Manager, Warehouse and Logistics

Alcami Corporation•Morrisville, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for leading all warehouse operations supporting GMP-regulated pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, testing, and shipping activities. This role ensures compliant receipt, storage, inventory management, and movement of materials while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, inventory accuracy, and regulatory compliance. The Warehouse Manager partners closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Project Management teams to support a fast-paced, client-focused CDMO environment and drive operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Life Sciences, or related field.
6+ years of progressive warehouse, logistics, or supply chain experience within pharmaceutical, CDMO, medical device, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
Minimum 2+ years of people leadership experience managing warehouse or supply chain teams.
Experience supporting GMP-regulated operations and maintaining compliance with FDA regulations and applicable industry standards.
Experience managing ERP system, such as SAP.
Experience supporting client audits, regulatory inspections, and quality management systems preferred.
Strong technical skills for area managing.
Good business acumen.
Strong understanding of company SOPs, and regulatory guidance documents.
Strong knowledge of safety procedures and quality compliance for assigned area.
Strong attention to detail, as well as time and resource management.
Good presentation skills.
Strong personnel and professional integrity and trustworthiness with strong work ethics and the ability to work independently with some direction.
Promote a safe environment for work.
Comply with the general policy of the company.
Ability to develop and manage a high-performance team focused on quality, accountability and meeting and exceeding expectations.
Communicate well orally both for internal customers and team members as well as external customers.
Ability to write reports and business correspondences.
Ability to listen and respond well to external customers, partners and colleagues at all levels.
Highly goal and result oriented.
Prioritizes tasks according to business objectives and can pursue several objectives simultaneously.
Can work independently with a high degree of self-motivation.
Knows how to obtain support from different collaborations.
Tackles problems with enthusiasm and curiosity.
Very effective listening skills with the ability to hear attentively and process information correctly.
Strong understanding of cGMP requirements and FDA regulations applicable to warehouse and materials management operations.
Experience managing inventory in a fast-paced pharmaceutical, biotech, or CDMO environment with multiple concurrent client programs.
Knowledge of material status control, quarantine processes, lot traceability, and inventory reconciliation.
Experience with cycle counting, inventory controls, and warehouse performance metrics.
Understanding of hazardous materials handling, cold-chain logistics, and temperature-controlled storage requirements.
Ability to balance competing priorities in a dynamic, client-driven environment while maintaining compliance and accuracy of inventory.
Experience implementing continuous improvement initiatives within warehouse operations.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills supporting Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Project Management organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting client audits, regulatory inspections, and quality management systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead warehouse operations supporting GMP-regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing, testing, and distribution activities.
Ensure compliant receipt, storage, inventory control, and issuance of raw materials, API, excipients, consumables, and finished goods in accordance with cGMP requirements.
Oversee material movements and inventory transactions within ERP/SAP systems, ensuring inventory accuracy and traceability.
Manage controlled temperature storage environments including ambient, refrigerated, frozen, and quarantine inventory as applicable.
Partner with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Project Management teams to ensure uninterrupted material availability and production support.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory accuracy, warehouse efficiency, material flow, and client service delivery.
Support internal audits, client audits, FDA inspections, and regulatory inquiries related to warehouse operations.
Ensure compliance with GMP documentation practices, deviation investigations, CAPAs, change controls, and inventory reconciliation activities.
Monitor warehouse KPIs including inventory accuracy, order fulfillment, cycle count performance, dock-to-stock metrics, and on-time material availability.
Creates and manages department schedule based on business needs.
Oversees workflow and productivity of staff.
Attracts, develops, and retains a high performing team to meet the current and evolving needs of the business through effective selection, training and development, coaching and mentoring and performance management.
Other duties as assigned.