Healthcare Quality Assurance Specialist Global Freight Forwarding

UPS
UPS

Quality Assurance

Posted on Jul 27, 2026

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Job Description:

Job Summary

Location: Airborne Avenue 55-57, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

·HC QA Specialist (Transportation) has day to day oversite of the transportation quality systems supporting UPS Healthcare and the Ground Transportation Carrier Certification Program.

Key Responsibilities

General

  • Implements policies, procedures and specific work instructions with internal and external stakeholders

  • Manages communications with internal and external stakeholders

  • Interacts with industry and regulatory agencies and interprets standards / regulations impacting transportation and the quality systems

  • Supports internal and external audits as well as facilitating and responding to client / agency audits / supplier/carrier

  • Remains current with applicable regulations

  • Liaisons with internal and external subject matter experts in changing regulation or interpretation

  • Liaisons with clients and other industry experts regarding industry standards and expectations.

  • Provides guidance and support to Business Development (BD) and Customer Solutions regarding healthcare compliance with and interpretation of regulations, including support for RFA/RFI requirements

  • Supports operationally obtained certifications (e.g. CEIV, ISO etc.) as they impact the quality systems and or UPS Healthcare Compliance matters

  • Conducts assessments of current UPS transportation capabilities to determine the ability to meet client requirements and proposed solutions

  • Conducts risk assessment procedures and processes to minimize risk

  • Conducts consultations with Management to determine compliance implications of pending business opportunities

  • Ensures document control systems are current and comprehensive

  • Evaluates and manages procedures across locations to ensure consistency in content and implementation.

  • Assesses supplier/carrier questionnaire data for capability

  • Conducts supplier/carrier audits and produces audit reports

  • Develops audit improvement plans (AIP) for supplier/carriers

  • Supports UPS supplier/carrier relationship holder, as required, to close any AIPs

  • Supports all track and trending of external audit finding results

  • Performs annual competency evaluations of supplier/carriers

  • Supports the supplier/carrier approval / qualification / certification program

  • Supports the supplier/carrier quality and technical agreement process

  • Produces reports as required

  • Supports carrier relations and supplier/carrier relationship holders with nonconformance and incident reporting systems related to transportation activities and the affected supplier/carrier, reviews and may approve any investigation / root cause analysis findings

  • Supports the tracking and trending of nonconformance and incidents

  • Ensures required quality system revisions resulting are implemented

  • Internal and External Stakeholder Collaboration

Key Interactions

Internal

  • Healthcare Compliance

  • Leadership / Operations (Global Freight Forwarding, Small Package, Express Critical, WWEF, NAAF, Temperature True Packaging)

  • Solutions / Implementations

  • Legal

  • Program Management / BD/ Account Management

  • Strategy/Marketing/Product

  • OE/IE/PE

  • Carrier Relations

  • Security

  • Brokerage

External

  • Client (QA, Ops, Procurement)

  • Regulatory / Industry Agencies (e.g. FDA, IATA, Customs, etc.)

  • Supplier/carriers / Subcontractors

  • Third party auditors

Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelor of Science or Arts degree or international equivalent preferred

  • Experience in healthcare compliance / regulatory affairs

  • Experience with GMP and/or GDP guidelines

  • Knowledge of ISO 13485 and 9001 standards

  • Experience with Transportation / Supply Chain industry

  • Proficiency in English required (written and verbal)

  • Proficiency in second language preferred

  • Strong technical quality and regulatory affairs (QA/RA) knowledge


Employee Type:

Permanent


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