Audit Manager

Your role

In this context, we are looking for an Audit Manager for our site in Zofingen, or at a Siegfried AG site in Europe. In this role, you will represent Siegfried's quality management system at the Zofingen site to customers and authorities. In this multifaceted role, you will gain an exciting overview of the technical and economic interrelationships in a pharmaceutical company. Your tasks

• Planning and conducting audits of contract manufacturers, contract laboratories and other service providers, including raw material suppliers and other suppliers
• Qualification of suppliers, evaluation of audit results, follow-up and rectification of identified deficiencies
• Responding to customer enquiries such as quality questionnaires, statements and declarations
• Collaboration in the establishment and further development of processes and management systems
• Conducting internal audits at the Zofingen site and close collaboration with the Corporate Audits department

Your profile

• Completed scientific studies (ideally with a doctorate)
• At least 3 years of professional experience as an auditor in a chemical, pharmaceutical or similar environment
• Comprehensive expertise in the field of quality, especially with regard to ISO and GMP
• Knowledge of cGMP, preferably in the production of active ingredients and/or finished medicinal products is important in this position
• Business fluent in German and English
• Flexible and familiar with working in a matrix organisation
• Willingness to travel occasionally

Our Benefits for Switzerland

• Flexible working hours make it possible to combine family, leisure and work
• You can park with us at a reduced rate
• Health insurance: Discounts of up to 10% on supplementary insurance with our partners for you and your partner/family
• Share purchase plan is generous and customisable with us
• Family allowance: all employees entitled to child and/or education allowances also receive a monthly family allowance
• Child allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% compared to the cantonal legal rate
• Individual further training opportunities by arrangement
• Reka money: Siegfried AG grants employees a 20% discount
• Pension fund: Our company pension fund is attractive and contributions can be customised
• Staff restaurant / cafeteria: Catering at preferential conditions
• Centrally located: Close to the railway station with excellent public transport connections
• Free credit card (Corner Card) for our employees
• German language courses for interested employees

Working at Siegfried

Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.

Who we are

In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model. The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production. We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.

What we do in Zofingen

Zofingen is the hub of the Siegfried Group. The production facility at our Zofingen headquarters supplies our customers around the globe with exemplary Swiss quality. The Siegfried company is a popular employer in the Zofingen region, where we meet our social responsibility by training apprentices.

Main activities

• Development and commercial manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and corresponding intermediates
• Fully compliant with cGMP and SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental) standards

Special features

• Manufacture of high potency active ingredients in development and production
• Micronization in development and production

Strategic importance

• Contract manufacturing of new active ingredients