Warehouse Manager

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 talented 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.

Join Lonza AG, a world-class leader in life sciences, and drive our logistics operations to new heights as a Warehouse Manager! Based in Houston, TX, USA, this role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead a team dedicated to excellence and safety.

• Effectively supervise groups within Materials Management to ensure all customer requirements are met and performed safely and within GMP guidelines.

• Offer mentorship on advanced processes.

• Review daily workload to ensure adequate availability of resources.

• Handle and report out on key performance indicator metrics for the department.

• Ensure the development, updates, and maintenance of Standard Operating Processes (SOPs) and work instructions are complete and can be closely followed.

• Ensure the timely delivery of quality samples as well as continuous audit readiness within the Raw Material Sampling areas.

• Responsible for ensuring that material allocations for the daily production schedule are completed daily.

• Ensure that material returns from manufacturing are processed in a timely manner.

• Accountable for the completion of daily sample shipments as well as scheduled final product shipments, to include all required documentation.

• Coordinate the completion of quality records for changes to shipping processes from validations and customer requests.

• Ensure monthly inventories are performed and submitted in a timely manner to Inventory Control.

• Sustain and maintain replenishment material inventory.

• Review SAP transactions to ensure clear segregation of responsibilities.

• Review daily activities to ensure they are beneficial to the company.

• Review transactions (i.e., Cycle Counts inventory investigations) and provide direction on handling root cause and corrective actions.

• Facilitate scheduling PMs for Maintenance/Calibration/HVAC for internal and external warehouse spaces.

• Develop Logistics Specialists/Leads so they are trained in all areas of warehouse operations as noted on their specific job description.

• Develop new strategies and improve on current processes to support the changing environment.

• Complete ongoing Employee Health & Safety (EHS) awareness training.

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience in Business.

• Align and understand cGMP, Manufacturing Practices, Logistics, and Warehousing background.

• Strong personality who takes the lead and ownership.

• A dynamic yet measured personality with excellent presentational and influencing skills.

• Staying power in a fast-paced environment where standards need to be established and set.

• Strong analytic and decision-making abilities in a greenfield environment.

• Outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal. Excellent listening skills.

• Project and Change Management skills.

• Strong Time Management and Priorities Management Skills.

• Problem-solving and root cause identification skills.

• Must be a great teammate and able to collaborate optimally with others. Open-minded and curious to learn new things.

• Ability to influence others and move towards a common vision or goal, being a strong interface.

• A very high level of personal drive and motivation and the ability to progress matters with a significant degree of independence.

• The desire and ability to innovate and address challenges positively and creatively.

• A highly flexible approach to handling a large workload in an environment with rapidly shifting priorities and unpredictable demands.

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.