Warehouse Specialist

AstraZeneca•Los Angeles, CA

24d•$65,154 - $97,730•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Specialist responsible for receiving, incoming inspection, release, storing, and distributing materials within the warehouse, and to transport goods and materials efficiently and on time at multiple facilities in the Los Angeles Area (Santa Monica, CA and Tarzana, CA). This role plays a key part in maintaining accurate inventory, supporting shipping/receiving functions, timely deliveries and ensuring a clean and safe work environment. This position report to the Warehouse Associate Director.

Requirements

Experience using inventory management, asset management and environmental monitoring systems such as ERP (Netsuite), CMMS (Blue Mountain) and EMS (Vaisala).
Experience in biotech/pharma industry, specifically cell therapy.
Must be diligent with exceptional organization skills.
Develops solutions to a variety of complex problems.
Work independently and plan schedules and activities to accomplish objectives.
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly fluid company environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
Minimum of 2+ years Supply Chain/ Materials Management experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, cell therapy preferred.
Direct experience and knowledge in warehouses, and/or materials planning/procurement.
Experience working in a GMP manufacturing facility.
Must be on-site.
Minimum HS Diploma required

Responsibilities

Load, unload, and move materials using hand truck, forklifts, pallet jacks, or other equipment.
Receive all incoming shipments and act as a primary point of contact for deliveries to the warehouse.
Process incoming material receipt and collect certificates for material release, as required.
Accurately enter data into inventory systems (manual or electronic).
Ensure materials are handled and stored safely in compliance with safety regulations.
Reports any damaged or missing inventory to management.
Maintain cleanliness and organization of warehouse aisles, shelves, and work areas.
Dispense raw materials to support GMP manufacturing and development operations, including monitoring Kanban area to ensure optimal replenishment of materials.
Perform inventory cycle counts and inventory management transactions to ensure accuracy in ERP system.
Organize and maintain GMP warehouse and in-use material storage units/areas.
Manage assets through CMMS and EMS.
Work closely with lab manager(s) to ensure supply and availability of materials for development labs.
Support drug product and/or sample shipment pack-out.
Follow company policies, procedures, and health and safety regulations.
Safely operate company-assigned vehicle (box truck) to deliver goods between Tarzana, CA and Santa Monica, CA.
Performs pre-trip, en-route, and post trip inspections of vehicle, report any mechanical issues and maintains cleanliness of vehicle.
Adhere to company policies regarding transportation, safety, and confidentiality of cargo.
Support processes for inventory management, master data management, kanban, materials flows, and other related capabilities.
Support new material qualification efforts, tech transfer projects, and process improvements.
Partner with key collaborators to ensure materials meet the needs of the business and incorporate continuous improvement.
Identify excess, obsolete and end of shelf-life inventories.
Support generation and data collection for metrics and reports.
Handle and bring up material supply risks to internal collaborators. Collaborate cross‑functionally to develop and implement mitigation plans.
Promote a culture of collaboration, cooperation, cross-functional inclusion, execution excellence, effective communication and cross-functional problem-solving to become a high‑performing team.
Other responsibilities as needed.