Warehouse Lead

Ethypharm is a leading mid-sized global pharmaceutical company that manufactures and provides essential drugs, with a focus on hospital care, central nervous system (severe pain and addiction) and internal medicine.

Our commitment is to improve patients' lives and make a positive impact on society and the environment.

Ethypharm has 1,700 employees dedicated to its various pharmaceutical activities, of which 1400 are in industrial operations.

Our six production sites located in France, the UK, Spain, and China have expertise in injectables and complex oral solid forms.

With a global presence in 68 countries, the company markets its products directly in Europe and China, and has strategic partnerships in the EMEA, NA, LATAM and APAC markets.

Ethypharm works closely with the authorities and healthcare professionals to ensure that its medicines are used appropriately and that patients have access to them.

To find out more about Ethypharm, visit http://www.ethypharm.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

We are recruiting a Warehouse Lead. Under the guidance of the UK Logistics Manager, the Warehouse Lead will be responsible for overseeing all daily logistics and distribution activities at the Brentwood Warehouse for Ethypharm UK and its third-party suppliers. This is a key role in ensuring the efficient flow of operations and supply chain management.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Leads Brentwood operators with coaching and identifies talent for progression within the team
• Liaise within the supply chain team to ensure correct receipt and distribution of product within agreed timelines and under Good Manufacturing and Distribution Practice (GMDP) & regulatory standards GDP
• Manage relationships with both internal and external customers
• Act as main operational point of contact for our 3rd part distribution partner
• Supporting both in-house and 3rd party planning team where required to ensure CMO inbound freight and contractual obligations are being adhered to
• To work closely with the SAP team to drive and understand changes required to improve the Warehouse efficiency and accuracy
• Manage UK 3PL partner - To ensure products are effectively managed and received for distributio
• Organise shipping for EXW suppliers with relevant transport solution - balancing cost and service

About you

The ideal candidate will display strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while coordinating with internal teams and third-party suppliers.

Skills/Experience

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience working in a leadership role in a warehouse distribution environment
• Experienced in creating SOP's, change controls, incident reporting and deviations
• Fully trained MHE operator
• All areas of warehousing, including but not limited to goods in, despatch and stock adjustment and reconciliation procedures
• Experience operating in an SAP driven environment (desirable)
• NVQ Warehousing and Storage (desirable)

What we offer you

• A competitive salary
• Holiday - 25 days rising to 30 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Holiday Buy/Sell - an opportunity to buy or sell up to an additional 5 days holiday
• 3% Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
• Bravo Benefits Platform - offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles with Tusker (dependent on meeting policy eligibility)
• Medicash health cash plan
• Pension Scheme
• Employee recognition scheme
• The opportunity to develop your skills in a collaborative and supportive environment

At Ethypharm we recognise the value of diversity in the workplace and provide equal opportunities for all. We are always open to discussing flexible working arrangements where this meets with the needs of our business.