Material Coordinator in Bristol, United Kingdom

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Job Description

Job Title: Material Coordinator

Reports to: Senior Material Coordinator

Location: Watkins Building, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 9QD UK (on-site)

Position Summary:

Bio-Techne is a world-leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality biological reagents. We are seeking a Material Coordinator to join our growing team in Bristol.

The successful candidate will form a key part of our distribution team for both research use only (RUO) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) products. They will be responsible for preparing and weighing products from our Tocris range accurately and to accepted quality standards, primarily within our GMP cleanroom environment. This involves working to maintain the required levels of pre-weighed stock in accordance with business continuity, as well as ensuring customer orders are processed and dispatched according to the required standards and in compliance with shipping regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertake RUO and GMP weighing activities, ensuring high quality standards are maintained and all product documentation and/or electronic systems are accurately updated.

• Work in controlled manufacturing environments, including cleanrooms, using the appropriate personal protective equipment.

• Undertake daily picking and packing of customer orders ensuring accuracy and quality standards are maintained.

• Ensure that all packages are prepared in accordance with the regulatory guidelines for transportation and that all despatch paperwork is accurately presented with the goods.

• Provide support and absence cover to colleagues for stock control responsibilities as required and undertake all other duties as assigned

• Assist with receipting and delivery of purchase orders for laboratory products.

• Represent the company in a professional manner

Qualifications

• Accurate, thorough and attentive to detail

• Numerate and literate

• Good team worker

• Self-motivated and initiative to work autonomously

• Good IT skills; ability to use MS Office software (especially Word, Excel and Access), Tocris’ Product Database, Pegasus OPERA (training will be provided) and any other tools relevant to the role

• Willingness to grow knowledge of Tocris products, services, customers and marketplace

• Knowledge of Health and Safety procedures and safe chemical handling (additional training will be provided)

• Knowledge of weighing/packing procedures, including operation of digital balances

Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources. Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including Bupa health and dental cover, life assurance, long-term absence cover and a Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Participation in a highly favourable pension scheme with up to 9% employer contribution (depending on employee contribution eg. 6 % employee, 9 % employer).

• 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays)

• In-work perks such as free car parking, coffee, tea and snacks.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families.

We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan.

We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.

We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging.

We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.

Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services.

Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.