Warehouse Coordinator, R&D

Allergan; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Illinois is seeking a Warehouse Coordinator to support the CDSM Lake County warehouse for clinical manufacturing, ensuring GMP materials are on hand for scheduled dates and coordinating with vendors, QA, and cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes inventory control, receiving, sampling, moving materials, and coordinating shipping domestically and internationally, while maintaining a clean, compliant warehouse.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; an associate's degree is preferred.
• 3–5 years of warehouse experience; experience managing a clinical supplies warehouse is preferred.
• 4–6 years pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Understanding of the investigational material supply chain and worldwide regulatory and quality requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and team-work competencies.
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritize the workload per changing project demands.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Material control or system inventory knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with corporate and divisional policies and procedures.
• Order materials and track orders through fulfillment.
• Track inventory usage and replenish as needed.
• Receive materials into the inventory system.
• Perform sampling for materials tested against specs.
• Maintain warehouse in a clean, orderly state.
• Review inventory to purge aging stock and address discrepancies.
• Move materials to/from the manufacturing floor.
• Pick, pack, and ship materials to packaging, 3rd party manufacturers, and sites.
• Manage material within the FTZ for product accountability.
• Process destruction requests and material handling changes.
• Act as SME for inventory management system.
• Lead the warehouse pack-out area and coordinate shipping activities.
• Execute day-to-day warehouse activities per SOPs and CGMPs.
• Support investigations of compliance issues.
• Maintain a safe working environment.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Inventory management

GMP compliance

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Associates degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP system

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The coordinator is responsible for maintaining and managing the CDSM Lake County warehouse in support of clinical manufacturing of drug products while maintaining highest level of compliance and quality. The coordinator needs to ensure all GMP materials are in hand for the scheduled manufacture dates by coordinating with vendors, purchasing, stock rooms, customs, clinical manufacturing leads, formulation scientist, analytical scientists, and QA.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures
• Orders materials and track orders through fulfillment
• Tracks inventory usage and replenish as needed.
• Physically receives material into the inventory management system.
• Performs sampling activities for materials that need to be tested against analytical specifications.
• Retains material in correct locations and keeps the warehouse in an orderly and clean manner.
• Reviews inventory regularly to purge aging inventory and identify and resolve any discrepancies.
• Moves materials from and to the manufacturing floor.
• Pick, pack, and ships material to the packaging area, third party manufacturers, and commercial sites both domestically and internationally
• Manages material within the FTZ to assure full product accountability to GTC.
• Processes materials and destruction requests
• Acts as SME for inventory management system.
• Leads the warehouse pack-out area including the day-to-day coordination of the shipping activities.
• Executes day-to-day warehouse activities in compliance with departmental SOPs and CGMPs
• Supports investigations of any compliance issues related to the warehouse.
• Maintains a safe working environment in the warehouse.
• Accountable for ensuring all activities pertaining to material handled in a timely manner while maintaining highest level of compliance and quality.
• Responsible for resolving issues pertaining to material handling in the warehouse.
• Responsible for understanding the customer’s needs and prioritizing the workload appropriately.
• Coordinator’s actions will impact the efficiency, quality, and compliance of all clinical drug shipments from Lake County warehouse

Qualifications

• High school diploma required. Associates degree or equivalent breath of experience preferred.
• 3 to 5 years warehouse experience. Experience managing a clinical supplies warehouse is preferred.
• 4 to 6 years pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Understanding of the investigational material supply chain and worldwide regulatory and quality requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and team work competencies.
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritize the workload per changing project demands.
• Strong computer skills including the use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must have material control or system inventory knowledge.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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