Specialist, Engineering (Onsite)

Job Description

Job Description: Specialist, Materials Management

Location: Rahway, New Jersey
Department: Pharmaceutical Operations and Clinical Supply

Position Overview

Join us at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovation. The FLEx Center is a state-of-the-art, multi-modality Drug Product development and GMP clinical manufacturing facility dedicated to advancing small molecules, biologics, and vaccines. We are seeking a dynamic Specialist, Materials Management who is passionate about optimizing processes and driving efficiency in a fast-paced environment. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring materials flow seamlessly through the site, enabling groundbreaking drug development and manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion Just-in-Time (JIT) Practices
  • Execute JIT warehousing strategies to maximize storage efficiency while ensuring uninterrupted material availability.
  • Maintain appropriate inventory levels for essential consumables ensuring operations remain fully supported.
• Coordinate Material Movement
  • Manage inbound and outbound movement of materials from multiple sources to support batch manufacturing across various modalities.
  • Execute critical transactions in SAP and partner with site services to facilitate efficient movement of drug products out of the facility.
• Execute Purchase Orders
  • Issue purchase orders through SAP and support creation and maintenance of supply chains to ensure material availability and continuity.
• Drive Process Improvement
  • Help design, refine, and improve processes for tracking materials, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with formulators, engineers, site partners, and cross-functional teams to identify and implement process enhancements that improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Education:  High school diploma/GED with 5 years of experience in engineering, supply chain management, pharm sciences, or a related field or bachelor's degree. 
• Required Skills:
  • Knowledge of drug product manufacturing or development.
  • Experience in materials management, warehousing, supply chain operations, or GMP manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Knowledge of MES, SAP or other ERP systems
  • Exceptional organizational and analytical abilities with a keen eye for detail.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across teams.
  • A proactive mindset with a sense for identifying inefficiencies and proposing innovative solutions.

Shift

• 2nd Monday-Friday onsite required.

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This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

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