Product Handler - Aspen Pharma Group

OVERVIEW

• Carry out tasks related to receiving, material preparation, stocking, picking, cycle counting, finished goods preparation and loading of product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Receipting

• Check delivery vehicle and pallets for damage and ensure compliance to GMP
• Unpack the truck and sort by supplier and lot numbers
• Check shipping manifest and weigh materials; move suspect material to holding place
• Complete and verify the goods receipt document
• Hand receipt documents over to Administrator to book into BAAN
• Dust and pack by hand, and place on pallets, or by means of equipment
• Apply quarantine labels and/or location labels on the material
• Hand over to the Administrator for printing

Stocking

• Place a pallet on the shelf as per the location label or scan the location to update BAAN
• Replace the label after “For release” is approved, if applicable
• Place scheduled products into the Schedule Cages under the supervision of the Pharmacist

Picking

• Receive instruction to pick, locate and pick the pallet
• Place job number on the pallet and return completed picking instruction to Controller/ Administrator
• Secure the load
• Move it to the staging area for shipping

Quality Control

• Report any stock/or location variances
• Report issues to the Superior
• Do general housekeeping
• Do general GMP and Health and Safety functions

Planning & procedures

• Prioritise daily work to complete tasks/ projects assigned by others
• Work within established policies, practices and guidelines, as well as established quality and safety checks

Asset/ Resource Coordination

• Determine resource needs within own area of responsibility
• Request required assets and resources for the fulfilment of work duties

Technical expertise

• Optimise own work processes
• Identify gaps in current policies, procedures and legislation as it relates to own area of work
• Execute implementation of processes in own area of work

Reporting & record keeping

• Provide information for completion of reports
• Maintain and update records and systems as required

SKILLS REQUIRED

Background/experience

• 2-4 years’ Warehouse experience (preference in Pharmacare)
• Minimum of a National Certification (N4-N6)

Specific job skills

• Trainable to operate specialized MHE

Competencies

• Interrogating Information
• Meeting Deadlines
• Customer Awareness

ACCOUNTABILITY & DECISION RIGHTS

• Prioritise and execute responsibilities for a single knowledge/ technical area or group of related tasks/ subject matter areas, with limited guidance and under general supervision
• Seek assistance on complex matters and ways to improve your own work processes

Independent decisions relating to:

• Prioritisation and scheduling of daily work to complete tasks/ projects assigned by others
• Reporting, correction and/ or containment of errors within established policies, practices and guidelines, and quality and safety checks
• Adaptation of methods to complete duties and responsibilities

REPORTING LINE

• Reporting to: Controller
• Supporting structures: Distribution and Order Management