What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Worker position at harvardbioscience?
About Harvard Bioscience
Harvard Bioscience is a leading developer, manufacturer and seller of technologies, products and services that enable fundamental research, discovery, and pre-clinical testing for drug development. Our customers range from renowned academic institutions and government laboratories to the world's leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research organizations. With operations in North America, Europe, and China, we sell through a combination of direct and distribution channels to customers around the world. We are a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: HBIO).
A career with Harvard Bioscience is an experience where our employees are energized and aligned to our purpose – Solutions to advance life science. With an experienced leadership team with a track record of delivering growth and accelerated business improvements, HBio sees an opportunity to drive significant organic growth by leveraging and expanding its deep customer relationships, new product development and an empowered, efficient sales force.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Harvard Bioscience is currently seeking a Warehouse Worker at our Reutlingen site to support our expanding production footprint and growing customer demand. This role combines warehouse and logistics activities with simple, routine production-related tasks, ensuring smooth material flow, reliable inventory levels, and basic production support. The position plays a key role in maintaining operational efficiency across warehouse and production.
Essential Job Functions
- Picking and commissioning of goods for production and shipment
- Coordination of goods receipt and dispatch, including execution of related inventory transactions in the warehouse management system
- Ensuring proper storage & packaging of products in line with internal quality standards
- Performing regular stock checks and inventory counts to ensure accurate inventory levels
- Investigating potential posting errors, carrying out corrective inventory postings, and implementing corrective and preventive measures
- Supporting production by providing components in accordance with production schedules
- Performing simple manual production tasks, e.g. basic assemblies, labeling, packaging, or repackaging of products as well as simple inspection of parts and assemblies
skills and abilities required
- Experience working with warehouse management systems and MS Office applications
- Experience with Kanban systems and standard warehouse processes
- Reliable and detail‑oriented working style
- Experience with common MS Office applications and working with an ERP system
- Good German language skills, both written and spoken
Bonus skills and experience
- Several years of professional experience in a warehouse and production environment
- Nice to have: English language skills
Education and Experience and/or equivalent
- Completed as a warehouse logistics specialist or a comparable qualification
Physical demands
- The role involves regular warehouse activities such as picking, packing, and material handling.
- Occasional lifting and handling of heavier components or assemblies is required.
- The role also involves prolonged standing and walking.