Onsite Sr. Inventory Coordinator

The Opportunity:

In this role, you will report to the Area Operations Manager and will work closely with the Avantor’s Advanced Laboratory Services professionals to serve our customers by performing customized, mission-based lab work and research protocols that help return time back to science.

Location: Collegeville, PA or King of Prussia, PA

Shift: Monday–Friday 7:00 am -3:30 pm

Pay Range: $22.00/hr. - $25.00/hr.

Benefits:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision and Wellness programs

• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO), Company paid holidays, Choice holidays etc.

• Financial Well Being: Spending Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), tuition assistance, employee stock purchase plan discount

• Added Protection Coverage: To include critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, legal, identity theft protection, pet, auto and home insurance

• Recognition: Celebrate your peers and earn points to redeem on gifts and products

What we’re looking for 

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree preferred.

• Experience: 2+ years of experience in inventory management, procurement, or related operations.

• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred 

• Procurement experience and order tracking required.

• Familiarity with hazardous material handling and shipping documentation.

• Strong customer service and communication skills.

• Proficiency in inventory and procurement systems such as SAP, Citrix, VWR+, ChemSW, and other customer-specific platforms.

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and documentation skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in regulated or infection control environments is a plus.

• Must meet safety, performance, and quality standards.

• Flu vaccination is required

• Ability to lift and move materials up to 50 lbs.

• Basic understanding of change management and SOP documentation.

How you will thrive and create an impact 

Avantor’s Advanced Laboratory Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support. In this role you will:

• Manage inventory for consumables, chemicals, and samples, including tracking, movement, cycle counts, annual physical inventories, and reporting.

• Provide daily customer service and communicate with stakeholders regarding inventory and order management.

• Support purchasing tasks such as tracking backorders, expediting shipments, managing quotes, maintaining records, and resolving invoice or pricing issues.

• Receive order requests from scientists and enter orders into the system; procurement experience and order tracking are a plus.

• Handle order entry, reporting, metric tracking, and cost-saving documentation.

• Coordinate shipping activities, operate basic warehouse equipment, and enter shipping data into customer systems.

• Safely manage hazardous materials and prepare compliant shipping documentation and packaging.

• Interface with customer contacts, purchasing and facility directors, and plant managers.

• Oversee consigned, non-consigned, customer-owned, and third-party inventory.

• Use Avantor and customer systems (e.g., SAP, Citrix, VWR+, ChemSW) to complete tasks.

• Meet performance goals related to safety, quality, and efficiency.

• Develop and implement service improvement programs.

• Collaborate with Avantor Sales and manufacturer representatives.

• Maintain change management documentation and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Deliver inbound packages directly to customer contacts.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

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