Warehouse Trainer

What we're looking for:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of warehousing experience, ideally in a cGMP manufacturing environment.
• Industrials powered equipment experience required.

How you are:

• Working knowledge of PC applications (SAP, Excel, Word, Fed ex, UPS)
• Able to follow written and/or verbal instructions.
• Familiarity with cGMP, SOP's and/or Work Instructions.
• Must be able to use proper techniques to lift to 75 pounds.
• Must be able to shift priorities easily.
• External training for shipment of Hazardous materials preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOP's, coverage, documents, and regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers and the public. Skill and ability to meet people and listen.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work. Skill and ability to meet deadlines and operate office.
• Use Microsoft office tools and company software.

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Act as a contact point between supervisor and warehouse associates.
• Lead the daily task assignments associated with processing all daily picking, packing and shipping of finished product and miscellaneous shipments.
• Lead the daily task assignments associated with all daily inbound receipts and processing of all raw material receipts.
• Prepare and or oversee the raw material physical labeling, sampling, inventory data sheets; supplier status sample size and units to be sampled based on the supplier index and number of units received.
• Examine, sort, arrange, count, store, pick, and pack items for storage and/or shipment in accordance with established Work Instructions, SOP's and customer requirements.
• Preparation and or oversee of labels to received product and for new labels required for expiration extensions or transfers between warehouses.
• Support production requests for products required by specific SOP's and batch records.
• Prepare and or oversee on routine documentation (i.e., Bill of Ladings), hazardous material packaging and paperwork as is required by common carrier and material being shipped.
• Coordinate and or oversee on international shipment paperwork as required by each customer.
• Communicate with forwarder to arrange shipment, paperwork, and pick up of material at our dock.
• Ship and or oversee with miscellaneous shipping order preparation in support of all non-inventoried product, packages, and paperwork.
• Coordinate and or oversee all special shipping requirements and packaging by quantity of product to be transported.
• Enter inventory/adjust inventory locations in the computer system. Check physical location to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Assist and maintain in our cycle count program to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Train warehouse associates on material handling equipment (i.e., forklift, pallet jack, etc.) using proper safety procedures.
• Train all warehouse associates on shipping, receiving and warehouse daily processes.
• Monitors and ensures necessary logs and charts are completed and accurate for all warehouse documents as required by SOP's.
• Work closely with internal departments to assure commitments to customers are met in a timely manner.
• Maintain adequate levels of packaging materials, shipping supplies, and consumable storeroom supplies.
• Assist in repacking or labeling of chemicals.
• Actively prepares for and participates with internal and/or customer audits.
• Assist in writing of SOP's, Work Instructions and NCR's.
• Maintain all warehouse areas in a clean and safe condition always.
• Ensures compliance with cGMPs, SOP and Work Instructions.
• Perform all duties of a Warehouse associate.
• Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.