- Oversees policies and processes of receiving, storage, and shipping.
- Establish vision, strategy, and metrics for the Warehouse and Distribution department.
- Oversees management of receiving activities within the warehouses to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of goods.
- Lead effort and provide directions on achieving high product availability and inventory accuracy.
- Supports development of safety and security policies and procedures for warehouse and distribution operations.
- Identifies and implements appropriate equipment and systems to support efficient warehouse operations. Including but not limited to racking, material handling equipment, labeling, warehouse management system (WMS).
- Monitors processes for opportunities to improve safety and efficiency.
- Participate in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Process to understand supply demand required to support associated commercial products.
- Collaborate with material planners in forecasting of and performing change control for consumables and reagent materials used in the lab.
- Develop and improve 3PL material storage and shipping, driving movement and cost productivity.
- Maintain relationships, and benchmark with sister sites to continually look for process improvement opportunities.
- Ensure requisition materials maintain designated inventory levels.
- Improve warehouse and materials cost productivity through cost savings and avoidance projects.
- Establish and maintain quality records, according to standard operating procedures (SOPs) or study protocols, as directed.
- Maintain inventory and associated records for raw materials, intermediates, disposables, consumables, reagents, and spare parts.
- Ensures compliance within the department according to IATA and DOT regulations.
- Handle products using material handling equipment as necessary.
- Develops staff through training and provides training to new employees in areas of expertise.
- Establishes and monitors KPIs and takes necessary actions when targets are not met.
- Effectively manage, support, and guide your team, including, but not limited to delegating tasks and responsibilities, assessing employee performance, and providing helpful feedback and training opportunities.
- Consistent demonstration of exceptional leadership qualities, including, but not limited to the ability to attract and retain the best team, foster a culture of high performance, lead with integrity, humility, accountability, and courage, and set a clear vision to energize teams towards the future.
- Strong documentation skills and attention-to-detail necessary in a GMP environment.
- Strong analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
- Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
- Ability to work designated schedule.
- Ability to work nights and/or weekends.
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