Pharmaceutical Specialist (Facility Management)

Working at our organization means working together for health in an international work environment with dedicated colleagues. You will be given all the space to develop yourself and show who you are. Furthermore, you can count on attractive employment conditions:

• A market-competitive salary, depending on your knowledge and experience.
• A year-end bonus of 3% and an annual bonus based on individual and company results.
• Minimum 35.5 vacation days.
• Travel allowance and a solid pension scheme.
• A high-quality company restaurant with fresh and healthy daily options.
• Gym and sports field on campus.
• Support for mental well-being via Lyra Health, for you and your family members.
• Access to a special prayer and meditation room.
• Ample opportunities for career growth.

Do you doubt whether you meet all the job requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway. We value motivation, ability to learn, and collaboration, and we would like to look together at what you bring to the table.

Job Description

For the Facilities Management department in Haarlem, we are looking for a:

Pharmaceutical Specialist

As a Pharmaceutical Specialist, you are the driving force behind quality improvements within our organization. With your expertise, you play an essential role in tackling pharmaceutical challenges and ensuring compliance.

As a Pharmaceutical Specialist within Facility Management, you are co-responsible for the quality of the utilities and soft services that support the medicinal product packaging process.
When an error is discovered in the delivered utility or soft service, it comes to you. You are the first to assess the severity of the error and report this to the quality department. In the event of a deviation, you provide advice to the CoE lead and FM staff on whether the utility or soft service may be used in the packaging process. You consult with the quality department regarding the potential impact of the deviations on the medicinal product. Additionally, you verify whether the delivered processes comply with all laws and regulations (including Good Manufacturing Practice). When an inspection (audit) occurs from internal, Global, or government sources, you ensure that it proceeds smoothly.

Facilities Management at the Haarlem location is an integrated service department in which a large number of services are grouped. We are responsible for the maintenance of the buildings, grounds, and utilities such as HVAC, compressed air, vacuum systems, drinking water / purified water, sewage, and electrical systems. Additionally, the department is responsible for soft services such as catering, cleaning, security, waste management, and pest control. We work closely with our external service provider, and together we work on the continuous development of services and operational reliability.

• Skilled in writing reports and improvement plans.
• Good oral and written communication skills (strategic, tactical, operational).
• Customer- and service-oriented.
• Strongly developed advisory skills.
• Possesses organizational skills.
• Strong analytical insight.
• "Go see" attitude.

• Assessing the impact of external guidelines, initiating and developing policies and procedures, approving incidental deviations from approved procedures, and acting as a Subject Matter Expert during GMP inspections and customer audits.
• Responsible for change control, data integrity, and co-responsible for deviation management.
• Participating in various complex or high-impact projects on behalf of FM.
• Initiating, formulating, and executing proposals/business cases for quality improvements.
• Ensuring compliance of operational internal CoE Quality activities with regulations and established lead times.
• Safeguarding quality within the change control process.
• Leading and reporting on investigations into complex quality deviations, including substantive and multidisciplinary factors, in addition to managing the Deviation Platform.
• Collaborating with the Pharmaceutical Specialists of the packaging departments and the CoE TechOps.
• Contributing to increasing quality awareness within the Haarlem site, promoting the quality system, and acting as a representative for FM within various systems.
• Directing and/or contributing to the resolution of non-standard, complex, or high-impact product quality problems, based on pharmaceutical expertise and trend analysis.
• Ensuring the visibility and follow-up of FM compliance activities.
• Performing and documenting data analyses and annual reviews of GMP-related systems and processes.

Adaptability, cGMP Regulations, Deviation Management, Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP), Manufacturing Quality Control, Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Product Disposition, Quality Auditing, Quality Standards, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management

Regular

Not Applicable

11/7/2026