Role Overview The Manager leads the logistics team and partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality, Supply Chain, Process Development, Finance, and other functions to ensure material availability, inventory accuracy, cGMP compliance, and reliable support of clinical and commercial manufacturing. This role is responsible for the compliant and reliable flow of direct and indirect materials from receipt through storage, manufacturing consumption, and finished-goods shipment.
Schedule: 2nd shift: 3:30 PM - 11:30 PM; Monday to Friday; On-site. Weekend, holiday, and off-shift call-in coverage required to support manufacturing operations and emergent system events.
Reports to: Senior Director, Supply Chain and Procurement
Location: 13203 Murphy Road Suite 100 Stafford, TX 77477
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field, and 5+ years of experience in logistics, warehousing, inventory management, supply chain, or manufacturing operations, preferably within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated environments. OR
- Associates degree Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field, and 7+ years of experience in logistics, warehousing, inventory management, supply chain, or manufacturing operations, preferably within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated environments. OR
- High School degree Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field, and 9+ years of experience in logistics, warehousing, inventory management, supply chain, or manufacturing operations, preferably within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated environments.
Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated experience leading and developing operational teams.
- Strong knowledge of inventory management, lot traceability, expiration management, material status control, and inventory reconciliation.
- Experience with ERP/WMS systems.
- Experience supporting manufacturing material movements and associated goods issue, consumption, return, and reconciliation transactions.
- Working knowledge of cGMP requirements and regulated material handling, storage, inventory control, and distribution practices.
- Understanding of temperature-controlled logistics and cold-chain operations preferred.
- SAP S/4HANA, IM/WM/EWM experience preferred.
- Experience developing SOPs, supporting investigations/CAPAs, and participating in audits or regulatory inspections.
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Kanban, or other continuous-improvement methodologies preferred.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements: - Warehouse environment including temperature controlled, refrigerated rooms. Exposure to extreme temperatures including deep freeze and extreme heat. (~70%)
- Typical office and lab environment with moderate noise levels and uses phone, computer, office equipment and supplies on a regular basis. Other duties performed while outside of office building could involve exposure to manufacturing operations, along with outdoor conditions and temperatures. (~30%)
In this role you will: - Lead, develop, and coach the logistics and warehouse team, establishing clear expectations, priorities, performance goals, and accountability.
- Oversee receiving, inspection coordination, put-away, storage, picking, staging, inventory control, and shipping of direct materials, indirect materials, consumables, components, and finished goods.
- Ensure appropriate control of quarantined, released, rejected, expired, damaged, and obsolete materials.
- Maintain accurate inventory through effective lot and location control, FEFO, cycle counting, physical inventory, expiration management, and inventory reconciliation.
- Ensure timely material availability and movement to manufacturing based on production schedules and operational priorities.
- Oversee material issuance, consumption, returns, and reconciliation against manufacturing process orders, ensuring accurate and timely ERP transactions.
- Develop and maintain effective replenishment strategies, including Kanban, reorder points, and other material-flow methods.
- Oversee finished-goods shipping and temperature-controlled or time-sensitive logistics, including management of carriers, couriers, and third-party logistics providers.
- Ensure warehouse and logistics activities comply with cGMP, approved procedures, safety requirements, and applicable regulatory expectations.
- Partner with Quality to investigate deviations, inventory discrepancies, shipping excursions, and other logistics-related events and support CAPA implementation.
- Serve as a business process owner and/or subject matter expert for warehouse and logistics processes within SAP or other ERP/WMS systems.
- Develop and monitor KPIs for safety, quality, inventory accuracy, material availability, receiving and shipping performance, productivity, and cost.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on material flow, standardization, scalability, automation, operational efficiency, and inspection readiness.
- Support warehouse capacity planning, departmental budgets, resource planning, audits, regulatory inspections, and future clinical/commercial growth.
Qualified candidates will participate in a structured interview process, which includes:- An initial recruiter phone screen (conducted via video)
- A recruiter-facilitated introduction and interview with the hiring leader and key stakeholders (via video)
- A final-stage interview, which may include an in-person meeting at our U.S. Headquarters in Houston, TX
What do we offer? At Immatics, we believe in investing in our team's health, safety and well-being. Here's what you can expect if you join Immatics
Comprehensive Benefits:
- Competitive rates for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 4 weeks of vacation, granted up front each year and prorated for first and last year of employment
- 12 company paid holidays
- 7 days of sick time
- 100% employer-paid life insurance up to at 1x annual salary, up to one hundred thousand dollars
- 100% employer-paid short- and long-Term disability coverage
- 401(k) with immediate eligibility and company match. The company will match 100% of your contributions up to 3% of your base salary for the first two years of employment, 4% for years 2-3 of employment, and up to 5% of your salary from the fourth year onward of continued employment
- Partially paid parental leave for eligible employees
- Additional voluntary employee-paid benefits and services, including accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance, as well as identity theft protection and pet insurance.
