Warehouse Manager

What You'll Be Doing
+ To contribute to the delivery of a GMP compliant warehouse and materials management system that optimises the regional benefit from the £30 million funding provided by NHSE.
+ Support the setup and validation of systems to enable the MMC warehouse to operate under a Wholesale Dealer's Authorisation (WDA(H)) and support the MS Licence for cleanroom activity.
+ Provide technical knowledge, advice, and leadership in warehousing best practices, materials handling, goods-in/goods-out processes, and stock control to ensure regulatory compliance.
+ Responsible for building and training a new warehouse team and embedding systems to support pharmaceutical production and distribution.
+ Manages the team that handles materials and products to a value of approximately £20 million per annum, ensuring traceability, control, and compliance with GDP and GMP standards., + To support and maintain the materials handling, storage, and distribution systems within the MMC in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), NHS guidance, and MHRA regulations.
+ To develop and implement procedures for receiving, storing, picking, dispatching, and returning pharmaceutical materials, consumables, and finished products in line with the MMC's WDA(H) and MS Licence requirements.
+ To lead on warehouse documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), inventory control records, Goods Receipt Notes (GRNs), temperature monitoring logs, and reconciliation activities.
+ To coordinate the warehouse's integration with the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS), supporting traceability, segregation, and chain-of-custody processes.
+ To manage the Warehouse team during day-to-day operations and longer-term planning.
+ To plan and implement a strategy to ensure a robust, compliant, and fit-for-purpose warehouse operation that supports the full product lifecycle-from goods receipt to final dispatch.
+ To develop and monitor warehouse KPIs which demonstrate the state of control of the materials management system, and report these to the senior management team.
+ To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
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Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and proactive Warehouse Manager to join the Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC)-a cutting-edge NHS pharmaceutical production facility based in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.
The MMC is in its final design stages, with facility construction planned through to September 2025. Initially, staff will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust, with employment transferring to the Medicines Manufacturing Centre Legal Liability Partnership (LLP) upon its formation under TUPE regulations.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a pioneering NHS manufacturing facility, supporting a leadership team committed to quality, innovation, and patient care., Working at MMC
The Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC) is a brand-new, purpose-built NHS pharmaceutical production facility located at the Northumbria Innovation and Manufacturing Hub in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. This cutting-edge centre is part of the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative and has been established to meet the growing need for high-quality, regionally manufactured Ready-to-Administer (RtA) medicines aseptic products.
Funded with £30 million of investment from NHS England, the MMC will support a secure, sustainable supply chain for critical medicines while creating skilled jobs and driving innovation across the region. The facility is designed to operate under a Manufacturer's Specials Licence (MS) and aims to secure a Wholesale Dealer's Authorisation (WDA(H)), ensuring compliance with MHRA, GMP, and GDP regulations.
At the MMC, quality, patient safety, and staff wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. Our leadership team is committed to building a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement-offering staff a rare opportunity to help shape the systems, teams, and values of a truly modern NHS manufacturing unit.
Working at the MMC means being part of a forward-thinking and supportive team focused on enabling frontline clinical staff to spend more time with patients by delivering safe, ready-to-use medicines. It's more than a job-it's a chance to contribute behind the scenes to better, safer healthcare for all.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
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