Junior Materials Co-Ordinator

Company Overview

Pinewood Healthcare, established in 1976, is a prominent developer, manufacturer, and marketer of healthcare products, employing over 320 people across its two Irish sites in Tipperary and Dublin. Having evolved under local Irish ownership, the company was acquired in 2006 by the Wockhardt Group, a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology leader based in Mumbai, India. Wockhardt operates globally with more than 7,000 employees, across 27 nationalities and facilities in India, the USA, UK, Ireland, and elsewhere.

Role Purpose

This position ensures the timely availability of all product formulations and packaging specifications from the Quality Department to support production schedules. Collaborating closely with the Materials Co-Ordinator, the role guarantees quality control testing of materials aligns with production demands. Additionally, it involves issuing and managing batch documentation through SAP and Serialization systems efficiently.

Primary Duties

• Monthly review and validation of batch documentation to guarantee availability for production timelines, including follow-up with Quality Department as necessary.
• Assessing the monthly production schedule to identify products requiring microbiological testing, and issuing pertinent documentation accordingly.
• Overseeing the quality control testing of raw materials to ensure punctual availability, reporting potential issues to Planning, and providing monthly raw material supplier expiry updates to relevant teams.
• Issuing all formulations and packaging specifications on schedule to the Production department, recording these details accurately in the Batch Number Issue Red Book.
• Completing timely processing of batch documentation within the SAP system, ensuring precision of data.
• Handling serialization entries in the designated system promptly with high accuracy, and communicating updates to the Production team.
• Adhering strictly to all applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in performing duties.
• Compiling monthly deviation and investigation reports pertinent to the Materials Department.
• Preparing Change Control Forms related to the Materials Department when necessary.
• Generating updated Production Line Plans based on the current schedule for use by manufacturing and packaging teams.
• Performing additional job-related functions assigned by the department manager.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office suite.
• Solid experience using SAP, Serialization, and Tracelink systems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities to work effectively across departments.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating in cross-functional teams.

Personal Qualities

• Highly self-motivated and results-oriented mindset.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.