Material Handler II* Manufacturing Professionals Gaithersburg, Maryland

**Material Handler II***

* Gaithersburg, Maryland

* Work experience

* Production, manufacturing

**Material Handler II***

**Become Part of the BioNTech Family.**

BioNTech is a Germany-based biotechnology company with U.S. offices in Cambridge, MA and Gaithersburg, MD, that focuses on developing cancer therapeutics, including individualized immunotherapy, as well as vaccines for infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The company's oncology pipeline contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; and small-molecule immunomodulators. BioNTech is partnered with several large pharmaceutical companies, including Roche, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Genmab. Comirnaty (COVID-19 vaccine) is its first commercialized product.

In this great position you will be responsible for the following; execute safe, compliant on-the-floor warehouse operations in the cGMP commercial facility including receiving, put away, picking and component preparation for manufacturing and final product shipping. Adhere to all GMP and SOP requirements; recognizing deviations, applying appropriate corrective actions, and contributing to/establishing preventative actions as dictated by the deviation investigation and root cause analysis. Lead and/or otherwise participate in shop floor team huddles to ensure performance measures relating to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Expense and People are met. **Here, youll achieve greatness.**

The areas of responsibilities will include, but are not limited too:

* Execute cycle count process to ensure accuracy and control of inventory volumes.

* Represent warehouse operations in cross functional teams and collaborate to achieve goals.

* Participate in investigations and assist in resolving operational problems, identifying root cause.

* Identify and deliver continuous improvement activities.

* Help drive daily Materials Management operations and activities to support the GMP Production operations team and other internal customers

* Identify and resolve any irregularities pertaining to materials and transactional activity.

* Handle the day-to-day assignments of warehouse job tasks and monitor completion of required activities

* Receive incoming shipments of non-GMP/GMP materials and equipment following established procedures

* Dispense GMP materials to support production operations

* Prepare and deliver raw materials, samples, finished product, etc. to various departments and facilities as needed ensuring proper procedure and temperature range requirements are followed

* Maintain accurate inventory of GMP warehouse materials

* Communicate inventory discrepancies to warehouse operations leadership

* Cross-train in all areas of the warehouse operations

* Ensure individual employee training is up-to-date

* Adhere to all safety procedures

* Keep warehouse operation clean and inspection ready

* May be required to be on an on call rotation and work overtime or weekend hours.

* Minimum requirements; 1-2 years experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology Materials Management, GMP distribution/warehouse operations and a high school degree required. Bachelors degree preferred

* Lift, carry, push and/or pull up to 50 lb. of equipment or supplies

* Squat, bend, kneel, climb, and/or reach for 75% of the day

* Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities

* Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership in areas of responsibility.

**Preferred Requirements:**

* IATA Certification and/or past DOT certification

* Experience with WMS

**Benefits for you.**

**BioNTech US** is committed to the well being of our team members and offers a variety of benefits supporting our diverse employee base. Salaried/Position-Targeted Hourly Employees working 30+ hours per week are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Benefits include but are not limited to:

* Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

* Life, AD&D, STD and LTD Insurance

* HRA & FSA Spending Accounts

* Health & Wellness, including free onsite gym access

* Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance

* Vacation and Unlimited Sick Time

* Holidays and Floating Holidays, including discretionary winter shutdown

* 401(K) Plan with Significant Company Match

* Tuition Reimbursement and Professional Development

* Commuting Assistance and free onsite parking

* Discounted Home and Auto Insurance

* Pet Insurance

Plus more benefits that will be shared upon hire! Then apply now for our location Cambridge (Boston) and simply send us your application documents using our online form.

For those who require assistance due to disability, or have questions prior to applying, please email careers@join-us.biontech.de.

*BioNTech does not differentiate on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation or identity, disability, age and other protected statuses as given by applicable law. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Most important its a match!