Our client, a global market leader in the production and process support of active pharmaceutical ingredients, both in the chemical and biotechnology sectors, is recruiting for a talented

**Head Warehouse & Logistics for a 6 months contract to be based in Stein, Switzerland**
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**Head Warehouse & Logistics (Pharma)– 6814 ASH**

The Head Warehouse & Logistics is accountable for logistics operations at site and accountable to achieve a Swiss Medic License for Logistics processes, equipment’s, rooms and systems in the DPS growth projects. This role exists to ensure the safe, efficient, compliant, and future-oriented operation of the warehouse and logistics processes supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing. It covers the full scope of warehousing (including 3PL), material and inventory management, inbound/inhouse/outbound logistics (including cold chain), delegated sampling (incl. open material handling) and leadership according to GMP Standards for existing and new buildings.

**Main Responsibilities:**

- Leads and develop a team of Logistics Experts and Logistics operators under aspects of qualification, development, coaching, recruitment, and disciplinary actions
- Supervise the EWM IT project for the local Site as business project leader
- Represents the warehouse facility during regulatory inspections and customer audits, and actively participates in customer visits and presentations
- Oversees all warehousing and material management activities, including receiving, issuing, storage, handling (disposition, consumption, and process order bookings), allocation of direct materials to support manufacturing, and material scrapping
- Drives the optimization of warehouse processes to ensure compliant storage, transportation, and distribution, with a focus on time and cost efficiency
- Ensures effective communication between management, stakeholders and Global Engineering / CAPEX team
- Represents Operations in investment projects:
- o Shares experience from an operational and maintenance point of view with the design team.
- o Responsible for operative takeover of the warehouse (after operational qualification), drive

swiss medic readiness preparation and represent operations with SME’s during the audit

- o Accountable for preparation of risk analysis (SHE, GMP) and all relevant procedures (SOP’s)

and ensuring training of staff. o Supports the Site Supply Chain Head in developing,

prioritizing and achieving goals with respect to the project and overall DPS (Drug Product

Services) goals

Stakeholder 1 Operations Head DPS Growth Projects

Stakeholder 2 Site Supply Chain Head Stein

Stakeholder 3 Head Manufacturing

- Accountability:

o Manage daily logistics and production logistics operation of a small Pharmaceutical

Manufacturing Site(Aseptic filling) with 8 Operators and 1 Expert

o Support and improve logistics processes to get ready for SAP-EWM implementation

o Orchestrate / Support Customer and Health Authority Audits

o Optional: Business Lead for EWM implementation

**Qualifications and Experience:**

- ***Relevant working/residency permit or Swiss/EU-Citizenship required***
- Experience within GxP / Pharma background in a manufacturing site
- Leadership skills for small teams (direct reports only)
- SAP knowledge
- German (for Operators) and English (for Documents, QA Compliance, Projects etc.) speaking
- Minimum 4 days/week onsite is needed