and demand oriented
• Working knowledge of method validation principles (ICH Q2(R2)); verification per USP <1226> when adopting compendial methods.
• Awareness of instrument qualification concepts (USP <1058>); GMP/PIC/S behaviors and ALCOA+ in routine testing.
• Basic LIMS/SAP proficiency; RFS awareness for AU supply.
• Data integrity (ALCOA+) and audit trail controls per TGA DI expectations and PIC/S DI guidance, WHS basics for hazardous chemicals.
• LIMS data entry and chain-of-custody practices per ASTM E1578-18; document control basics per PIC/S Chapter 4.

About Us: 

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.   

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. 

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.  

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.