At Covance, we offer opportunities to work on diverse, challenging projects with bright, interesting colleagues while building a flexible and rewarding career. We put our trust in science and in one another. This is your chance to become part of a team that helps to bring the miracles of medicine to market sooner, as Covance has helped pharmaceutical and biotech companies develop one-third of all prescriptions medicines in the market today.

Covance is currently recruiting for a Materials Coordinator to be based within our Harrogate site. 

Job Summary:

• To ensure all materials (reagents, consumables, critical materials) in BioPharmaceutical CMC Solutions (CMC) are entered, located and tracked by established deadlines and in compliance with SOPs and regulatory agency guidelines; assuring chain of custody for all materials throughout their lifecycle. Perform a variety of material coordination responsibilities in compliance with appropriate SOPs, GMP / GLP / GCP requirements and regulatory guidelines, in support of operational requirements. This is a laboratory based role with direct responsibility for ensuring that effective and efficient coordination processes are followed for incoming and outgoing materials.

Essential Job Duties:

• Materials management core tasks, including sourcing, ordering, receipt, inventory management, labelling, storage, disposal, shipping and client communication. Use of Departmental systems (ePro, trackers etc.) as appropriate to maintain control and integrity of materials. Ownership of entry and accuracy of data into Departmental systems. Accurate interpretation of project specific requirements and needs. Reviews shipping and goods in documents against materials received to ensure accuracy and communicate discrepancies to appropriate personnel. Planning and prioritisation of team and individual workload. Contributes to a cohesive team environment. Communicates effectively with internal and external customers. Introduces and develops process improvement initiatives. Reports and escalates any sourcing, receipt or inventory issues relating to their workplace. Participates in the maintenance and update of inventory documents and trackers used within the team. Performs other duties as assigned.

Trains new employees, working with and directing less experienced staff, and prioritising workloads and / or special projects on a daily basis. Education / Qualifications The post holder should ideally have a relevant scientific qualification and / or an appropriate amount of experience.

Experience Recommended:

• Some experience in the job discipline. Experience and application of goods in processes / material receipt, transfer and shipping processes. Working knowledge of a functioning LIMS or comparable tracking systems. Experience and application of inventory management / procurement systems. Knowledge and understanding of regulations (GMP / GLP / GCP). Basic computing skills, including word processing and use of spreadsheets (e.g. Word, Excel).