Pre-Distribution Supervisor

Catalent • Philadelphia, PA

117d

About The Position

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually. This 206,878 square-foot facility, located in the Philadelphia area is Catalent's global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging. Catalent offers GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services throughout our global network. Packaging can be configured to hold a single product, or multiple products as determined by study requirements. We offer manual patient kit assembly along with semi-automated and automated wallet sealing and high-speed automated carding to meet the needs of studies of all sizes. For temperature sensitive products and those with minimal to zero allowable time out of environment, we can perform secondary packaging in refrigerated and frozen packaging rooms or over dry ice depending upon your project needs. Using our Clinicopia global labeling system with its multi-lingual label phrase library we can design single panel, booklet labels or our unique Peel-ID™ safe storage labels for your studies. Single panel and Peel-ID™ safe storage labels can be conveniently reviewed and approved online via our Fusion portal before being printed and inspected at our facilities.

Requirements

• HS Diploma or GED with 3+ years of experience required.
• Bachelors degree with 1+ years of experience highly preferred.
• Possess above average verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Possess above average math skills.
• Must be able to work occasional overtime.
• Distribution experience preferred.
• Computer literate with experience using spreadsheets and word processing programs.
• Knowledge and experience in cGMP and FDA regulations are desirable as well as experience in the knowledge of material flow in an ERP environment.
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to handle multiple projects.
• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent may be considered in place of external experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise distribution coordinators (performance reviews, disciplinary actions, payroll, employee development, etc.)
• Ensure all clinical and commercial requests are scheduled and processed in accordance with turn-around time (TAT) commitments, escalating when necessary.
• Analyze the workload of distribution coordinators and allocate appropriately based on real time department priorities.
• Liaison between the PHL pre-distribution team and the centralized global operations team.
• Create order scheduling timeframes based on TAT adherence, staffing capacities, inclement weather/natural disasters, holidays, and shipment forecast.
• Review workflow for possible operation improvements.
• Work with customers to define and implement study specific distribution needs.
• Support the Clinical Project Management Group in maintaining the finished goods inventory.
• Develop, implement, revise, and train on standard operating procedures (SOP's).
• Collaborate cross functionally to rectify distribution problems to maintain dispatch schedule adherence.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
• Diverse, inclusive culture.
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays.
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I Community engagement and green initiatives.
• Generous 401K match.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED