Administrative & Shipment Support

Lonza Group AG; Oberwallis; On-site; CHF 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Lonza Group AG is seeking an Administrative & Shipment Support professional for a 60% site-based role in Visp. The position emphasizes leveraging lab background and logistics skills to support global distribution of testing samples and export documentation.

This on-site role requires collaboration across QA, project management, and external partners to ensure precise, compliant operations. You will manage shipping documentation, monitor shipments, and drive real-time issue resolution while

Qualifications

• Practical experience in a laboratory or scientific production environment.
• Experience with sample management or material tracking.
• Familiarity with GMP-regulated environments.
• Vocational qualification as Laboratory Technician (EFZ) or equivalent.
• Fluent in English for daily communications.

Responsibilities

• Directly support the global distribution of testing samples to enable timely product release.
• Collaborate with QC labs, project managers, supply chain, and external logistics partners.
• Prepare, manage, and audit export/shipping documentation for national and international movements.
• Execute sample dispatch operations per GMP guidelines and lab safety standards.
• Proactively track shipments and resolve delays with customs/transport.
• Contribute to process improvements in sample management and admin quality systems.
• Mentor peers on shipping protocols and streamline lab workflow logistics.

Skills

Laboratory experience

Supply chain logistics

GMP awareness

MS Office / SAP

Education

EFZ Laboratory Technician or equivalent

Tools

LIMS

SAP

Job description

Administrative & Shipment Support

Administration & Shipment Support

Are you looking to leverage your lab background and logistics skills in a dynamic healthcare setting? Located in Visp, this is a 60% site-based role

Site‑based - 60%

This role is primarily based on site. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.

What you will do:

• Directly support the global distribution of critical testing samples, enabling timely release of healthcare products.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams including QC laboratories, project managers, supply chain, and external logistics partners.
• Prepare, manage, and audit key export and shipping documentation required for national and international material movements.
• Execute sample dispatch operations strictly adhering to international GMP guidelines and laboratory safety standards.
• Proactively track material shipments, identify potential customs or transport delays, and drive real‑time resolution.
• Contribute to continuous process improvements within sample management and administrative quality systems.
• Build hands‑on operational leadership by streamlining laboratory workflow logistics and mentoring cross‑functional peers on shipping protocols.

What we are looking for:

• Proven practical experience working within a laboratory or scientific production environment.
• operational experience with sample management, material tracking, or technical supply chain logistics.
• Solid understanding or practical exposure to a GMP-regulated work environment.
• Completed vocational qualification as a Laboratory Technician (EFZ) or an equivalent technical/scientific educational background.
• Professional fluency in both and English (oral and written) is essential for daily stakeholder communication and documentation.
• Strong proficiency in standard MS Office tools; experience with enterprise systems (e.g., LIMS, SAP) is advantageous.
• Excellent organizational and priority-setting skills with a structured, quality-minded, and solution-oriented approach.

About Lonza

At Lonza, their people are their greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, their globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Their core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who they are and how they work together. Everyone's ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work they want you to be part of. Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table.

At Lonza, they value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.

As Lonza's talent acquisition partner, please note, Randstad is responsible for the engagement and contracting of this contingent role.

• Lonza Group AG
  Münchensteinerstrasse 38
  4052 Basel