Biogen Posted October 14, 2026

Materials Handler

Athlone, Ireland Full time
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About this opportunity

About This Role:

At Biogen, our warehouse operations are critical to ensuring the uninterrupted supply of materials that support manufacturing and ultimately help deliver therapies to patients. As a Materials Handler, you will support the commercial objectives of the site by ensuring GMP warehouse activities are performed in accordance with established procedures, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

Working closely with Supply Chain teams, raw material suppliers, and external service providers, you will help ensure the timely availability of materials and services needed to support manufacturing operations. This role combines hands-on warehouse activities with inventory management, material control, and documentation responsibilities, making it an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment where accuracy, compliance, and teamwork are essential to success.

This role is fully site-based and requires working Monday through Friday as part of a two-shift manufacturing operation. The shift pattern rotates weekly between 07:00-15:30 and 15:00-23:00.

What You'll Do:

Adhere to GMP warehouse procedures and site SOPs, escalating any procedural non-compliance as appropriate.

Maintain high housekeeping and safety standards to support a quality-focused, audit-ready warehouse environment.

Receive, inspect, and process inbound and outbound shipments, including temperature-controlled materials, ensuring compliance with GMP requirements and storage conditions.

Receive raw materials, verify supporting documentation, and accurately record transactions within inventory management systems.

Ensure materials are correctly identified, segregated, stored, and supplied to support manufacturing operations.

Perform cycle counts and support investigations into inventory discrepancies and stock variances.

Support continuous improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with applicable company policies and regulatory requirements, including cGMP, GDP, SOX, and HSE standards.

Who You Are:

You are a detail-oriented warehouse professional who thrives in a regulated manufacturing environment and takes pride in accuracy, compliance, and teamwork. You have experience within pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences operations and are comfortable balancing warehouse activities with documentation and inventory management tasks. You are a strong communicator, enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, and bring a proactive approach to maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and GMP compliance.

Required Qualifications:

Third-level qualification in Supply Chain, Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.

2-5 years of warehouse experience within a pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences manufacturing environment.

Experience working with inventory management systems, including SAP and Oracle.

Experience in shipping, receiving, and managing temperature-controlled materials within pharmaceutical or life sciences operations.

Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Strong documentation, record management, and inventory control skills.

Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally.

Understanding of warehouse operations, safety standards, and compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

Supply Chain qualification or professional certification.

Job Level: Entry Level

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.  Read on  to learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Athlone, Ireland
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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We currently track 3720 comparable Manufacturing & CMC roles across 172 biopharma companies.

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3319Currently active
172Companies hiring similar roles
64Countries represented

Salary context

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Peer group range $0 – $381,150 (median $126,575)

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United States1724
Germany246
India162
France148
Ireland132
China121

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Manager374
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc251
Associate165
Principal134
Director118
Associate Director114
Senior Director53
Executive/VP9

Therapeutic area mix

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Rare Disease3
Oncology3
Respiratory1
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