Master Associate, Warehouse Operations

About Allogene

Allogene Therapeutics, with headquarters in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T™) products for cancer and autoimmune disease. Led by a management team with significant experience in cell therapy, Allogene is developing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” CAR T cell product candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy on-demand, more reliably, and at greater scale to more patients.

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Allogene’s Supply Chain organization is building a world class team that is focused on delivering potentially lifesaving therapies to patients. We are seeking a highly motivated leader to join us as Master Associate, Warehouse Operations. This role will be a hands‑on in‑person role based out of Newark, CA.

The primary objective for this person is to support GMP warehouse functional areas, including receiving, inventory control, materials management, and distribution. This individual must have significant experience in warehouse operations, technical skills (equipment operation, counting, space utilization, handling efficiency), knowledge of inventory management systems and software (SAP, WMS, MES, etc.), and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Support the warehouse operations team, ensuring safe, compliant execution of the on‑the‑floor warehouse operations in the cGMP commercial facility including receiving, put away, material transfers, component preparation in support of production related activities, and product shipping.
• Maintain warehouse performance targets by participating in daily huddles (safety, quality, cost, performance, etc.).
• Investigate and resolve operational problems and/or compliance issues utilizing problem solving techniques (CFA/RCA, 5
  
  Why, Fishbone, KT, etc.) to determine root cause.
• Implement corrective and preventative actions based on cross‑functional problem solving and investigation findings.
• Adept at developing visual management tools to provide status updates on organizational performance.
• Achieves functional area goals as assigned and participates in functional and cross‑functional job rotations.
• Supports input assumptions associated with capacity and workforce planning; preemptively identifies constraints and risks.
• Support cycle count process to ensure accuracy and control of inventory volumes.
• Maintains inventory control throughout the Newark warehouse for all materials; per applicable procedures partners with cross‑functional teams to ensure that ABC coding is periodically reviewed and accurate.
• Ensures that policies and procedures are in compliance with OSHA Standards.
• Ability to effectively lead continuous improvement projects with cross‑functional team support.
• Accountable for process discrepancies in the warehouse and provide technical expertise to improve procedures.
• Initiation of deviations for non‑conforming materials and operational anomalies.
• Comfortable authoring SOPs and associated cGMP documents.
• Accountable for reviewing and in some cases owning documentation associated with transfer protocols, validation protocols, standard operating procedures, and batch records.
• Supports internal and external audits, as well as SOX compliance audit reviews associated with internal controls.
• Other duties as needed in support of adjacent functions including Facilities and Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years of GMP experience in biotechnology industry.
• Proficient in SAP/WMS/MES.
• Proficient in training/mentoring other Material Handlers.
• Proficient at quality record documentation.
• Experience with developing procedures and technical writing.
• Inventory control experience (cycle counting, physical inventories).
• Ability to lift material up to 50 lbs.
• Experience and/or certification in operating material‑handling equipment preferred.
• Extensive walking and repetitive physical motion (squatting, bending, lifting, climbing ladders) is required.
• Demonstrates…