Expert Intralogistics

Company Description

Gerresheimer is the global partner for pharmaceutics, biotech, healthcare, and cosmetics with a very broad product range for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging solutions and drug delivery systems. The company is an innovative solution provider from concept to delivery of the end product. Gerresheimer achieves its ambitious goals through a high level of innovative strength, industrial competence and concentration on quality and customer focus. In developing innovative and sustainable solutions, Gerresheimer relies on a comprehensive international network with numerous innovation and production centers in Europe, America and Asia. Gerresheimer produces close to its customers worldwide with around 11,000 employees and generated annual revenues in 2022 of EUR 1.8bn. With its products and solutions, Gerresheimer plays an essential role in people's health and well-being.

Gerresheimer Peachtree City L.P. was established in 1993 in Peachtree City, GA, as part of the Plastics & Devices Division manufacturing and assembling a variety of precision molded plastic parts for various applications in the medical industry. The subsidiary operates in an 132 K sq. ft. production facility with 200 employees. 

Job Description

• Implement and continuously develop factory planning for series start-ups, project expansions, transfer projects, and efficiency improvement measures (e.g., technology, methods, processes), with a strong focus on intralogistics planning.
• Define technical standardization for production resources and planning processes, prioritizing intralogistics processes and equipment.
• Conceptualize, evaluate, and implement innovation projects and technological advancements, emphasizing intralogistics processes.
• Define and ensure the fulfillment of technical specifications tailored to the respective applications.
• Ensure adherence to project timelines and budget targets for assigned work packages, including the setting and monitoring of individual and departmental goals via annual appraisals.
• Partially responsible for creating and managing plant-related staging and storage requirements overviews.
• Conduct technical offer reviews, offer comparisons, cost-benefit analyses, design approvals, and technical acceptances.
• Contribute to the simulation of intralogistics processes to optimize provisioning and storage space requirements, identifying bottlenecks and necessary buffers.
• Participate in the qualification of intralogistics systems in accordance with applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Partially responsible for standardizing project-related and cross-project planning processes based on lean principles (e.g., requirement and functional specifications, overviews, calculations, process steps, standard values, graphical layouts in CAD).
• Assist in managing global equipment standards within the area of responsibility, including defining equipment, conducting test and pilot phases, managing interfaces, documentation, approvals, training, and updates.

Qualifications

• A (technical) university degree in fields such as mechatronics, plastics technology, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, medical technology, or a related technical or economic discipline, complemented by at least 2 years of professional experience, preferably in the industrial sector.
• 2-3 years of experience in a technical environment with a focus on intralogistics, production planning, and project management.
• 2-3 years of hands-on experience working with manufacturers and service providers for intralogistics solutions.
• 2-3 years of experience in automation technology and data networking within logistics processes (e.g., warehouse systems and management, transport systems, AGVs).
• 2-3 years of experience in optimizing and documenting logistics processes.
• 2-3 years of experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and MES platforms (e.g., Guardus).
• Strong IT skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint), with VBA programming in Excel being a plus.
• Knowledge of product start-ups, product transfers, and change management processes.
• Familiarity with the validation processes for medical and pharmaceutical products.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Alignment with Gerresheimer’s core values of integrity, high performance, innovation, responsibility, and teamwork, and a commitment to incorporating these into daily work.

Additional Information

Your contact person: Gabrielle Holland ([email protected])

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.