Alexandra Liss

Regional Quality Manager | Quality & Operational Excellence | Global & LATAM | Site Quality Head | People Leadership

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

About

Quality Leader with over 17 years of experience in Fragrances, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Chemicals and Pharma, working in regional and global roles within multinational organizations. My background combines hands-on operational quality leadership — across Quality Control, Quality Assurance, GMP, Quality Systems, Sensory and Operational Excellence — with solid experience supporting commercial and market-facing organizations, partnering closely with Commercial, Marketing and Regulatory teams. Throughout my career, I have worked at the intersection of operations and business, helping organizations connect manufacturing realities, regulatory requirements and customer expectations to enable sound, risk-based decisions and sustainable performance. I am used to operating in matrix environments, collaborating with Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, Regulatory and Commercial teams, and supporting senior stakeholders with practical, business-oriented quality insights. I am especially motivated by people leadership — building strong teams, developing talent and reinforcing a quality culture that supports both compliance and business growth.

Experience

  • IFF (Full-time · 7 yrs 3 mos)
    • Regional Customer Quality Manager, Américas (Scent Division)
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Regional ownership of customer-related quality across the Americas, acting as a quality partner to commercial leadership, key accounts, Regulatory affairs and manufacturing sites aligning global quality expectations, regional operations, regulatory requirements and business priorities.

    • Quality Control Manager, Fragrances Brazil
      Apr 2019 - Feb 2025 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      Led Quality Control laboratory and Sensory team, with full accountability for GMP compliance, release decisions, investigations and operational quality performance, partnering closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Commercial and Creative & Inovation areas.

  • Quality System Management -LOC Quality Pharma Brazil at GSK
    Jul 2016 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Coordinated Quality Assurance / Quality System activities for the Local Operating Company, supporting commercial, Distribution Center, marketing activities and regulatory compliance. Acted as quality partner for product launches, lifecycle management and Change Management, ensuring risks were understood and appropriately managed.

  • L'Oréal (Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil)
    • Quality Assurance Coordinator
      Jan 2014 - Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for Quality Assurance and QMS activities for manufacturing site, including 3rd party / contract manufacturing and supplier audits, ensuring compliance with Global Quality and GMP Policies, Brazilian regulatory requirements and extended supply chain quality expectations.

    • Quality Control Coordinator
      2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

      In charge of QC laboratories (microbiology, physico-chemical and packaging testing) and acted as quality partner to Manufacturing, R&D and Process Engineering during routine operations, investigations and industrialization activities.

  • BASF (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Sr. Chemistry
      2008 - 2010 · 2 yrs

    • Jr Chemistry
      2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs