Warehouse Inventory Specialist - CDC

Venesco LLC, is in need of an experienced Inventory Control Specialist to support our warehouse operations for the CDC the Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) in Indianapolis, IN.

The Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) manages and maintains the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), the national repository of critical medicines, medical supplies, and medical equipment established to protect the American public if there is a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.

The division procures and ensures that medical assets are stored and managed at the highest level of the Food and Drug Administration’s current Good Manufacturing Practices, and delivers these assets, which are designed to supplement state and local public health agencies in the event of a large-scale public health emergency in the United States or its territories. During such a national emergency, the DSNS may deploy a team of advisors to provide technical assistance to the state(s) receiving the stockpile medical assets.

Scope of Work:

Overall: Support Warehouse management operations.

• Provide knowledge in inventory control systems, data entry, electronic packing, shipping and receiving, and computer data entry.
• Enter data into the Inventory Management System upon receipt or issue of products/equipment program wide.
• Have knowledge of Microsoft Office and inventory management systems to maintain data accuracy.
• Monitor operating inventory management systems, and management tools for the asset accountability
• Operate data conversion equipment to generate and/or verify a large variety of subject matter information from many types of source documents.
• Assist in programming, work assignments, system supervisory functions, diagnosing operational problems.
• Coordinate communications and interactions to resolve issues and errors.
• Assume responsibilities of the Data Entry to include verification of pertinent product information such as description, lot number, expiration date, unit of measure, storage locations National Drug Code(NDC).
• Establish and maintain supporting documentation of files and other documents to support new or current formats, procedures and programs
• Participate/conduct quarterly Quality Assurance and Quality Checks on all DSNS assets.
• Analyze logistic functions at repository and provide recommendations for improvement and efficiency
• Conduct movement, storage, and planning of conditioned controlled asset
• Monitor quality assurance for stored pharmaceutical assets
• Understand and execute repository asset inventory and distribution operations and be responsible for timely execution of distribution assets
• Understand and execute written site SOPs
• Coordinate or assist in coordinating projects and workload to process and accommodate expedited and emergency shipments and transactions
• Assist in managing a variety of biological products with various cold chain management requirements
• Ensure documents are complete and current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) are maintained.
• Apply comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of supply and logistics processes, concepts, policies and regulations to manage difficult work assignments affecting supply operations and equipment.
• Have the ability to work with 3PL on specific supply chain problems, shipping, receiving and storage.
• Have the ability to perform and respond to emergency shipments within a 90 minute timeframe.

• Bachelor’s degree (may be substituted for six years of experience)
• Two years of experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and inventory management systems and database management to maintain data accuracy
• Oracle knowledge is a plus
• Ability to work with 3PL on specific supply chain problems, shipping, receiving, and storage
• Ability to perform and respond to emergency shipments within a 90-minute timeframe

The following training courses are required annually and are completed online:

• cGMP
• Records Management Training
• Security Awareness Training
• Ethics Training
• NIMS-700A
• Role Base Training

Venesco, LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.

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