Commercial Quality Expert HP / AH

WHO ARE WE?

ROPU MIDI is a Regional Operating Unit that covers all local Human Pharma and Animal Health Operating Units across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, and The Netherlands. MIDI has a multicultural and diverse work environment. More than 1.800 employees are striving to work together to improve lives for patients and animals in our region.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As Commercial Quality Expert, you will support the Commercial Quality function for Boehringer Ingelheim Netherlands (Human Pharma) and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Netherlands BV (Animal Health). In this role, you are accountable for ensuring that all quality, compliance, and licensing requirements are met, while safeguarding the consistent supply of high‑quality medicinal products to patients and customers in the Netherlands.

Moreover, you will ensure that all Good Distribution Practices (GDP)‑related activities at the Dutch Business Operations Unit are performed in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate and Regional requirements. 

Acting as supporting Responsible Person (RP) for the Human Pharma and Animal health wholesale licenses, you play a critical role in maintaining regulatory trust, product quality, and business continuity.

This position is based in Amsterdam and reports directly to the Commerial Quality Lead.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced quality professional who wants to make a meaningful impact, safeguard patient trust, and grow within a culture that values integrity, collaboration, and continuous development.

HOW YOU’LL FIT IN:

• Ensure compliance with GDP, local regulations, and Corporate Quality requirements through an effective local Quality Management System.
• Safeguard product quality and availability by overseeing batch acceptance and release (where applicable), managing deviations, complaints, recalls, and final product disposition.
• Manage quality oversight of suppliers, manufacturing sites, and customers, ensuring qualification, licensing compliance, and effective resolution of quality and supply issues.
• Drive inspection readiness and continuous improvement by leading self‑inspections, audits, regulatory interactions, and CAPA follow‑up. 

YOU BRING:

• Masters degree in a field related to Pharmaceutics.
• Solid experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in QA/QC areas.
• Strong knowledge of Good Distribution Practices regulations/previous experience as RP in the dutch market.
• Demonstrates a commitment to quality in all work. Sets high goals for standards, performance for self and others. Plans, does, checks, acts.
• Develops and maintains constructive relationships internally and externally.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills and is able to appropriately balance compliance and business needs to ensure problems are identified, clearly articulated and resolved with the right sensitivity to timing, risk consideration and overall business impact.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Dutch.

WHAT WILL YOU GET IN RETURN?

Next to working in a Global Top Employer certified company that offers you the opportunity to develop and challenge yourself while learning from a fast-paced environment: 

• Be part of a wellbeing-oriented organization (Premium access to Headspace, OpenUP and ongoing support and initiatives related to ways of working to help our employees to stay healthy and constantly improve the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being) 

• Customized Development plan based on your role and aspirations, with several learning platforms such as LinkedIn Learning Premium (languages + training programs) and our Virtual Campus Lifelong learning at our Virtual Campus | Boehringer Ingelheim (boehringer-ingelheim.com) 

• A competitive salary range based on seniority and skills (plus annual bonus, 8% holiday pay and a co