Materials Management Specialist
UC Irvine · Irvine, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteManufacturingFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate: Who We Are (maybe part of About the role? Actually "Who We Are" is about the organization, not role. Could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content accordingly.
We have content: Who We Are (description of UC Irvine, School of Medicine cGMP facility). That could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" would be description of the role. But we have "Your Role on the Team" describing role. So we can put that under
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate: Who We Are (maybe part of About the role? Actually "Who We Are" is about the organization, not role. Could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content accordingly.
We have content: Who We Are (description of UC Irvine, School of Medicine cGMP facility). That could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" would be description of the role. But we have "Your Role on the Team" describing role. So we can put that under About the role
. The "Who We Are" could be considered background but not required heading; maybe we can incorporate into About the role as prose. But we must not invent sections. We could include an About the role
containing both the Who We Are and Your Role on the Team? The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. Probably we should stick to those headings only if content exists. We have content for Responsibilities (Your Role on the Team includes leading GMP warehouse functional areas etc). We have Requirements (Required knowledge etc). We have Qualifications (Bachelor’s degree, at least one year experience). We have Skills (list of skills). We have Benefits (Total Rewards). We have Pay? Not specified salary range? It says "In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits". But no actual salary range given. So we should not create Pay section because no specific salary. Schedule? Not given. So we omit Pay and Schedule.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove Equal Opportunity Employer statement, etc. Also remove "Conditions Of Employment" etc? That's legal/boilerplate; should remove. Also remove "Closing Statement", "Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship". Also remove "Special Conditions"? That seems like specific physical requirements; maybe that is part of Requirements or Skills? It's about ability to lift etc. Could be considered Requirements. We'll keep as part of Requirements or maybe as a separate section? Not in list; but we could incorporate into Requirements as prose.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the posting except boilerplate.
Let's extract substantive sections:
- Who We Are: description of UC Irvine, School of Medicine cGMP Facility, description of cGMP, facility details, purpose.
- Your Role on the Team: Reporting to cGMP QA Manager, primary objective: lead GMP warehouse functional areas (receiving/shipping, inventory control, materials management). Must have experience in warehouse operations, technical skills (space utilization, handling efficiency, managing metric control plan). Work closely with QA and manufacturing team performance goals in safety, quality, performance. Background in nonclinical development for gene and/or cell therapies and ability to advance novel therapeutic approaches into clinical development highly desirable. Ability to work independently with minimum daily supervision on manufacturing of biological products necessary.
- Required (What It Takes to be Successful): list of bullet-like statements (though not formatted as list). We need to turn into - . The list includes:
Assist with operations process and improvement projects.
Ability to accurately follow procedures with minimum direction.
Ability to work effectively in team situations, cross-functionally as well as independently.
Excellent oral, written, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Strong documentation skills and attention to detail necessary in a GMP environment.
Required knowledge of computer word processing, data management, and spreadsheet software.
Ability to work designated schedule.
Ability to comply with applicable personnel protective equipment requirements.
General understanding of pharmaceutical supply chain.
Demonstrate technical skills in materials management with the flexibility to handle multiple tasks.
Experienced working with contract service providers such as offsite warehouse and logistics.
Process-oriented with strong analytical skills for risk identification and management.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and can confidently communicate with all levels of staff in this collaborative work environment.
Self-motivated and comfortable in a fast-paced GMP environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
Proficient in MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and warehouse management software.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business administration, engineering, or related science discipline.
At least one year of relevant Materials Management, Supply Chain, Warehouse/distributions at a pharmaceutical or biotech company.
- Preferred: Science Lab Administration experience.
- Special Conditions: list of physical abilities: lift up to 50 pounds for approx 20% of day; work seated 40%; standing 60%; work on mobile device/tablet/computer screen/typing 65%; safely work with hazardous/flammable materials; must be able to work overtime and flexible shifts.
- Total Rewards: In addition to salary range listed below, we offer benefits: medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, access to discounts and perks. (No actual salary range listed, but phrase "salary range listed below" maybe missing; we cannot invent. We'll keep the sentence as is but note that we cannot create Pay section. We'll keep Benefits section with that description.
- Conditions Of Employment: background check etc. That's boilerplate legal; should remove per instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Conditions of Employment is legal; remove.
- Closing Statement: EEO etc; remove.
- Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship: also legal; remove.
Thus we keep: Who We Are (maybe as part of About the role?), Your Role on the Team (Responsibilities), Required (Requirements?), Preferred (maybe Qualifications?), Special Conditions (maybe Skills? but it's physical requirements; could be part of Requirements). Benefits (Total Rewards). We'll need to map to headings.
We have headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits.
We need to decide what goes where.
