Stores Assistant

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in drug development is seeking a Stores Assistant to support stock management at their Keele facility. The role involves receiving deliveries, maintaining inventory records, and ensuring compliance with GMP standards. Ideal candidates will demonstrate initiative and possess strong communication skills, with training provided for those new to the field.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Stores environment is desirable.
• Practical laboratory experience is desirable but not essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Accurate receipt of deliveries and maintenance of the SAP inventory system.
• Regular communication with stakeholders regarding incoming deliveries and issues.
• Maintain GMP standards when handling and transferring goods.

Skills

Communication

Initiative

Adaptability

Tools

SAP

Job description

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Summary

Charles River is currently recruiting a Stores Assistant at our facility in Keele, Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The Store Assistant will be responsible for the support and maintenance of stock levels supplied to the GMP Manufacturing facility on a day-to-day basis.

Profile and Requirements

The Role:

The successful candidate's duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
• Accurate receipt of deliveries, ensuring that goods received correspond with the appropriate documentation as well as maintaining the SAP inventory system accurately.
• Regularly communicate with stakeholders to ensure all functions are aware of incoming deliveries, shortage, and any issues such as delays or deliveries that were not received.
• Maintain and follow GMP standards when handling and transferring goods.
• Develop strong working relationship with internal stakeholders and Liaising with Ops, carrying out packing and then arranging shipment / dealing with commercial shipment paperwork.
• To perform manufacturing operations compliant to GMP manufacturing standards, as defined in the Keele Quality system.
• To adhere to Charles River' Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
• Help and support our Logistics department across sites

About You
• Previous experience in a Stores environment and SAP is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. Practical laboratory experience is desirable but not essential.
• We are ideally looking for an individual who can demonstrate initiative, that is adaptable and can work flexibly.
• As you will work closely with various departments across 2 sites, to ensure the safeguarding of stock, you will require strong written and verbal communication skills.
• This role will be based at Keele,Newcastle-Under-Lyme however, a willingness to travel within the Group will be required.
• The ability to drive a 3.5 tonne van would be advantageous for inter site transfers.


About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.


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 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.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.

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