Senior Manager, Materials Management
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for all aspects of warehouse and materials management functions for the GMP/non-GMP materials within the Boston and Cambridge warehouses (internal and external).
- Coach and lead a team of material handlers.
- Design organizational structure as needed.
- Act as Business Process Owner for materials management, collaborating with other Material Management leads within the network, aligning on processes and system needs across small molecule and cell and gene.
- Own the material flow strategy for VCGT.
- Maintain accurate inventory and material controls.
- Lead continuous improvement and innovation opportunities within the GMP Warehouse and third-party warehouse, providing input into broader materials management improvement opportunities.
- Communicate inventory discrepancies to warehouse operations team and escalate when appropriate.
- Ensures timely receiving, stocking, picking, issuing, and shipping of materials.
- Ensures setup and compliance with ERP and quality systems/processes.
- Develop and oversee execution against all SOPs related to receipt, inspection, storage, and delivery of GMP materials to manufacturing organization.
- Maintain GMP warehouse space, assuming full responsibility for equipment ordering, installation, and maintenance
- Collaborate with key partners (MFG, PD, AD/QC, QA, Lab Management etc.) to establish operational SOPs, processes for all materials management scale up / out needs.
- College Degree (bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field) or requires 5 years of experience working within a cGMP supply chain environment and/or with GCP regulations.
- Experienced Team leader.
- Previous experience in Logistics, Distribution, Warehousing, and Supply Chain
- In depth knowledge of warehouse operations in a GMP as well as a non-GMP setting
- Strong understanding of domestic and international shipping of cold chain products in the Biotech/Lifesciences industry and associated documentation needs
- Knowledge of warehouse and distribution business processes
- Strong working knowledge of common ERP systems
- Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including lifting moderately heavy boxes, prolonged standing, pushing gas tanks, etc.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.