Materials Associate I

Role Summary

The Materials Associate I is responsible for shipping and receiving activities that include storage and transport of materials from suppliers, vendors and third-party warehouse to production areas.

Responsibilities

• Performs Manufacturing Support activities in accordance with established SOPs, cGMPs, and safety regulations.
• Receives and distributes all Quality Controlled inspected and non-Quality Control inventoried material and general goods received at the Vericel site.
• Loads and unloads delivery vehicles and assembles stock onto pallets, warehouse trucks, racks, bins, shelves, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Opens cartons, bundles, and other containers and able to convey stock onto pallets, warehouse trucks, racks, bins, shelves refrigerators and freezers.
• Stores, transfers, and distributes material in accordance with specific material requirements.
• Maintains LN2 and CO2 systems including weekly manual fills of Liquid Nitrogen Cryovials Storage Dewars.
• Assists with data entry of In-Transit requests for material from Third Party off-site storage location.
• Maintains inventory control in ERP system by performing system transactions at time of material receipt, storage, and distribution.
• Performs routine inventory cycle counts.
• Participates in scheduled annual physical inventory activities.
• Assists with Surgeon Training Kits order requests including preparation and sanitization of reusable material.
• Prepares Vericel Biopsy Kit assemblies.
• Performs Biopsy Accessioning activities (Receipt and Inspection) processes.
• Assists with preparation of inventory sales order fulfillment and end of day closing activities.
• Works with Materials Management and Accounting as needed to investigate and resolve receiving issues and coordination of material returns.
• Maintenance of material staging areas.
• Interacts with various groups on material requests and shipping and receiving activates.
• Performs additional activities as required to support manufacturing operation demands.

Qualifications

• GED, High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 1 years of experience working in a cGMP environment in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to comply with regulatory compliance within Vericel.
• Experience in high volume and fast-paced materials and manufacturing support environment.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience operating motorized and non-motorized material handling equipment.
• Organizational planning skills and the ability to collaborate with others in a team environment.
• Experience with MS Office.
• Knowledge of ERP inventory system.

Additional Requirements

• May be required to work in classified and controlled areas such as clean room environment wearing special garments. Additionally, personal protective equipment must be worn due to safety requirements.
• May be required to stand for long periods of time while performing physical duties.
• May be required to lift, push or pull up to 40 lbs.
• Must operate motorized and non-motorized material handling equipment.
• Must be willing to work weekends, holidays and work overtime as required to meet production demands.