Logistics Associate
Overview
Overview

CBM

Full Time EE - Onsite

Center for Breakthrough Medicines is on track to be the largest single-site cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization in the world. Our comprehensive service offering accelerates speed to market through supply chain disruption mitigation strategies, end-to-end program management expertise and unique platform technology with the ability to follow a molecule from idea to commercialization. CBM’s integrated approach provides high quality and consistent end-to-end manufacturing capability including: Process and Analytical Development; Plasmid DNA production; Viral Vector Production of Lentivirus; AAV and Adenovirus; Testing and Analytics; Autologous, Allogeneic and Gene-edited Cell Therapy Bioprocessing; and Cell banking. CBM’s horizontal and vertical integration provides one source throughout a product’s life cycle.

CBM’s mission is to accelerate the delivery and affordability of lifesaving and life-changing therapies from discovery to market by offering a complete solution for the development and commercialization of cell and gene therapies.

CBM is located just outside of Philadelphia in the Heart of Cellicon Valley on The Discovery Labs campus set on 300 acres with 2.4 million square feet of life sciences lab and manufacturing space, allowing clients to scale their development and manufacturing needs without ever having to change sites, while providing employees a true community campus experience focused exclusively on life sciences.

Summary

The Discovery Labs Center for Breakthrough Medicines is seeking a Logistics Associate to take responsibility for inventory management, internal distribution, material movement and carrier management. The Logistics Associate collaborates and communicates with logistics technicians, internal customers, service providers, and others involved in the shipment, distribution and receipt of products. S/He also keeps updated logs by tracking, tracing, and updating the status of incoming and outgoing shipments. 

The Logistics Associate will also work with internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of needed materials.

Responsibilities

Oversee the daily activities needed to meet the demands of clinical and commercial manufacturing in a timely manner to ensure no delays in supply chain.

Work with external vendors, couriers, custom agents to facilitate shipments

Communicate necessary information internally and externally as required. Work across internal functions to communicate the timelines to prevent any delays

Comply and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Distribution Practices (GDP) and Good Import/Export Practices for all activities

Monitor work quality to consistently deliver exceptional customer service

Demonstrate an understanding of the company quality policy

Communicate well with leadership, team members and other departments

Implement continuous improvement action plans 

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree preferred with background in Logistics, Inventory management, Supply Chain, or related field

5+ years of progressively increasing managerial experience in pharmaceutical warehouse

Experience and knowledge of GMP and GDP

Education & Experience

Experience within a GMP production facility

Special Incentives

TBD