Warehouse and Logistics Manager

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking a Warehouse and Logistics Manager as part of the Facilities & Engineering team based in Somerset, NJ.

Role Overview

The Warehouse and Logistics Manager will be responsible for the ongoing site ramp-up, daily operational management, as well as continuous improvement of Warehouse and Planning operations within the Somerset Site as well as other Legend USA Pipeline and Corporate locations. This individual will partner with the direct functions at each site to support their operations in respect to Planning, Inventory management and Delivery to both internal and external customers. This role supports both GxP and non-GxP functions. They must ensure that all GxP operations are fully compliant and that any operations for Non-GxP operations are managed in a way to ensure that GxP requirements are not compromised or infringed. This role is responsible for building and developing departmental capabilities for centralized inventory management for the site.
They develop, implement, maintain, and execute the processes, procedures, relationships, and systems required for Warehouse and logistics operations. They participate in defining the departmental objectives. Function as departmental representative and subject matter expert on cross functional teams to ensure departmental input and requirements are represented for new initiatives or changes. Participate in strategic discussions involving departmental growth, departmental scope of control and budgetary planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, coach, and develop an effective Warehouse and logistics team responsible for all inbound, outbound, material receipt & inventory management, and distribution processes for consumables, raw materials, samples and final drug products.
• Establish a strong relationship between the different teams of the department by identifying clear roles and responsibilities.
• Participate in governances structure design, decision-making process, as well as performance management and initiatives related to the continuous improvement of the warehouse operations.
• Responsible for hiring, development, and performance management of staff within the warehouse as well as the establishment of key performance indicators
• Responsible for management of warehouse budget inclusive but not limited to headcount, materials, consumables and services.
• Serve as BPO of the S4 HANA EWM environment to represent the Warehouse & Operations business requirements and accuracy of inventory, processes and document track. Support implementation of improvement projects to the EWM environment.
• Support the treatment and on time closure of deviations, Quality investigations and CAPA’s related to operational activities. Ensure good CAPA effectiveness checks to keep standards on day-to-day activities and avoid recurrences.
• Accountable for ensuring departmental compliance with respect to GXP, quality, training, EHS, security requirements. Develop solutions to enhance quality, efficiency, capacity, safety and security.
• Participate in or coordinate projects that involve operations (e.g. material flow, material management, personnel flow, continuous improvement)
• Develop and integrate strategic inventory management planning at a site level.
• Interact with key site stakeholders, on activities linked to warehouse and Logistics functions.
• Have the authority to make all operational decisions for the department. They will provide input to strategic planning and budget development for the department.