Inventory Coordinator

The Opportunity

In this role, you will report to the manager of site services and will work closely with the Avantor's Lab and Production Services professionals to serve our customers by performing customized, mission-based lab work and research protocols that help return time back to science.

Hourly Rate: $28 - $32

Location: South San Francisco, CA

Shift: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm

Position is Temporary, But Can Possibly Lead to Full-Time

What We're Looking For

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required; University degree or college diploma

• Experience: 2+ years' customer service, inventory replenishment, or material handling experience, or other transferable education is applicable

• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred.

• Basic Office Skills: Use of Microsoft Office Applications (Teams, Outlook, Excel), access to required Avantor and/or customer-based systems

• Must be customer-focused and have demonstrated customer service skills, and the interpersonal skills to support various levels of personnel at the customer site

• Supply chain knowledge is preferred

• Possess strong organizational skills and demonstrate the ability to multitask; meet required deadlines

• Have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

• Must be able to lift around 35+lbs

How You Will Thrive and Create an Impact

Avantor's Lab and Production Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support.

In this role you will:

• Associate may be responsible for tasks in inventory management (Consumables, chemicals, samples, etc) and accurate inventory control, processing requests leading to inventory movement on and off site, and fulfilling customer metric reporting.

• Performs inventory management related functions such as monitoring slow moving and dead inventory, conduct cycle counting, yearly physical inventories, and reporting.

• Provides daily customer service functions and communicates with the customer relative to inventory management.

• May be required to perform purchasing functions including but not limited to: back order reporting and expediting, direct factory shipments, 3rd party support, managing quotes, document control, records maintenance, and resolving open invoices or pricing issues.

• Responsible for all customer service related functions including but not limited to: order entry, reporting, maintaining metrics, and cost savings tracking.

• Performs shipping coordination activities such as shipping customer material, handling routine issues, operating basic warehouse equipment, entering shipping information into the customer computer system, and equipment inspections.

• Responsible for handling hazardous material and preparing shipping documentation and packaging requirements.

• Interfaces directly with customer point of contact, purchasing directors, facility directors and plant managers.

• Responsible for managing consigned, non-consigned, customer owned or 3rd party inventory.

• Utilizes Avantor and customer computer systems (SAP, Citrix, Intranet, Avantor Inventory Management Systems, ChemSW, and customer specific systems) in fulfillment of job duties.

• Meets goals and objectives: safety, performance and quality.

• Creates programs for enhanced service efficiencies.

• Interfacing with Avantor Sales Force and manufacture representatives.

• Documents change management.

• Responsible for desktop delivery of inbound packages to customer contacts

• Updating and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures.

• Perform other duties as assigned.