Logistics Specialist - Burnaby, Canada - Thermo Fisher Scientific
Description
Logistics Specialist
When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work that makes a positive impact on a global scale.
Join 100,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life each day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
You'll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
We are passionate about service delivery excellence for Unity Lab Services.You will be working with a growing team of customer-centric professionals who are skilled to perform a variety of managed services ranging from logistics tasks to scientific support roles.
Our colleagues enjoy a collaborative work environment with a strong safety culture and a balanced mix of lab and desk work.
Location
Burnaby, B.C.
How will you make an impact?
You will serve as the first point of contact for Shipping, Surplus Asset Management and Inventory Management program to help our clients focus on research.
You will promote a safe and constantly improving work environment by participating in site safety programs, cost savings analysis, and process improvement initiatives.
What will you do?
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Shipping: align with IATA/TDG guidelines to package biological and non-biological materials for shipment, prepare vital shipping documents and record metrics, manage dry ice inventory
- Surplus Asset Management: determine the proper channel of disposition for unwanted assets, which includes donation to nonprofit organizations, redeployment (repurpose), sale (auction) or recycle, and coordinate removal from the site.
- Inventory Management: order labconsumables and general office supplies, maintenance of stockroom locations, perform replenishments and other stockroom duties according to customer requirements
- Receiving: receive and store biological samples in appropriate temperature locations, handle dry ice, and collapse or recycle packaging material as needed
- Capture and report job specific metrics to Site Supervisor and maintain good recordkeeping
How will you get here?
- Proficient with Microsoft Office software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Minimum 2 years of customer service experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of lifting, pushing and/or pulling 3040 lbs consistently; may be required to lift 50 lbs
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- BA/BS degree or fouryear college degree in relevant field preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Detail oriented, problem solver, organized, promotes a collaborative workplace
- Must possess a customercentric mentality and the interpersonal skills to deal with various levels of personnel
- Must be responsible, follow instructions well, and take ownership of one's work
- Capable of optimal time management to prioritize own work and meet business efficiency metrics
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us.
Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or augmenting efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
Our distributed team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon.
We share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve sophisticated scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.
#StartYourStory at ThermoFisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued- Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status._
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