AstraZeneca / KellyOCG - Material Management & Distribution Operator DPD

Material Management and Distribution Operator
AstraZeneca is a global leader in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of innovative prescription medicines. AstraZeneca offers a dynamic workplace culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, and scientific excellence.
KellyOCG is now seeking 2 Material Management and Distribution Operators in Drug Product Delivery, for our partner AstraZeneca. It will be a one year contract and one contract until October -25, both with potential for future collaboration.
About the role:
Drug Product Delivery (DPD) within Pharmaceutical Technology & Development is the sole internal AstraZeneca department that packs, labels and distributes investigational medicinal products to clinical trial patients. We support launched, pre-launched and products under development within all our therapeutic areas. We work in a fast paced environment where flexibility and agility enable us to deliver high value to early phase clinical trials.

The DPD Operator role will be an operational role within Distribution or Material Management two of Drug Product Deliveries three operational skill areas, Material Management, Pack Label and Distribution. We work in an environment where flexibility and agility enable us to deliver high value to early phase clinical trials. To complement our existing team we are now looking for candidates with distribution experience from a complex supply chain organization and drug product knowledge

Main Duties and Responsibilities
The role holder will contribute to the DPD organization applying their expertise in the complex and regulated GMP environment. The work is focused operational within Distribution or Material Management. As a DPD operator you will:
Perform and document all the operational work according to written procedures.
Be engaged in the development and improvement of internal processes and manage deviations.
Be responsible for writing of GMP and SHE procedures within own skill areas and will be responsible for related training and compliance activities. As required maintain defined facilities or equipment according to GMP standards and be proactive to contribute to projects/activities through applying specialist knowledge within appropriate areas.
Preparing documentation, receiving and packing of investigational medicinal products to clinical trials.
Act as the main point of contact when it comes to distribution questions for a number of studies.

Essential requirements and skills
• BSc in chemistry/pharmacy/engineering/logistics or equivalent experience.
•Distribution experience from a complex supply chain organization
• 2 years of experience within pharmaceutical development and understanding Drug Product Delivery, Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical development

Beneficial requirements
• Demonstrated ability to work with teams in a culturally diverse, complex and changing environment most internally but to some extent externally.
• Understanding of principles, applications and management of SHE and GMP in an R&D environment.
• Drug Product Knowledge, including packaging material and patient labels from the pharmaceutical industry.

The final date to apply is November 11th, but we encourage early applications as positions may be filled before the deadline. We will review applications and conduct interviews on a rolling basis.


AstraZeneca is one of the world’s most exciting bio-pharmaceutical companies. From scientists to sales, lab techs to legal, we’re on a mission to turn ideas into life-changing medicines that improve patients’ lives and benefit society. We need great people who share our passion for science and have the drive and determination to meet the unmet needs of patients around the world.