Contract Manufacturing Organisation Manager

We are looking for a Senior Corporate Quality Manager for Rose Lifescience Inc. based at our Montreal/Huntingdon location. This role functions as the Quality Management representative within Corporate Rose Lifescience Inc. managing Co-Manufacturing, supporting Rose Manufacturing Facilities, QA Lead for Businesses Integration, and maintaining compliance to Health Canada GPP, GMP Regulations for Rose Lifescience Inc.

You will be leading and developing the Co-Manufacturing (CMO) Quality Team and their manufacturing/packing sites, and Rose Manufacturing Facilities to:

• Ensure Compliance with Rose Quality Management System requirements, with priority on Health Canada compliance to GPP, and Cannabis Regulations when applicable; develop CMO procedures, policies, audit plans, eQMS.
• Get involved in the investigation and resolution of quality incidents.
• Support the Consumer Complaint Investigation and Reduction Strategy.
• Lead new Business Integration to ensure End-To-End Implementation of the Quality Requirements.

• Manage the Quality Management Program for Rose Lifescience Inc. Canada to ensure compliance to Local Regulations and Rose Targets. This includes:

  1. 1.Onboarding CMO’s, negotiating Quality Agreements and compliance audit against GPP.
  2. 2.Managing Hold and Release system for CMO’s to deliver on time product to the market.

• Support Supply Chain Quality Management for defining and managing QA requirements and programs for Alternate supply chain (i.e., Loop, DTC, e-commerce, etc.), Rapid Innovations, Pilots, and Stores.

• Lead Quality for Provincial stores (SQDC, OCS) and other boutiques.
• Support the Innovation & Renovation (I&R)/Quality Management Team as needed.
• Maintain compliance requirement for all CMO’s Licenses with the collaboration of the Corporate Quality Management Team.
• Manage Investigation and Response of Consumer Complaints addressed by the Health Canada.
• Support initiatives for the Digital Transformation in Quality Management to optimize processes and tasks.
• Back up of Rose Lifescience Inc Head of Quality. This includes acting as Back Up of Crisis Coordinator for Quality Incidents/Crisis (including Recalls and Withdrawals)

• Assure Food Safety and Compliance:

  • Ensure adherence to all Company Quality Principles, policies as well as local laws and regulations.
  • Ensure compliance to food safety and regulatory requirements.
  • Provide technical support in the management of compliance auditing and gap closure, including follow up and verification.
  • Collaborate with other function and businesses to setup, manage, enforce and maintain the Quality Management System

• Strive for Zero Defect & No Waste:

  • Ensure the analysis of the quality failures and proactively sponsors the defect elimination initiatives in Co-Manufacturing or Roselifescience site.
  • Promote, constantly challenge the status quo and benchmark the different quality cost elements to further contribute to business competitiveness in Co-Manufacturing and Roselifescience site.
  • Liaise with other operation functions (Supply Chain, and Businesses) to drive continuous improvement in order to reduce or eliminate losses.
  • Promote sharing of best practices.

• Ensure Consistency:

  • Supports the Idea to Launch process including idea introduction from BD, to NPI launch process.
  • Supports new businesses integration.
  • Collaborates with Operations to drive improvement in the manufacturing of products that consistently delivers consumer preference.
  • Support and/or lead creation of Digital Tools to optimize current tasks and processes in Quality Management

• Ensure development of competencies:

  • Ensure development of people through career management (experience), coaching and training.
  • Convey corporate culture and management principles at all levels.
  • Invest time coaching his/her teams, as well as Factory QA Team.
  • Foster a healthy employee relations climate.

• Demonstrated capability to lead a group of experienced professionals.
• Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams and different initiatives.
• Management exposure across several functions.
• Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams.

• University graduate or equivalent (preferred microbiology, chemistry or food science-related studies.
• 7-10 years’ experience in Pharma, Cannabis or food manufacturing, auditing, expert in Quality and food safety management and have technical expertise to lead local projects in Quality area.
• Health Canada Security Clearance or A/QAP status is an asset.
• Cannabis Act and Regulations, Canada's Food & Drug Regulations, Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising, SFCR, product hygiene manuals.
• Health Canada and CFIA Relationship
• Processed Products Regulations, Consumer Packaging & Labelling Act, Natural Health Products.
• Cannabis Act (Dry Cannabis, Extracts and Edibles), regulations, policies and guidelines are critical. Factory Quality experience required.
• Knowledge and experience with licences (Cannabis, NHP, Medical device) an asset.

• We cherish Québec’s culture and values.
• We believe cannabis can help Québecers and Canadians live better lives.
• We take pride in family, friends and living full, balanced lives.
• Group Insurance plan offered.
• Safety and security is critical to the success our business.
• We currently work from two locations in Québec: A 55,000 square-foot cutting-edge facility in Huntingdon and new offices in Montréal’s Villeray neighbourhood.
• Our executives have world-leading experience in government regulated industries.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please reach out (with relevant information and background materials) and let us know why ROSE is a perfect fit for you.