Intern - Bachelor - Quality Assurance (QA) Intern – Animal Health

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Job Description

We are looking for a motivated fourth-year Bachelor's student in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related healthcare field!

Are you looking for an internship where you can gain practical experience within Quality Assurance in the pharmaceutical industry? Do you want to discover how quality management is applied at an international market leader? We offer an internship position within our local Belgian, Dutch, and Luxembourg (Benelux) Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and Quality Affairs department, where you will be given freedom and space for your own initiative.

Intern - Bachelor - Quality Assurance (QA) Intern - Animal Health

As an intern, you will support the QA team in managing and optimizing quality processes for veterinary medicines destined for Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The project is focused on mapping and qualifying suppliers of veterinary medicines. In doing so, necessary Technical Quality Agreements and process improvements will also be examined. You will gain insight into GDP compliance and the quality management system.

• Drafting and maintaining an overview of inbound and outbound suppliers in the Netherlands and Belgium.

• Performing supplier qualifications and re-qualifications in accordance with GDP guidelines.

• Reviewing, updating, and, where necessary, drafting Technical Quality Agreements (TQAs).

• Supporting the optimization of quality processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Participating in quality-related projects and improvement initiatives within the department.

The described tasks constitute the basic package and will often be carried out independently after proper training and a learning period. These tasks may be supplemented with other projects and/or tasks on your own initiative or at the request of the organization.

• Fourth-year Bachelor's student in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related healthcare field

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Proactive attitude and curiosity

• Strong analytical skills

• Accuracy and attention to detail

• Interest in quality management and compliance.

• Ability to work independently within clear guidelines.

• Critical and problem-solving mindset.

• Good communication skills in Dutch and English, both written and oral

• Available for a period of 6 months for 4-5 days per week

• How GDP guidelines are applied in practice.

• How suppliers are qualified within the pharmaceutical sector.

• How quality agreements are established in Technical Quality Agreements.

• How deviations, notifications, and quality risks are managed.

• How a Quality Management System (QMS) functions within an international organization.

• How the relationship between quality, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance works.

Interning at our company means working together with your team for health in an international working environment. As an intern, you will get the chance to work closely with experts and learn from them. Additionally, we offer:

• The chance to gain experience in the pharmaceutical industry

• The opportunity to build a professional network within an international organization.

• A challenging and dynamic working environment with plenty of room for personal development and initiative

• Good guidance from experienced specialists

• A gross monthly internship allowance of €500 based on a 40-hour work week

Agreement Management, Agreement Management, Analytical Problem Solving, Clinical Research, Compliance Activities, Conceptual Thinking, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Database Management, Data Entry, Data Visualization, Document Management, Financial Acumen, Health Economics, Liaison Work, Microsoft Word, Office Applications, Operational Quality, Proactive Thinking, Process Improvements, Project Facilitation, Project Management, Quality Assurance Processes, Quality Control Management, Quality Control Systems {+ 6 more}

Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

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10/31/2026