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Material Management Specialist

Material Management Specialist

LocationLeiden, Netherlands
Business SectorBiotechnology
Contact nameDaria Finikova
Contact email
Job ref23284
Publishedabout 2 months ago
As single point of contact on the Material Management team, your job is to evaluate all incoming material issues and to assess how, when and who should solve them. Mitigations to stockouts include engineering out-of-the-box solutions, finding suitable replacements within other processes, sites or manufacturers and designing new long-term solutions together with manufacturers (user requirements, technical specifications, process requirements and parameters, etc.). Besides this, the team is responsible for managing all GMP records to ensure compliance when we change manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities & accountabilities:
  • Form the connection between planning, manufacturing and expert departments to elucidate (change in) demand and purpose of materials
  • Designing solutions for material stockouts based on available options
  • Govern GMP records related to material issues
  • Perform assessments together with SMEs to assess suitability of solutions
  • Escalations when there is possible impact on production schedule
  • SLOB management
  • Project support: Material management input on consumption changes, material design/lead times, planning and requesting master data

Qualifications:
  • A BSc or MSc in Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Analytical (Bio)Chemistry or related field with a strong protein and/or excipients background with several years of experience
  • Analytical mindset with attention to detail and good problem-solving skills,
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English (preference: also Dutch)
  • Pro-active can-do attitude
  • Operate independently as team is small and most assignments are alone
  • Experience working within a GMP environment is a plus
Interested? Send your CV to Daria at d.finikova@panda-int.com or call +31202044502 for more info.