For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
As a Materials Control Analyst for Charles River, your role involves efficiently managing materials to support testing and meet client demands. Responsible for updating the Supply Chain Database or any other Warehouse Management System, documenting raw material movements and contributing to the completion of raw material request and submission of purchase requisitions.
- Support Receiving, Shipping & Purchasing operations as needed.
- Analyze and manage current inventory needs and levels, replenishment schedules, and order quantities.
- Maintain accurate records of inventory levels, track material consumption and generate reports to provide insights into material usage patterns and identify areas for improvement.
- Contribute to Raw Material Request completion and Purchase requisition submission.
- Coordinate physical material movements for the picking of material and supply to testing.
- Issue materials to testing by completing goods issue to material requisitions in inventory database.
- Contribute to Raw Material Request completion and Purchase requisition submission.
- Manages and maintains inventory system; facilities upgrade to related database and/or software under the direction of the purchasing or inventory manager.
- Acts independently as a subject matter expert in the absence of Manager
- Identifies and makes continuous improvement recommendations applicable to Supply Chain processes
- Comply with departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
- Conduct cycle counts as needed.
- Reconcile and conduct root cause analysis to determine reasons for needed inventory adjustments and transactions.
- Ensure materials meet specifications, standards, cost-efficient, with adequate supply for testing.
- Document inventory properly and communicate any issues with upper management immediately
Job Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent; Associate degree or higher preferred
- Minimum 3 to 4 years of experience performing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) inventory transactions.
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience required; SAP preferred
- 4+ years working around manufacturing and warehousing environments including logistics, materials handling, inventory control, and shipping/receiving in a lead or senior position.
- 3 years working in a GMP environment including transacting inventory in ERP system preferred
- Experience with Quality System/Standard (ISO, TQM, Six Sigma) Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) preferred.
- Experience with Scheduling International shipments and drafting of Pro Forma Invoices
- Experience with revising or creating Standard Operating Procedures
- Proficiency with office technology including Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to lift 35 pounds without assistance.
The pay range for this position is $59,000 - $64,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Biologics Testing Solutions
With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs. Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.