Associate Logistics Coordinator

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100 countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Day in the Life:

Assist in the Global oversite of the outsource kit vendors providing support to the Senior Manager for the proper distribution of kit production and order fulfillment ensuring supplies are processed in a timely manner.

The (Assoc) Logistics Coordinator Kitting Operations ensures a high level of support, service, reliability, and availability to external kit vendors and internal departments. Assisting with monitoring workload and key performance indicator matrices as well as analyzes data to surface inefficiencies and provide solutions. Investigates and resolves process deviations with regards to kit vendor related issues.

Keys to Success:

Education

High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Experience

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0-1 year) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Accurate data entry skills with intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Office

Strong analytical, interpersonal and time management skills

Strong client and phone service skills

Basic knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and department principals such as pre-analytical technique

Excellent verbal communications and customer service skills in the English language -additional languages are an advantage

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support quality decision making

Good written and oral communication skills

Ability to work in a collaborative team environment

Additional / Specific Job Responsibilities:

Reports to Team Lead level or above

Support daily coordination between kit vendor and GSS

All operational day to day activities in regard to supply order management

Adding items to Master supply list in Preclarus Central lab data base

Managing Ship by Dates

System comments

Modifying Orders

Backorders

Express orders

Review/Releasing orders

Answering emails – phone calls on site supply queries

Placing re-supply orders

Maintain communication channel to Project Management

Inform PM of delayed orders, backorders

Material outages

Short dated stock

Supports information sharing within GSS department

Attend weekly kitting vendor operational meetings

Point of contact for issues and questions related to proforma invoices for supply orders, Starter Packs and Courier Contact Sheets.

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Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement – working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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