Supply Chain

• Assist in process, project, and/or quality activities across the manufacturing network
• Become involved in the day-to-day functions of a medical device manufacturing facility
• Develop business documents including validation protocols, engineering studies, and work instructions
• Support senior engineers on Business Continuity and/or Cost Improvement projects
• Create and analyze manufacturing-process data to recommend improvements or changes
• Support Operations, End-to-End Projects, Business Excellence, Manufacturing Process, and Manufacturing Systems teams across assigned value streams

Supply Chain Engineering Co-Op

• Manage domestic and international global logistics and transportation operations
• Manage relationships with freight forwarders, parcel, LTL and couriers
• Oversee carrier sourcing, bid events and rate management
• Lead freight payment processes and freight audit programs
• Analyze transportation spend and identify cost-savings opportunities
• Develop and execute mode optimization strategies balancing cost, service and transit time
• Monitor carrier performance through KPIs including on-time delivery, claims ratios, capacity utilization and service reliability
• Collaborate with procurement, planning, customer service, operations and other cross-functional teams
• Attend quarterly business reviews with carriers and logistics service providers
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to freight operations and transportation execution
• Evaluate network routing opportunities and transportation efficiency initiatives
• Report to the Director of Global Logistics

Logistics Manager

• Work with the GDP Operational QA Management team to ensure medicines are distributed in the USA in compliance with GDP and GMP requirements
• Manage day-to-day Quality oversight of Third Party Logistics providers
• Provide support for key Vertex stakeholders
• Oversee distribution partners within the USA
• Prepare and maintain Quality Agreements
• Review deviations, CAPA, and changes
• Maintain KPIs
• Analyze, resolve, or assist with compliance and customer issues
• Escalate issues
• Perform finished goods release at 3PLs
• Monitor GDP and logistics developments and emerging regulations to guide QMS maintenance
• Lead distribution requirements and expectations for US new product launches
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders
• Support Clinical QA Distribution
• Maintain the Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated QMS
• Ensure distribution licences accurately reflect the current organization and vary licences when necessary
• Support recalls, mock recalls, and other on-market activities
• Serve as QA assessor/approver on Change Controls, resolving gaps and approving change plans, classifications, and GDP/GMP action strategies
• Support the GDP Management Review process, assess risks from metrics, regulatory intelligence, identified risks, and gaps, and recommend mitigations
• Participate in expansion activities, ensuring Quality actions are planned and completed, including QMS buildout, distribution licence applications, audits, and Quality Agreements
• Plan, prepare, support, and host regulatory inspections
• Provide front- and backroom inspection support
• Follow up post-inspection with responses and CAPAs for continuous improvement
• Report directly to the Senior Manager, Distribution Quality, US

Manager, Distribution Quality – Contract

• Serve as a point of contact for inventory-related tasks and issues in a distribution center
• Support management by providing guidance and training to inventory control associates
• Coach and train inventory control associates on inventory and count procedures
• Coordinate and prioritize inventory control work
• Record and report inventory adjustments, pallet audits, and discrepancies weekly
• Review cycle counts and track discrepancies to ensure inventory accuracy
• Check product quality and communicate quality issues to vendors
• Determine inventory placement based on size, selling volume, and other applicable factors
• Assist with loading damaged merchandise into delivery vehicles using powered and non-powered material handling equipment
• Serve as backup for inventory and general warehouse functions
• Troubleshoot complex support or operational problems
• Train associates, delegate tasks, and review junior associates' work

Supply Chain jobs in Massachusetts

Supply Chain Engineering Co-Op

Logistics Manager

Manager, Distribution Quality – Contract

Lead Inventory Control Associate – 4:30AM-1PM