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Aya Ben KramAB

Aya Ben Kram

QA manager - Pharma and medical devices

€750/day
Basel, CH
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Aya

Soft skills:
Strong analytical skills with ability to identify issues and suggest solutions
Problem solving and decision making skills (including Six Sigma / DMAIC)
Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
Able to analyze, interpret, and compare figures and facts to come to a conclusion
Strong ability to build trusting relationships and educate teams on QA culture and design control
Great interpersonal and communication skills
Leadership and agility to set clear goals, define a new framework and oversee its execution through others
Able to manage multiple projects and ensure timely completion
Exceptional team-management skills with ability to motivate, direct, and coach colleagues
knowledge of GxP practices and requirements, and the compliance and regulatory aspects of the pharmaceutical industry
  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Basic

  • Italian

    Basic

Can work on-site
Basel (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Tillotts Pharma AG
    QA manager – product release
    June 2025 - Today (1 year)
    • Perform shipping product release for GI products for all countries
    • Prepare batch documentation and review for EU QP release.
    • Assure that the distribution of the products is conform to Good Distribution Practices, internal Quality standards and other applicable regulatory standards.
    • Review of SOP for GDP and release and process improvement
    • Support deviation investigation and complaint and sample checks
    • Review of QAA with third parties and affiliates to ensure qualification
    • Review of batch documentation, deviations, and change requests
    • Collaboration in GMP-compliant documentation and release preparation
    • Reviewing, assessing, and approving manufacturing documentation
    • Responsible for the release of medicinal product to the market
    • Processing, assessing, and approving deviations, corrective actions (CAPAs), and technical change requests -
    Conducting quality floor walks and self-inspections, and supporting internal audits and regulatory inspections
    • Support continuous process improvement and their implementation
    • Close collaboration with Production, QC, SCM, and Regulatory Affairs
    • Systematic tracking of CAPAs and change control documents through KPI
    • Lead complex projects and quality initiatives
    • Participation in internal audits, preparation of documents for regulatory or customer audits
    • Preparation of PQR for different products within the company
  • Merz Aesthetics
    Global Quality ComplianceManager
    September 2023 - December 2023 (3 months)
    • Follow up on CAPAs and NCMRs and change control cases
    • Follow up and support the implementation of MDR compliance within the QMS
    • Verification of processes for distributors and importers of Medical Device Regulation (MDR) products being supplied to the EU and US market
    • Processing of deviations as well as CAPAs, Changes, Process Improvements
    • Quality Incident Trend reports
    • Implementation of GMP training and further development of employees' GMP knowledge
    • Audit/Inspection SME incl audit preparation and different inspections, including mock audit MDR for
    associates and auditor perspective to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
    • SME for all GMP and compliance related topics incl compliance expertise to the business, conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify and address regulatory and compliance-related issues
    • Review and update of the different Quality agreements between Anteis and Merz Aesthetics with collaboration of the different functions of different Merz affiliates
    • Promote the safety and quality of medical devices under development
    • Lead complex projects and quality initiatives and ensure inspection site readiness
    • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and lean leadership
    • Support of MDSAP project through the recruitment of consultants and establishment of an action plan with a predefined timeline to support the business
    • Deputy for Global QA compliance director and others QA colleagues within the team
  • Novartis Basel
    Quality Assurance Manager
    September 2017 - September 2023 (6 years)
    • Manage portfolio of assigned projects, support discipline and/or provide a service with a team of associates. Provide functional expertise in area of responsibility for medical devices and combination products
    • Set up Quality Systems and related SOPs for the GDD TRD development and support to CMC team
    • Driving optimization and standardization of different quality related processes with alignment with stakeholders
    • Review and approve deliverables (e.g. procedures, records, third party work, contractors, clinical trial material, components) and related tools (e.g. IT, document systems, training tools, facility validation) to ensure GMP compliance
    • Works in close cooperation with the manufacturing for IMP release batches. Accountable for monitoring, analysis and reporting of GMP related KPIs as part of management reporting.
    • Manage quality problems and technical matters to ensure their compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations
    • QA support and Management for combination products projects and early phases projects (phase 2 and phase 3 clinical for drop-trainer or BFS products)
    • Release of medical devices/combination products for clinical studies and commercial use.
    • Support Medical Device Risk Management, through proactive risk management tools and approaches, to minimize impact on global supplies and patients
    • Support of vendor selection and qualification for development project activities.
    • Third parties' services providers approval process, documentation management and monitoring: via QAA creation and maintenance of change control related
    • Implementation of GMP training and further development of employees' GMP knowledge for Data Integrity and Root cause analysis, CAPA and Deviations
    • Periodically report KPIs for QA Suppliers activity and participate to Participate to self-inspection
    See CV for the rest ..

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Education

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    Personal Growth
  • A1 TELC test completed
    A1 TELC test completed

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