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Senior Material Handler

Guardant Health

Guardant Health

Redwood City, CA, USA
USD 27.21-37.4 / hour
Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

Job Description

The Senior Material Handler is responsible for assisting the various laboratories,
maintaining the right levels of inventory, and acting as a back-up for Facilities
Management support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for receiving and processing incoming material, securely and safely storing temperature sensitive materials, issuing material to work orders and other uses, ensuring that all necessary transactions are completed in the ERP system, performing cycle counts, analyzing inventory discrepancies and other duties as assigned.
  • Experience in receiving, stockroom, shipping, material handling and inventory analysis roles.
  • Experience in rapid-growth life science environment working with temperature-sensitive materials a plus.
  • Must be able to create and maintain excel spreadsheets on an as need basis.
  • Experience in implementing, executing and improving cycle count programs and with two- bin systems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as customer service abilities.
  • Experience with ordering supplies.
  • Ability to enter data into ERP system - Cycle Count Module, Receiving parts, Shipping
  • parts, RMA returns. Fill out commercial invoice.
  • Track freight with various carriers on a need basis.
  • Use hand trucks, pallet jacks, and scales safely and effectively.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma required.
  • Minimum of 3 – 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Forklift Certification preferred, not required.
  • California Drivers License as required.
  • Previous work experience in a lab preferred.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and be flexible with tasks and schedules.
  • Ability to work independently in a team environment.
  • Work Environment:

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority
of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to
high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to
sit for extended periods of time.

Additional Information

For positions based in Redwood City, CA, the hourly range for this full-time position is $27.21 to $37.40. The range does not include benefits and, if applicable, overtime, bonus, commission, or equity.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected]

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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