Shipping/Receiving Associate (Pharmaceutical Distribution)(ENTRY LEVEL)

We're looking for someone who can be our Shipping/Receiving Associate for our new pharmaceutical distribution facility. The ideal candidate will either know or be willing to learn: drug storage, shipping, recordkeeping, suspicious orders/diversion concerns, returns, recalls, record retention, and regulatory compliance. Candidate will be involved in repackaging activities as well.

Candidate must have a clean professional/regulatory background and be capable of supporting NABP accreditation and state licensing activities. This is due to the fact that you will likely need to take trainings and then tests to become accredited as our secondary/back up Designated Representative (Pharmaceutical Distribution)

JOB FUNCTION: As a Shipping/Receiving Associate, you will be responsible for executing the shipment schedule and daily shipping/receiving activities. You will be tasked with verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Other responsibilities include comparing identifying information, counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices orders, and other records.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follows up daily incoming receiving, makes sure received goods are received in timely manner
• Maintains daily receiving and inventory log
• Prepares packing slip and other shipping documents for outgoing shipments
• Reports any of discrepancy to the supervisor
• Follows up shipping schedule and requests. Verifies if shipments are shipped on time.
• Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified and that material is handled.
• Coordinates with shipping carriers, internal customers and external customers.
• Responsible for properly and accurately packing and appropriately labeling various types of shipments.
• Ensure packing supplies; boxes, packing materials, labels, etc are properly stocked.

Requirements

EXPERIENCE:

-Preference for shipping/logistics experience in pharmaceutical distribution, wholesale distribution, or pharmacy operations

-We will train you as this is entry-level

-No education requirements

-You must be willing to take the Designated Representative test for each state as required to serve as our backup Designated Representative

Benefits

For employees:

-We pay 100% of the medical HMO premium, but you also have the choice to choose a PPO plan

-Dental PPO

-VISION

-FSA

-100% employer-paid Basic Life/AD&D + ST Disability

-4% match 401k (Safe Harbor - immediately vested)

PTO: 15 days total (vacation/personal days) + 5 sick days + holidays

(Vacation days accrue and earn more with seniority)