Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Associate

Job Title: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Associate

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Must Have: GMP Manufacturing Experience

Responsibilities

• Follow SOPs and departmental procedures with strict adherence to cGMP requirements.
• Support the processing of materials for manufacturing facilities, including picking, dispensing, staging activities.
• Perform material handling in a warehouse environment, including safe operation of Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIVs) as required. PIV training will be provided onsite.
• Gown to Grade 8-9 and work in classified dispensary areas.
• Identify, escalate, and support resolution of potential risks related to dispensing, warehouse, or manufacturing support activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to complete operational activities associated with warehousing and dispensing.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, work center team activities, safety programs, and internal operational excellence projects.
• Provide support during regulatory inspections and be prepared to present information to auditors as required.
• Identify operational issues, roadblocks, and process improvement opportunities; communicate effective solutions to area management.
• Maintain the Kanban system for consumables.
• Support external warehouse operations and related tasks.
• Collaborate with Global Distribution teams to meet evolving business needs.
• Complete all transactions promptly, accurately, and in compliance with applicable procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• College degree.
• GMP/GDP experience in shipping, dispensing, warehousing, manufacturing, and/or quality.
• Experience supporting documentation revisions in CDOCS.
• Knowledge of DQMS (Digital Quality Management System) and QMTS (Quality Management Tracking System), including support for deviation investigations and ownership of minor deviations and CAPAs.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience operating Powered Industrial Vehicles.
• Familiarity with scales and weighing operations.
• Experience gathering metrics, preparing reports, and presenting findings to area management.
• Experience supporting internal operational excellence projects.
• Knowledge of ERP systems, Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on manufacturing leader who can bridge engineering excellence with operational execution. This individual will be comfortable leading diverse technical teams, driving continuous improvement, managing significant capital investments, and developing strategies that improve safety, quality, reliability, and plant performance.
If you are an accomplished engineering leader with a passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement, we encourage you to apply.