Sample Management and Logistics Specialist

**Summary**:
Sample Management and Logistics Specialist (M/F/d)

Location: Schaftenau, Tirol, Austria #LI-Hybrid

Do you have excellent attention to detail? Are you a Team Player? Do you enjoy working in a fast paced but fun environment? If so, this could be the role for you. We do not require a scientific or technical background for our Sample Management & Logistics team members, but any experience of logístical work or sample management/sorting would be beneficial. Any experience working in a regulated environment or completing documentation would also represent an advantage but definitely not essential.

Novartis provides millions of patients with lifesaving treatments and this is an opportunity for you to make a real difference even if you don’t have a scientific or technical background.

**About the Role**:
**Your key responsibilities**
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Planning, executing and documenting sample management, logistics and shipping activities in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulated environment.
- Managing stability studies and other analytical samples such as reference standards.
- Organizing the sending, receiving, and distribution of analytical samples to internal or external recipients.
- Documenting and monitoring of warehouse and distribution activities.
- Operating and monitoring of storage facilities (cold rooms, freezers, refrigerators, climate cabinets).

**What you’ll bring to the role**
- Training at Handelsakademie (HAK), completed training in the economic/chemical field or comparable training (any experience of logistics or sample management will be considered).
- Fluent in English and able to communicate in German.
- Flexible, pragmatic and goal-oriented working style.
- Team-oriented and open personality with an eye for the detail.

**Desirable requirements**
- Experience working in a GMP-regulated environment would be advantageous but not essential.
- Knowledge of Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) and Lab Information Management Software (LIMS) tools would be benefitial.

**You’ll receive**:
In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is € 38,160.22/year (on a full-time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.

We are open for part-time and job-sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive working environment and diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve.

**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
Division

Development

Business Unit

Innovative Medicines

Location

Austria

Site

Schaftenau

Company / Legal Entity

AT33 (FCRS = AT033) Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH

Functional Area

Research & Development

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.