Logistics and Operations Specialist

uniphar; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniphar is seeking a Logistics Specialist to coordinate the efficient, compliant movement of pharmaceutical products across the global distribution network. You will ensure timely order fulfilment, inventory accuracy, and transport coordination while upholding GDP and regional regulatory requirements.

The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and analytical problem-solving in a highly regulated environment to meet global client expectations.

Qualifications

• Role requires coordinating global pharmaceutical distribution, GDP/GMP compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate domestic and international shipments of pharmaceutical products.
• Plan and monitor transportation of controlled drugs and temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.
• Ensure GDP, GMP compliance, and regulatory requirements across global distributions.
• Coordinate cold chain logistics and excursion management to maintain product integrity.
• Handle shipping documents: invoices, customs, dangerous goods declarations, export docs.
• Collaborate with QA, Warehouse Ops, Procurement, Commercial and Supply Chain teams to ensure uninterrupted distribution.

Job description

Pay: $52,000.00 - $56,000.00 per year

Job description

Uniphar - Who we are

With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialized services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world's best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organized into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.

Pharma - Global Sourcing

The Global Sourcing business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 160 countries worldwide. We have offices in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand. The company's main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO's and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties. Click here to find out more: About Us - Who we are | Uniphar

Culture at Uniphar

Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.

• We have a people first approach - we do the right thing.
• We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience is embodied in our way of working.
• We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.
• Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process

The Role

The ideal candidate will be responsible for coordinating the efficient, accurate, and compliant movement of pharmaceutical products throughout the global distribution network. This role ensures timely order fulfilment, inventory accuracy, and transportation coordination while maintaining compliance with Good Distribution Practices (GDP), company policies, and regional specific regulatory requirements. The Logistics Specialist collaborates with warehouse operations, transportation providers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to optimize supply chain performance, resolve shipment issues, and support satisfactory global client expectations. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, analytical problem-solving, and a commitment to quality, safety, and customer satisfaction in a highly regulated environment.

Key Outcomes

• Coordinate domestic and international shipments of pharmaceutical products, ensuring timely, secure, and compliant delivery to customers, distribution centers, and manufacturing sites.
• Plan, schedule, and monitor the transportation of controlled drugs, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Ensure compliance with Good Distribution Practices (GDP), applicable Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and all applicable local, national, and international regulations governing pharmaceutical distribution.
• Coordinate cold chain logistics by monitoring validated shipping methods, temperature-controlled packaging, data loggers, and excursion management to maintain product integrity throughout the supply chain.
• Manage shipments of controlled substances in compliance with applicable licensing, security, chain-of-custody, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate the shipment of hazardous materials in accordance with applicable transportation regulations, ensuring proper classification, packaging, labeling, documentation, and carrier selection.
• Prepare, review, and maintain shipping documentation, including commercial invoices, customs documentation, dangerous goods declarations, export documentation, certificates, and other regulatory records.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Warehouse Operations, Procurement, Commercial team and Supply Chain teams to ensure compliant and uninterrupted product distributi