- About the role: could include Who We Are and Your Role on the Team? But "About the role" usually describes the role, not the organization. However we have "Your Role on the Team" which is exactly role description. So we can put that under About the role. The Who We Are could be considered background but not required heading; maybe we can include it as a brief intro before About the role? But we must not add extra headings not in list unless needed. Could we include Who Are as a paragraph under About the role? It's not about the role but about the employer; still could be included as context. The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have About the role (includes Who We Are and Your Role). Responsibilities (maybe duplicate?). Actually Your Role on the Team is responsibilities. So we could have About the role (brief intro) and Responsibilities (detailed duties). But we might combine to avoid thin sections. However we have a lot of content for responsibilities; we could make Responsibilities heading and put the duty list there. About the role could be short paragraph about the organization and role purpose. That seems okay.
Requirements: list of required knowledge/skills/experience (the Required section). Qualifications: maybe education and experience (Bachelor's degree, at least one year). But the Required section already includes education and experience. Could split: Requirements = skills/abilities; Qualifications = education/experience. But we have both in Required list. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to follow instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for both; we could make two sections.
Skills: list of skills like communication, documentation, software proficiency, analytical, etc. Could be part of Requirements. But we have many skill statements in Required. Could create Skills section for those.
Better: Use sections:
- About the role (includes Who We Are and brief role objective)
- Responsibilities (lead GMP warehouse functional areas, etc)
- Requirements (required knowledge, abilities, experience)
- Qualifications (education, experience)
- Skills (communication, documentation, software, analytical, etc)
- Benefits (Total Rewards)
Special Conditions (physical abilities) could go under Requirements or Skills? It's about physical ability; could be under Requirements.
Preferred (Science Lab Administration experience) could be under Qualifications as preferred.
We must not invent sections like "Preferred". Could incorporate into Qualifications as a note.
We must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the Preferred line somewhere.
Let's extract each piece and assign.
First, Who We Are paragraph:
"Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. The School of Medicine has recently completed construction on a new cGMP Facility, following Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). A cGMP facility is a production facility for the manufacturing of pharmaceutical or cellular products. It includes the manufacturing space, the storage warehouse for raw and finished product and support laboratory areas, including quality control and quality assurance programs, to control collection, processing, storage and release of cell therapy products. At UCI, the cGMP facility will enable clinical trials of cell therapeutics, including stem cell populations and bone marrow transplantation, as well as Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells. The facility includes a seven-room GMP cellular therapy and viral vector facility, with an adjacent quality control laboratory."
Second, Your Role on the Team:
"Reporting to the cGMP Quality Assurance Manager the primary objective for this person is to lead GMP warehouse functional areas, including receiving and shipping, inventory control, and materials management. This individual must have experience in warehouse operations, technical skills (space utilization, handling efficiency, managing metric control plan). This person would work closely with fellow functional and cross-functional members including quality assurance and/or manufacturing team performance goals in the areas of safety, quality, and performance. A background in nonclinical development for gene and/or cell therapies and a proven ability to advance novel therapeutic approaches into clinical development is highly desirable. Ability to work in an independent fashion with minimum daily supervision on the manufacturing of biological products is necessary."
Third, Required (What It Takes to be Successful) list items (I'll list them):
- Assist with operations process and improvement projects.
- Ability to accurately follow procedures with minimum direction.
- Ability to work effectively in team situations, cross-functionally as well as independently.
- Excellent oral, written, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong documentation skills and attention to detail necessary in a GMP environment.
- Required knowledge of computer word processing, data management, and spreadsheet software.
- Ability to work designated schedule.
- Ability to comply with applicable personnel protective equipment requirements.
- General understanding of pharmaceutical supply chain.
- Demonstrate technical skills in materials management with the flexibility to handle multiple tasks.
- Experienced working with contract service providers such as offsite
- . The list includes:
Assist with operations process and improvement projects.
Ability to accurately follow procedures with minimum direction.
Ability to work effectively in team situations, cross-functionally as well as independently.
Excellent oral, written, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Strong documentation skills and attention to detail necessary in a GMP environment.
Required knowledge of computer word processing, data management, and spreadsheet software.
Ability to work designated schedule.
Ability to comply with applicable personnel protective equipment requirements.
General understanding of pharmaceutical supply chain.
Demonstrate technical skills in materials management with the flexibility to handle multiple tasks.
Experienced working with contract service providers such as offsite warehouse and logistics.
Process-oriented with strong analytical skills for risk identification and management.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and can confidently communicate with all levels of staff in this collaborative work environment.
Self-motivated and comfortable in a fast-paced GMP environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
Proficient in MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and warehouse management software.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business administration, engineering, or related science discipline.
At least one year of relevant Materials Management, Supply Chain, Warehouse/distributions at a pharmaceutical or biotech company.
- Preferred: Science Lab Administration experience.
