Location
North West London, NW2 7HF

Hours
Core working hours are 9:30am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week, worked over five days, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working: 3 days in office, 2 days working from home.

Salary
Competitive

About the Role
Are you detail-oriented, committed to maintaining high standards, and passionate about delivering quality? We are seeking a proactive and organised Quality Control Officer to join our team at Vitabiotics. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring our products, processes, and services consistently meet regulatory requirements, company standards, and customer expectations. Working collaboratively across departments, you will help drive continuous improvement, identify opportunities to enhance quality, and contribute to maintaining a culture of excellence throughout the organisation.

Responsibilities include:
- Reviewing analytical, microbiological, and physical test results for raw materials, bulk products, and finished goods.
- Evaluating test data against approved specifications and acceptance criteria.
- Reviewing and verifying data generated by contract testing laboratories.
- Participating in investigations related to out-of-specification (OOS), out-of-trend (OOT), atypical results, and deviations.
- Reviewing bulk product samples and associated test results prior to packaging or further processing.
- Assessing manufacturing and laboratory documentation to support bulk product approval.
- Escalating quality issues and recommending corrective actions.
- Managing stability programme data, assessing results against shelf-life specifications, and supporting shelf-life assignment and expiry date verification.
- Preparing stability summaries and trend reports.
- Generating, reviewing, and issuing Certificates of Analysis (CoA) for raw materials, bulk products, and finished goods.
- Reviewing supplier Certificates of Analysis, technical documentation, and incoming inspection records to approve raw materials.
- Ensuring compliance with GMP, HACCP, food supplement regulations, and internal quality procedures.
- Supporting audits, deviation investigations, CAPA activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Contributing to quality metrics reporting and promoting a culture of quality and compliance throughout the business.

Experience
- Experience working within a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food supplement, or regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience reviewing analytical data and quality documentation.
- Understanding of GMP and quality management systems.

About you
Detail-oriented, proactive, and organised individual with a commitment to maintaining high quality standards and continuous improvement. Ability to work collaboratively across departments and support a culture of excellence.

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Microbiology, Food Science, Biology, or a related discipline.
- Desirable: Knowledge of HACCP and food supplement regulations.
- Desirable: Experience generating Certificates of Analysis and batch release documentation.