Company Description
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
We are looking for a Warehouse Technician at our Manufacturing site in Cork. In this role, the candidate will execute the sampling of raw and intermediate materials, manage the receipt and storage of raw materials, and shipment of finished products while also managing the sampling booth and warehouse to the highest cGMP standards.
Sampling Activities:
* Preparation of LAF booth for material sampling activities
* Verification of sampling booth equipment daily
* Work with QC department on sampling schedule alignment
* Sampling of raw materials, as per procedures
* Completion of all sampling tasks in compliance with in-house procedures
* Routine cleaning of LAF booth/Sampling area to cGMP standards
* Audit compliance
* Replenishment of Sampling booth stock
Optimise the performance of the Warehouse activities:
* Master and use the relevant IT
* Manage the warehouse as follows:
1. Take delivery of raw materials and packaging
2. Ensure paperwork is updated immediately
3. Label everything adequately
4. Check the expiry date of substances and packaging
5. Ensure stock rotation (FIFO principle)
6. Manage material returns from production
7. Prepare finished product for shipment
8. Manage waste flow/disposal
9. Use and maintain warehouse equipment (e.g., lift truck, forklift)
Operate to the rules of Quality Assessment:
* Ensure that all warehouse SOPs are updated to reflect current activities
* Know and apply the warehouse SOP procedures to the daily tasks of warehouse management
* Work to cGMP guidelines
Carry out routine maintenance activities for QC systems:
* Execute stock control on sampling and required consumables including reagents, solvents to ensure there is adequate supply to execute tasks. Complete purchase orders as required and manage materials on receipt
* Participate in training and development activities to ensure that new technologies are applied and that skill level is developed
Meet the Quality and Safety Standards:
* Ensure sampling activities are executed in line with in-house procedures and in compliance with requirements of cGMP
* Ensure sampling activities are executed in line with safety requirements and good laboratory practice/GMP
* Keep work area clean and tidy
* Participation in investigations into exception events as required
Contribute to Safety:
* Contribute to the safety of persons and goods within the warehouse
* Abide by safety regulations (i.e., notify superiors in cases of concern)
Continuous Improvement of activities and systems within the warehouse:
* Maintain safety and compliance in each operation
* Report any dysfunction
* Pass on useful information to others
* Keep the workplace clean and tidy at all times
* Be neatly dressed and behave responsibly
Qualifications:
* Leaving Certificate minimum
* Experience in Pharma Manufacturing/cGMP environment/Pharma warehouse/QC
* Good PC skills
* Fluent in written and oral English
Additional Information
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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