Warehouse Operator

Position: Warehouse operator

Are you the kind of person who is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Warehouse operator to join our

Ambernath India Plant Mumbai team. The position will report to the Warehouse Supervisor.

This is a Onsite full-time position.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Receive raw materials, packaging materials, consumables, and finished goods as per approved procedures.
• Verify material quantity, batch numbers, labels, and physical condition during receipt.
• Ensure proper storage and segregation of materials based on their status (Quarantine, Approved, Rejected).
• Affix and maintain material status labels and identification tags.

• Carry out material transfer activities between warehouse, dispensing, and production areas.
• Operate pallet trucks, stackers, hand trolleys, and forklifts (if certified).
• Ensure safe handling of materials to prevent damage and contamination.
• Follow FIFO/FEFO principles during material issuance and storage.

• Perform dispensing of raw materials as per approved dispensing requests and SOPs.
• Verify material code, batch number, quantity, and status before dispensing.
• Ensure proper documentation and reconciliation of dispensed materials.
• Maintain cleanliness and GMP standards in dispensing areas.

• Maintain accurate warehouse records and logs.
• Complete all GMP documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
• Report inventory discrepancies to supervisors.

• Participate in cycle counting and stock verification activities.
• Assist in physical inventory checks and reconciliation.
• Monitor stock conditions and report damaged or expired materials.

• Prepare materials and finished goods for dispatch.
• Support loading and unloading of vehicles.
• Verify dispatch quantities and documentation before shipment.
• Ensure compliance with transportation and handling requirements.

• Follow GMP, GDP, Data Integrity, and SOP requirements.
• Maintain warehouse housekeeping and 5S standards.
• Ensure proper handling of approved, quarantined, rejected, and returned materials.

• Follow all EHS procedures and wear appropriate PPE.
• Report unsafe conditions, near misses, and incidents immediately.
• Participate in safety trainings and toolbox talks.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• 2-3 years of warehouse/stores experience in Pharmaceutical, Excipient, Chemical, Food, or FMCG manufacturing industries.
• Experience working in a GMP-regulated environment preferred.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• HSC / ITI / Graduate in any discipline.
• Certification in forklift operation will be an added advantage.