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Warehouse Supervisor

Novartis
Full-time
On-site
Morris Plains, NJ
$77,000 - $143,000 USD yearly
Operations

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Role Summary

The Warehouse Supervisor oversees Warehouse Associates across multiple shifts. This is a working supervisor role responsible for making warehouse decisions and addressing or resolving issues based on experience, written procedures and analytical analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all activities related to receiving, issuing, production/lab support, shipping, inventory control and waste flow in support of the manufacturing site.
  • Oversee the Warehouse Associates with day-to-day tasks and goals to support manufacturing and labs.
  • Manages schedules (vacation/sick days/etc.).
  • Communicating/assigning tasks within their shift and relay issues or updates to the Warehouse Manager.
  • Maintains the warehouse in a constant audit ready state and participates in mock audits as well as health authority audits on site.
  • Trains and coachesβ€šΓ„Γ΄ staff and conducts annual performance reviews including goal setting, scheduling and monitoring progress of work and assignments/projects.
  • Maintains inventory accountability and investigates any variances. Coordinate and ensure annual cycle count process.
  • Manage scrapping of materials as well as seeking proper approval for destruction of materials.
  • Supports receiving and shipping activities, along with issuing, kitting, cycle counting and waste flow.
  • Ensures coordination between multiple warehouses shifts focusing on proper staffing and inventory movements.
  • Agility to shift focus in a dynamic environment.
  • Author/Revise/ Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Supports annual financial budget activities, while monitoring monthly expenditure and understanding key warehouse needs.
  • Supports strategy planning for the warehouse, implements continuous improvement ideas within shift.
  • Ensure efficient shift changes by effectively communicating with other Supervisors and Associates during transition.
  • Execute monthly compliance reports for finance.
  • Track and record metrics for warehouse receipts/transfers/capacity/etc.
  • Monitor and work with 3PL warehouse.
  • Other related job duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • B.S. degree in supply chain, business or other relevant field with 5 years GMP warehouse experience OR 9 years of GMP warehouse experience OR relevant B.S. Degree with 3 years Novartis Gene Therapies warehouse or GMP Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
  • 2 yearsβ€šΓ„Γ΄ supervisory experience required.
  • Pharmaceutical experience is preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to analyze issues and summarize outcomes to provide recommendations on compliant path forward; ideal applicant will be required to demonstrate high attention to detail, multi-tasking, and organization ability.
  • Proficiency in ERP systems, S4 is preferred.