Warehouse Associate

**Warehouse Associate**

**Location: Macclesfield, UK**

**Competitive salary and benefits**

**Opening date: 17/01/2023**

**Closing date: 23/01/2023**

Are you an experienced Warehouse Associate looking for your next challenge? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being ambitious, 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 you’re our kind of person

Thrive in an energising environment where challenging work goes hand in hand with development. With opportunities, recognition and bright minds, there’s no better place to unlock learning and build a long-term career.

**The site**:
The Macclesfield site is our second largest manufacturing site and the largest UK based campus, from which our medicines are manufacture, packaged and distributed to over 130 countries globally. People are at the very heart of AstraZeneca and the facilities around site support this. You will find an onsite gym, restaurants, parking, on-site holiday childcare and much more

In Operations we have a big ambition - to deliver more medicines to patients, quicker and more affordably. Backed by the investment, leadership and a clear plan to get there, we bring personal dedication and out of the box thinking.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Warehouse Associate to join our business.

**Responsibilities**:
You will meet the individual manufacturing and supply chain requirements for the control, preparation and supply of raw materials, components and intermediates to other teams within UK Operations.

You will also manage the removal, control, export preparation and dispatch of finished products from Macclesfield to Customers worldwide.

The Warehouse Associate will be involved in several activities across the area which will include:

- The receipt, control, storage and movement of materials in line with relevant SOPs
- Prompt and accurate checking of materials and associated documentation
- Preparation and delivery of Packed sales stock and waste to appropriate locations
- Preparation and handling of samples/Registration samples
- Completion of inventory management activities, underpinning stock accuracy
- Working across a range of shift patterns

**Essential skills**:

- Experience in warehousing/stock movement/handling
- GMP awareness
- Attention to detail
- Awareness of Safety, Health and Environmental principles
- Recent FLT driving experience

**Desirable skills**:

- Previous Pharma Warehouse Experience
- Experience of FDA / cGMP or other regulated quality system
- Experience with interacting with Automation - AGV’s and Conveyors
- Experience with lone working
- Proven problem solving skills
- Knowledge and experience in the use of SAP IT systems

**Please note that this position is internally aligned to SA91 Grade 6**

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

Interested? Come and join our journey