Quality Assurance Manager

Allerton Bishop is partnering with a growing pharmaceutical and healthcare distribution business, based in England on a remote basis, to appoint a Quality Manager with Responsible Person (RP) and Responsible Person Import (RPI) responsibilities. This is a pivotal hire, combining operational quality leadership with regulatory compliance and senior oversight of GDP and import release activities.

This role offers a hybrid working model, strong autonomy, and the opportunity to make a significant impact within a well-invested organisation committed to compliance and quality excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the named Responsible Person (RP) and Responsible Person for Import (RPI) on the company’s licences.
• Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS) in line with MHRA GDP and GMP importation standards.
• Provide oversight for batch certification and release of imported medicinal products.
• Lead regulatory audits, authority inspections, and customer quality audits.
• Own and manage deviations, CAPAs, change controls, complaint investigations, and quality risk assessments
• Ensure robust supplier qualification and GDP oversight of 3PLs, carriers, and manufacturing partners.
• As the Quality Manager, you will deliver ongoing GDP/GMP training across the business and champion a culture of quality and compliance.
• Manage, develop and mentor a small team of quality specialists.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Regulatory, Operations, and external partners to ensure compliant product flow.

Requirements

• Eligibility to act as a registered Responsible Person (RP) and Responsible Person Import (RPI) in the UK.
• Extensive knowledge of GDP and GMP regulations (EU/UK GDP Guidelines, MHRA expectations).
• Proven quality assurance experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, or medical distribution environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and documented evidence of quality system ownership.
• Hybrid working flexibility, commutable to the Midlands, England.

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