Sample Shipping Specialist (M/F/D)

The Opportunity:

Avantor is looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Sample Shipping Specialist to join our team in Cambridge, UK. In this role, you’ll take ownership of managing the end-to-end shipping process for both domestic and international shipments. This role is key in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for dangerous goods, including IATA, ADR, and IMDG regulations.

This is not an office-based position; this is a hands-on role based in our logistics area.

This role will be a full-time permanent position based in a brand-new facility at the customer site - The Discovery Centre, Bio-Medical Campus in Cambridge. Next to an attractive salary, we offer multiple benefits such as a bonus, pension scheme, private medical and dental care, and an additional day off for your birthday.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, core hours.

The Team:

Alongside 8 Sample Dispatch Technicians, you’ll be part of a Sample Dispatch Team, focusing on packaging and shipping human, chemical, and biological samples, including dangerous goods. As a Sample Shipping Specialist, you’ll provide expertise in export, paperwork, dangerous goods shipping or any complex queries. You’ll belong to our business department Lab and Production Services, which supports big pharmaceutical companies and laboratories all over the world, in Research and Development within the Life Sciences industry.

What we’re looking for:

Education: A relevant degree or equivalent qualification in logistics, supply chain management, business administration, or a related field is preferred.

Experience:

• Shipping and dispatching materials, with expertise in hazardous goods and international logistics.
• Proven track record of managing shipping operations and ensuring compliance with both UK and international regulations.
• IATA Dangerous Goods Certification, ADR Certification, IMDG Certification, CILT Qualification, Customer Compliance or Export Certification are preferable.
• Export documentation and regulatory compliance, including Incoterms, commodity codes, and valuations.
• Strong knowledge of shipping regulations and best practices for risk management.
• Proficiency in data analysis and shipping software systems to enhance operational efficiency.

How you’ll thrive and create an impact:

• Manage the end-to-end shipping process for domestic and international shipments, ensuring compliance with IATA, ADR, and IMDG regulations, particularly for hazardous materials.
• Prepare and submit necessary documentation, ensuring all shipments meet regulatory requirements and safety standards.
• Utilize ticket management systems (e.g., ServiceNow) to track and resolve shipping requests and issues.
• Author and maintain key documentation such as SOPs, work instructions, and guidelines to ensure process consistency and compliance.
• Drive operational optimization by analyzing data, identifying process improvements, and ensuring timely achievement of SLAs and KPIs.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science. The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.