Warehouse Manager at Lonza Biologics Inc. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Job Description:

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is dedicated people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Warehouse Manager mentors, guides, and develops their team, ensuring safe and cGMP-compliant operations. They also communicate and ensure staff understands and follows the Site safety objectives. The manager implements strategies to optimize the Warehouse & Logistics operation while ensuring alignment to site, customer, and company goals. This person is responsible for defining and implementing procedures and policies within Warehouse operation to ensure audit/ inspection readiness at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifies Warehouse/Receiving responsibilities, work to be performed and timelines pertaining to area of responsibility


• Understand regulatory requirements and Lonza policies pertaining to the area of responsibility. Ensure Warehouse/FPA and Dispensing policies or procedures are appropriate and establish and/or revise, as necessary.


• Implement new strategies and process improvements to support the changing environment within the Supply Chain.


• Measures throughput, performance and other appropriate metrics and report them to management.


• Develop the technical and leadership skills of Warehouse/FPA and Dispensing personnel and perform mid-year and annual reviews of supervised Warehouse/FPA and Dispensing personnel.


• Acts as advisor to other members of the Logistics Team to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problem


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Requirements:

• BS/BA degree preferred, or 10+ years' work experience in Supply Chain.


• 8 years combined in Warehouse/ Logistics experience, preferably in a GMP Supply Chain operation


• Minimum of 4 years of experience of people leadership


• Safe work environment leadership, development of high performing teams, delivering progressive continuous improvement within the warehouse operation.


• Excellent written and verbal communication


• Validated project management skills


• This leadership role requires the successful incumbent to lead the department leaders and individual contributors who are direct reports. This role is required to inspire and compel excellence in performance in the warehouse operation team through visible energy, enthusiasm and creditability

Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.