Job description
Posted 12 February 2021
Supply Logistics Specialist
Job Purpose
- The logistics team member roles are responsible for the execution of: receive, put away sample, dispense, pick, check pack and ship accountabilities across materials management and clinical supply logistics activities.
- The team supports the supply chain nodes throughout the clinical supply chain which produces the material and IP product supporting the GSK Clinical Studies.
- The team member roles will be cross trained to support as needed any capacity fluctuations, ensure business continuity and provide development opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Delivering the required work to an agreed service standard.
- Maintain a safe, compliant, productive environment
- Working collaboratively across other team members to ensure that all teams are successful delivering Customer Service.
- Planning, receiving, sampling, warehousing, dispensing and shipping of all materials required to support activities in the pilot plant, Packaging Operations and the Clinical Sites and Depots to ensure Patient Supply.
- Compliant process delivery for relevant Global Distribution business processes (cGxP receipt, storage, dispensing, picking, checking packing and shipping.
- Ensure work areas are maintained in an orderly, safe and compliant fashion.
- Participate in the Performance and Development Planning process.
- Compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ensure facilities, equipment, documentation, materials, processes and operating procedures comply with cGxP and EHS requirements.
- Work with customers and support teams to resolve urgent system and supply chain issues.
- Maintain Global Distribution facilities and equipment ensuring compliance with GSK policies, statutory requirement, regulatory requirements.
- Provide support for internal and external audits, as required.
- Contribute in improvement initiatives to identify and implement process improvements, procedures and best practices.
- Execute compliant ways of working and procedures governing cross border shipment of materials and products
- Deliver continuous improvement in operational efficiency, quality, safety and cycle time reduction
Competencies
- Solid knowledge of relevant Tech Systems (e.g.Comet, Xpress, Modula etc)
- Demonstrated ability to follow SOP’s and understand and action when issues should be escalated
- Customer and people focused
- Effective Communicator, written and verbal.
- Understanding of the compliance requirements for the area of responsibility
- Deliver service while managing multiple priorities
- Ability to communicate across and up the line to management and to customers as needed
- Transportation and Packaging knowledge and understanding
- Temperature Monitoring understanding and risk mitigation option awareness
- Sense of urgency
- Thoroughness and ability to complete an initiative/action
- Cross Border knowledge or as minimum awareness
- Supply Chain Security knowledge
- Ability to participate in product complaint/deviation investigations
- Ability to input into reviews and creation of SOP’s