Supervisor, Materials Management

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Novavax, Inc (Nasdaq:NVAX) is a biotechnology company that creates transformational vaccines that address some of the world's most pressing infectious diseases. We have more than a decade of experience contending with some of the world's most devastating diseases, including COVID-19, seasonal influenza, RSV, Ebola, MERS, and SARS. Hard-won lessons and significant advances illustrate that our proven technology has tremendous potential to make a substantial contribution to public health worldwide.

Our scientists are committed to developing vaccine candidates for some of the world's toughest viral threats by utilizing the power of our innovative recombinant nanoparticle vaccine platform. Our vaccine technology combines the power and speed of genetic engineering with the immunogenicity enhancing properties of our Matrix-M adjuvant to efficiently produce highly immunogenic particles targeting some of the most pressing viral infectious diseases.

Novavax, Inc. is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland with additional facilities in Uppsala, Sweden and Bohumil, Czech Republic.

Job Summary

Novavax, Inc.(Nasdaq: NVAX) is a late-stage biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally by discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. Novavax is uniquely qualified to address the enduring need for innovative vaccines. We utilize our proprietary recombinant technology platform, which combines genetic engineering's power and speed to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. We have more than a decade of experience contending with some of the world's most devastating diseases, including COVID-19, seasonal influenza, RSV, Ebola, MERS, and SARS. Hard-won lessons and significant advances illustrate that our proven technology has tremendous potential to make a substantial contribution to public health worldwide.

We are seeking a Supervisor, Materials Management to oversee the Material Supporting Novavax operations.The Material Management Supervisor will manage a team of individuals across multiple work centers in support of receiving, sampling, dispensing, and shipping of pharmaceutical materials. In addition, this individual will work with business partners in maintenance and engineering, site safety and quality assurance to ensure compliance and efficiency in the day-to-day flow of goods.The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with experience and interest in working in a small, entrepreneurial environment with broad responsibilities and opportunities. Also, this role may require working overtime during high volume periods and use standard equipment such as dollies, safety box cutters. The physical demands described below are representative of those that much be met by an employee to successful perform the essential functions of this job

Essential Functions

• Leads in the equipment and facility design and qualification for a new classified good manufacturing practice (GMP) area currently under construction.
• Hires, trains, manages staff.
• Defines material flows.
• Authors standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Ensures that all weighing and cleaning activities are executed in a safe, compliant, and timely manner in accordance with departmental SOPs and the company operating model.
• Works with Warehouse area to support the delivery of materials to production/manufacturing.
• Ensures training for staff is maintained and is relevant.
• As necessary, conducts or directs training activity for the team, including but not limited to: SOPs, skill qualifications, safety, quality, and other related communications.
• Notifies and escalates issues needing resolution in a timely manner.
• Responsible for re-allocation of resources as needed across area activities.
• Interfaces with multiple business partners and formulators
• Works with business partners in clinical manufacturing to support the on-time delivery of materials to line operations in production suites.
• Works with additional customers in development operations to ensure material requests and associated activities are executed in a timely manner.
• Collaborates effectively in a various cross functional workstreams to ensure the customers received materials timely and accurately.
• Supports Quality and Continuous Improvement Initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The Material Management Supervisor will manage a team of individuals across multiple work centers in support of receiving, sampling, dispensing, and shipping of pharmaceutical materials.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Prior Experience with SAP.
• Leadership Skills: Teamwork, Collaboration, Flexibility, Motivation, Functional, Excellence, Results-Oriented.
• Communication, both written and oral.
• Analytical Problem solving
• Brainstorming/Ideas generation - tools and techniques
• Customer service-Business Skills: Supervisory Skills and Project Management
• Positive attitude with a strong work ethic.
• Experience with the standards, practices, and guidelines relevant to a pharmaceutical and cGMP environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with other Materials Management colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to focus on assignments and seek assistance as needed to meet operational needs.
• Fluent in MS Office applications particularly MS Word, Excel, and some Power Point.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to focus on assignments and seek assistance as needed to meet operational needs.

Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics preferred.
• Experience in the Pharma/Biopharmaceutical or related industry in support of a GMP-compliant manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science or Business Administration.

Novavax offers a base salary, annual bonus, equity grants, professional career development/growth opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Rx, STD, LTD, Life, Optional Life, 401(k) plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Novavax is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment and advancement opportunities are available to all individuals on an at-will basis, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, protective hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Except where prohibited by applicable state law, this position requires that you be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless you need a reasonable accommodation or qualify for an exemption.