Materials Associate, II

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 moves stock onto pallets, warehouse trucks, racks, bins, shelves, refrigerators and freezers.
• Stores, transfers and distributes material in accordance with specific material requirements.
• Completes material In-Transit Requests within ERP system for material deliveries 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.
• Participates in scheduled annual physical inventory activities.
• Maintains LN2 and CO2 systems including weekly manual fills of Liquid Nitrogen Cryovials Storage Dewars.
• Captures and prints EBR requirements for received items.
• Interacts with various groups (QA, R&D, QC, Materials Management, Validations, Facilities & Engineering, Accounting, Third Party Logistics and Customer Care) on material requests and receipt transactions.
• If needed, resolves inventory discrepancies and performs applicable ERP transactions.
• Performs additional activities as required to support manufacturing operations demands.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with 3+years of related experience working in a cGMP environment in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in high volume and fast-paced materials and manufacturing support environment.
• Experience with MS Office.
• Strong knowledge of ERP and Quality Systems.
• Experience operating motorized and non-motorized material handling equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Organizational planning skills and the ability to collaborate with others in a team environment.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• 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 be willing to work weekends, holidays and overtime as required to meet production demands.