Warehouse & Inventory Control Supervisor

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

LOCATION: This is a fully onsite position based at our Cranbury NJ site. Unfortunately relocation assistance is NOT provided. Priority will be given to LOCAL candidates currently residing in the Cranbury area.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check which includes a drug screen.

The Warehouse & Inventory Control Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations owning inventory accuracy and inventory control processes and ensuring efficient storage distribution and logistics activities. This role ensures that materials and products are received stored documented and shipped in a timely compliant and cost-effective manner while maintaining high standards of safety quality organization and regulatory compliance.

How you will make an impact:

You will lead warehouse operations and inventory management to ensure efficient safe compliant and cost-effective logistics processes while driving inventory accuracy strengthening inventory controls supporting audit readiness and continuously improving warehouse operations in a regulated manufacturing environment.

What you will do:

• Oversee day to day warehouse operations including receiving storage picking packing shipping and material movement.
• Own inventory accuracy across all warehouse locations and storage areas.
• Develop implement and maintain inventory control procedures that promote inventory integrity and consistent transaction documentation using approved site systems and processes.
• Maintain accurate inventory levels through a structured cycle count program physical inventory activities routine audits and variance investigations.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies perform root cause analysis implement corrective actions and monitor recurring trends to improve inventory accuracy.
• Monitor stock levels and coordinate replenishment activities to avoid shortages or excess inventory.
• Support inventory process improvements system enhancements and future ERP and warehouse system initiatives.
• Optimize warehouse layout material flow storage capacity and workflows to improve efficiency safety and productivity.
• Supervise coach train and evaluate warehouse/shipping personnel while fostering a culture of accountability continuous improvement and safety.
• Ensure compliance with company policies Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Good Documentation Practices (GDP) health safety environmental and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain material identification traceability segregation quarantine released rejected and expired inventory controls in accordance with Quality requirements and approved procedures.
• Coordinate with Procurement Planning Manufacturing Logistics Quality Supply Chain and Finance to ensure material availability and inventory alignment.
• Analyze inventory performance and operational data to develop reports and dashboards on inventory accuracy cycle count performance inventory aging warehouse productivity and other key operational metrics.
• Manage vendor relationships and oversee inbound and outbound shipments.
• Develop maintain and periodically review warehouse standard operating procedures (SOPs) and ensure employees are appropriately trained.
• Support internal audits external audits customer audits and regulatory inspections by maintaining audit ready warehouse documentation and practices.
• Partner with Finance to support inventory reconciliations annual physical inventories and inventory related investigations while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and approval requirements.
• Support identification and disposition of excess obsolete and slow-moving inventory in partnership with Supply Chain Operations Quality and Finance.
• Maintain warehouse operations in accordance with established internal controls approval authorities and segregation of duties requirements. Escalate control gaps and partner with cross functional teams to strengthen inventory governance.
• Identify and implement process improvements to reduce costs improve inventory accuracy increase productivity and strengthen operational controls.

• Lead warehouse organization initiatives including 5S visual management warehouse location optimization and continuous improvement activities.

How you will get here:

Education/ Experience

• Bachelors degree with 5 years of related experience. Associates Degree with 7 years or HS/GED with 9 years. Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Logistics Business Administration or related field is preferred.

• Related experience is materials management and/or warehouse management preferably within pharmaceutical biotechnology medical device or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management systems and ERP platforms. Warehouse Management System Lite (WMS) experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools such as Excel and Power BI.
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Experience developing cycle count programs improving inventory accuracy and supporting physical inventories.
• Experience supporting GMP operations quality audits or regulatory inspections.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations or warehouse process improvements is preferred.

Skills

• Inventory control and accuracy
• Leadership and team development
• Process improvement
• Time management and multitasking
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities
• Strong communication skills
• Root cause analysis and corrective action implementation
• Cross functional collaboration
• Inventory governance and internal controls
• Material traceability
• Warehouse KPI development and performance management

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in supply chain or logistics such as APICS CPIM or CSCP.
• Lean or Six Sigma experience.
• Experience with warehouse automation or optimization technologies.
• Knowledge of GMP GDP inventory controls and regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting ERP transformations and warehouse process standardization.

Work Environment

• Warehouse setting with potential exposure to varying temperatures.
• May require standing walking lifting and operating material handling equipment.
• Occasional extended hours during month end physical inventories audits inspections or peak operational periods.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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