Material Handler

How you will thrive and create an impact

Avantor’s Advanced Laboratory Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support.

In this role you will:

• Support the daily receiving, storage, and material issuance activities at customer facilities, following a varied set of procedures.
• Manage and process critical materials (storage, handling, inventory control and distribution) used in laboratory and production environments, including consumables, chemicals, solvents and reagents.
• Perform and document daily warehouse operations in a cGMP environment, maintaining high level of attention to detail, good documentation practices, and ability to follow procedures as written.
• Gown into classified clean-room environments to perform inventory and replenishment activities.
• Investigate discrepancies, resolve inventory variances, address supplier-related issues and adjust storage protocols as needed.
• Interact daily with manufacturing staff, Planning, Procurement, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and other Materials Management staff to ensure material needs are met.
• Maintain stock of vendor managed inventory in designated areas to include stock procurement, kanban management, and stock rotation.
• Disinfect material prior to transfer into classified areas.
• Support the receipt, labeling, storage, and issuance of raw materials and components per cGMP guidance and applicable procedures.
• Perform cycle counts and participate in inventory reconciliation efforts.
• Support the picking of materials per manual requests or ERP generated move orders and stage kits for Manufacturing activities.
• Provide support for handling of raw materials, cleaning reagents, gowning supplies and consumables, including sanitization of all items being transferred into the cleanrooms.
• Ensure that all required materials and PPE are available for GMP cleaners before end of shift.
• Ensure all warehouse and cleanroom storage areas are inspection and audit ready.
• Execute real time transactions in the ERP system (Oracle) and related warehouse management system.
• Ensure accurate inventory is maintained and inventory discrepancies are communicated.
• Participate in customer operational meetings, presenting inventory performance data and improvement initiatives.
• Respond to customer inquiries about material availability, lead times and sourcing alternatives.
• Ensure compliance and execution against all SOPs related to GMP warehouse operations.
• Ensure materials are shipped in correct temperature conditions and are handled appropriately.
• Safely operate all motorized equipment including forklift trucks, electric pallet jacks, lifts, and company vehicles.
• Remain current on DOT and Hazmat regulation.
• Operate in 2 to 8C and -20C cold rooms with appropriate PPE.
• Support the transfer of LN2 dewars and operation of controlled rate freezers (CRF) in support of drug product storage.
• Perform cold chain pack-outs for drug product shipments.
• Identify process inefficiencies in inventory control, storage management and distribution workflows.
• Propose and implement improvements using Lean principles and root cause analysis techniques.
• Escalate service delivery concerns or customer relationship issues to the Lead or Supervisor promptly.