About Allogene:
Allogene Therapeutics, with headquarters in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T) products for cancer and autoimmune disease. Led by a management team with significant experience in cell therapy, Allogene is developing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” CAR T cell product candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy on demand, more reliably, and at greater scale to more patients.
About the Role:
Allogene’s Supply Chain organization is building a world class team that is focused on delivering potentially lifesaving therapies to patients. We are seeking a highly motivated leader to join us as a Associate, Materials Management. This role will be a hands-on role reporting to our Manager, Materials Management and is based out of Newark, CA. This is a contract position.
The primary objective for this person is to support GMP warehouse functional areas, including receiving, inventory control, materials management, and distribution. This individual must have significant experience in warehouse operations, technical skills (equipment operation, counting, space utilization, handling efficiency), knowledge of inventory management systems and software (SAP, WMS, MES, etc.), and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Support the warehouse operations team, ensuring safe, compliant execution of the on-the-floor warehouse operations in the cGMP commercial facility including receiving, put away, material transfers, component preparation in support of production related activities, and product shipping
- Maintain warehouse performance targets by participating in daily huddles (safety, quality, cost, performance, etc.)
- Investigate and resolve operational problems and/or compliance issues utilizing problem solving techniques (CFA/RCA, 5Why, Fishbone, KT, etc.,) to determine root cause.
- Implements corrective and preventative actions based on cross-functional problem solving and investigation findings.
- Adept at developing visual management tools to provide status updates on organizational performance.
- Achieves functional area goals as assigned and participates in functional and cross functional job rotations.
- Supports input assumptions associated with capacity and workforce planning; preemptively identifies constraints and risks.
- Support cycle count process to ensure accuracy and control of inventory volumes.
- Maintains inventory control throughout the Newark warehouse for all materials; per applicable procedures partners with cross-functional teams to ensure that ABC coding is periodically reviewed and accurate.
- Ensures that policies and procedures are in compliance with OSHA Standards.
- Ability to effectively lead continuous improvement projects with cross-functional team support.
- Accountable for process discrepancies in the warehouse and provide technical expertise to improve procedures.
- Initiation of deviations for non-conforming materials and operational anomalies.
- Comfortable authoring SOPs and associated cGMP documents.
- Accountable for reviewing and in some cases owning documentation associated with transfer protocols, validation protocols, standard operating procedures, and batch records.
- Supports internal and external audits, as well as SOX compliance audit reviews associated with internal controls.
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements & Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent + 3 years of GMP experience in biotechnology industry
- Experience with setting up a lean warehouse
- Proficient in SAP/WMS/MES
- Proficient in training/mentoring other Material Handlers
- Proficient at quality record documentation
- Experience with developing procedures and technical writing
- Inventory control experience (cycle counting, physical inventories) preferred.
- Ability to lift material up to 50 lbs.
- Experience and/or certification in operating material-handling equipment preferred.
- Extensive walking and repetitive physical motion (squatting, bending, lifting, climbing ladders) is required.
- Demonstrates ability to diagnose possible root cause failure modes of warehouse transactions
- Excellent organizational skills and an ability to prioritize effectively to deliver results within reasonably established timelines.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication are essential in this collaborative work environment.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the US.
We offer a chance to work with talented people in a collaborative environment and provide a top-notch compensation and benefits package, which includes an annual performance bonus, equity, health insurance, generous time off (including 2 annual holiday company-wide shutdowns) and much more. The expected salary range for this role is $40.00 to $42.00 per hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, business needs, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
As an equal opportunity employer, Allogene is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. We also embrace differences in experience and background, and welcome diversity of opinions and thought, designed to create a stronger and better Allogene that is focused on developing life-changing products for patients.
