Inventory Control Specialist

**Location** Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States *At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then youre our kind of person.*

**About AstraZeneca in Gaithersburg, MD:**

Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility creates life-changing medicines for people around the world. This campus employs more than 3,500 experts in our field and is only a short drive from Washington, DC. This modern and vibrant scientific campus is the home of R&D and Oncology in the US. Here, we play host to some of the most cutting-edge technology and lab spaces, all designed to inspire collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work. We are dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

The Gaithersburg site offers a variety of amenities to help boost productivity and help keep our employees happy and healthy. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where youll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while increasing collaboration between teams.

**Summary of the group:**

The Materials Management team is responsible for the planning, procurement, and distribution of GMP raw materials required for the production of Clinical trial material. The team is composed of Buyers, Planners, and Inventory Control Specialists. Some of the key responsibilities of the team are material master data creation and maintenance, crafting master specs, shipping drug substance, cost analysis, cost reduction, trouble-shooting supply issues, and new material introduction.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities:**

* Authors Change Controls, Non-conformances, SOPs, and master specifications.

* Works proactively to optimize supply chain operations through creative solutions, acting alone and/or on teams.

* Order, receive and put away raw materials for production in the manufacturing areas.

* Removing and disposing of expired Raw Materials in manufacturing areas.

* Works cross functionally to resolve raw material issues.

* Coordinate the storage and shipping of Bulk Drug substances

**Education & Experience Requirements:**

High School or a GED and 3 years of warehouse or supply chain logistics experience.

**Required Skills:**

* Able to work independently without appreciable direction

* Identifies and effectively communicates complex problems and solutions

* Ability to develop collaborative relationships and build effective teams

* Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities

* Data Analysis

**Desired Skills:**

* Candidate must be able to lift 50lbs.

* GMP experience

* SAP or similar ERP system experience

* Microsoft Office

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