- Special Conditions: list of physical abilities: lift up to 50 pounds for approx 20% of day; work seated 40%; standing 60%; work on mobile device/tablet/computer screen/typing 65%; safely work with hazardous/flammable materials; must be able to work overtime and flexible shifts.
- Total Rewards: In addition to salary range listed below, we offer benefits: medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, access to discounts and perks. (No actual salary range listed, but phrase "salary range listed below" maybe missing; we cannot invent. We'll keep the sentence as is but note that we cannot create Pay section. We'll keep Benefits section with that description.
- Conditions Of Employment: background check etc. That's boilerplate legal; should remove per instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Conditions of Employment is legal; remove.
- Closing Statement: EEO etc; remove.
- Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship: also legal; remove.
Thus we keep: Who We Are (maybe as part of About the role?), Your Role on the Team (Responsibilities), Required (Requirements?), Preferred (maybe Qualifications?), Special Conditions (maybe Skills? but it's physical requirements; could be part of Requirements). Benefits (Total Rewards). We'll need to map to headings.
We have headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits.
We need to decide what goes where.
- About the role: could include Who We Are and Your Role on the Team? But "About the role" usually describes the role, not the organization. However we have "Your Role on the Team" which is exactly role description. So we can put that under About the role. The Who We Are could be considered background but not required heading; maybe we can include it as a brief intro before About the role? But we must not add extra headings not in list unless needed. Could we include Who Are as a paragraph under About the role? It's not about the role but about the employer; still could be included as context. The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have About the role (includes Who We Are and Your Role). Responsibilities (maybe duplicate?). Actually Your Role on the Team is responsibilities. So we could have About the role (brief intro) and Responsibilities (detailed duties). But we might combine to avoid thin sections. However we have a lot of content for responsibilities; we could make Responsibilities heading and put the duty list there. About the role could be short paragraph about the organization and role purpose. That seems okay. Requirements: list of required knowledge/skills/experience (the Required section). Qualifications: maybe education and experience (Bachelor's degree, at least one year). But the Required section already includes education and experience. Could split: Requirements = skills/abilities; Qualifications = education/experience. But we have both in Required list. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to follow instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for both; we could make two sections. Skills: list of skills like communication, documentation, software proficiency, analytical, etc. Could be part of Requirements. But we have many skill statements in Required. Could create Skills section for those. Better: Use sections: - About the role (includes Who We Are and brief role objective) - Responsibilities (lead GMP warehouse functional areas, etc) - Requirements (required knowledge, abilities, experience) - Qualifications (education, experience) - Skills (communication, documentation, software, analytical, etc) - Benefits (Total Rewards) Special Conditions (physical abilities) could go under Requirements or Skills? It's about physical ability; could be under Requirements. Preferred (Science Lab Administration experience) could be under Qualifications as preferred. We must not invent sections like "Preferred". Could incorporate into Qualifications as a note. We must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the Preferred line somewhere. Let's extract each piece and assign. First, Who We Are paragraph: "Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. The School of Medicine has recently completed construction on a new cGMP Facility, following Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). A cGMP facility is a production facility for the manufacturing of pharmaceutical or cellular products. It includes the manufacturing space, the storage warehouse for raw and finished product and support laboratory areas, including quality control and quality assurance programs, to control collection, processing, storage and release of cell therapy products. At UCI, the cGMP facility will enable clinical trials of cell therapeutics, including stem cell populations and bone marrow transplantation, as well as Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells. The facility includes a seven-room GMP cellular therapy and viral vector facility, with an adjacent quality control laboratory." Second, Your Role on the Team: "Reporting to the cGMP Quality Assurance Manager the primary objective for this person is to lead GMP warehouse functional areas, including receiving and shipping, inventory control, and materials management. This individual must have experience in warehouse operations, technical skills (space utilization, handling efficiency, managing metric control plan). This person would work closely with fellow functional and cross-functional members including quality assurance and/or manufacturing team performance goals in the areas of safety, quality, and performance. A background in nonclinical development for gene and/or cell therapies and a proven ability to advance novel therapeutic approaches into clinical development is highly desirable. Ability to work in an independent fashion with minimum daily supervision on the manufacturing of biological products is necessary." Third, Required (What It Takes to be Successful) list items (I'll list them): - Assist with operations process and improvement projects. - Ability to accurately follow procedures with minimum direction. - Ability to work effectively in team situations, cross-functionally as well as independently. - Excellent oral, written, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Strong documentation skills and attention to detail necessary in a GMP environment. - Required knowledge of computer word processing, data management, and spreadsheet software. - Ability to work designated schedule. - Ability to comply with applicable personnel protective equipment requirements. - General understanding of pharmaceutical supply chain. - Demonstrate technical skills in materials management with the flexibility to handle multiple tasks. - Experienced working with contract service providers such as offsite