Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

Responsible for performing a wide variety of tasks involved in laboratory and clean room material and reagent ordering, tracking, receipt and processing, inventory management of critical materials, reagents and laboratory supplies for testing. Serve as operational support lead responsible for ensuring the proper receipt of laboratory instrumentation and equipment-ordered to facilitate operational commissioning. Responsible for ensuring the facility is in compliance with proper safety measures and regulations as It applies to storage of critical materials, reagents and supplies and the configuration of the storage environs. Responsible for ensuring the facility is in compliance with proper health and safety measures and regulations as it applies to the execution of cleaning of the laboratories and clean room environs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Regularly coordinate with vendors to ensure orders contain reagents and materials having specific lot, quantity and delivery to support the testing regimen at the site.

• Responsibilities will Include placing orders, and coordinating/approving payment to vendors.

• Frequent Interface with facilities/maintenance personnel in support of laboratory and operations. Increasing proficiency in interacting with facilities is expected.

• Perform daily tasks including material receipt, storage, quarantine and release, and distribution.

• Regularly communicate with internal clients to facilitate critical material/reagent receiving and for completion of required documentation, labelling, and storage, and disposition of critical material/reagent.

• Work with the laboratory and operational personnel to establish and maintain cost center reorder and inventory management systems.

• Assure that critical materials are ordered sufficiently far in advance to allow for on-time project initiation and uninterrupted testing.

• Manage the inventory for routine consumables and specialty reagents. Track and analyze inventory turnover to maximize efficiency of ordering.

• Utilize and improve systems for managing inventory in lab-based refrigerators and freezers.

• Ensure that lab-related refuse is discarded according to SOPs and any applicable regulations.

• Participate in Responsibilities and Tasks associated with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) systems, practices and procedures as assigned.

• Provide coverage for Shipping and Receiving on the loading dock

• Establish procedures for assuring the orderly management and control of inventory items such as critical materials, reagents and laboratory supplies for testing.

• Perform data entry into inventory control systems.

• Daily proficient use of SciQuest order placement system and SAP resource management system.

• Maintain exact and detailed documentation appropriate to the function, including training records.

• Contact vendors to resolve any incorrect or damaged items that are received or return the shipment.

• Arrange inventory in a neat and orderly fashion, which is conducive to proper safeguarding and

record keeping. Keep receiving area clear at all times.

• Comply with inventory requisition systems, forms, and documentation.

• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in scientific discipline preferred.

• Experience: 4 to 6 years related experience in a laboratory/related support.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory

substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

• Other: Able to work independently under minimal supervision. Knowledge of GMPs/GLPs

strongly preferred.

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $25.50 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Biologics Testing Solutions

With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs. Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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