Distribution Clerk

**Abbott**

At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 196 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

**The Opportunity**

**Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) **is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies. Our in-vitro Diagnostic Assay manufacturing site in **Dundee **has an exciting opportunity for a brand new **Distribution Clerk **within the Operations team.

**What You’ll Do**

As a Distribution Clerk you will be responsible for preparing product for shipment to final destinations. More specifically:

- Routine material handling tasks related to the receipt, movement and shipment of materials and Finished goods
- Provide standard clerical and administrative support for the billing and shipping functions
- Pick, assemble and verify customer orders ready for distribution, arranging transport as necessary
- Assemble goods and prepare documentation (for goods considered dangerous for transport) to ensure compliance against international and national regulations (ADR/IATA)
- Responsible to comply with applicable policies and procedures, ISO standards, and with GMP regulations and requirements

Working hours: Monday-Friday 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

**Required Qualifications & Skills**
- Nat 4 or equivalent in English, Maths or equivalent experience to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills
- Counter-balance forklift licensed, or capable of obtaining a counter-balance forklift license
- Certified as trained in Dangerous Goods transport/handling
- Proven warehouse experience
- Ability to operate forklift, hand truck, pallet jack and other common warehouse equipment
- Solid understanding of health and safety regulations
- Knowledge of MS Office, in particular Excel
- Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Good organisation and time management skills.
- Good communication skills
- Knowledge of GMP processes and procedures

**Working at Abbott**

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

As you’d expect from an innovative global healthcare company, we offer an excellent starting salary, and a competitive range of benefits including a defined contribution pension scheme, and private healthcare.