Global Clinical Supply, Process Steward - Planning - Hybrid
Merck
September 02, 2026
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
United States
Operations
Senior Specialist, GCS Process Steward (Planning Domain)
Primary Activities (not limited to):
- Lead development and implementation of GCS supply chain planning/forecasting processes aligned to GCS short- and long-term objectives.
- Serve as SAP and global business process knowledge expert for supply chain planning and forecasting.
- Drive resolution of business challenges with system solutions across GCS.
- Support business case development (Enhancement Prioritization Management Form) and maintain the Demand Tracker for enhancement requests/prioritization.
- Drive process standardization, implementation, and training for new processes.
- Ensure global process integrity by reviewing SOPs and assessing process changes for system impact.
- Contribute to the GCS Global Process Steward Network; partner with Manufacturing Division Process Steward and COMET Functional Leads.
- Support tier management and escalations for transactional issue resolution.
- Contribute to planning-area Deviations, Investigations, and CAPAs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify process-driven opportunities to improve business performance.
Education:
- Bachelor’s in Science/Engineering or similar with 5+ years relevant experience, or Master’s with 3+ years (preferred).
Required Qualifications/Skills:
- 5+ years in Supply Chain Management or related planning support; knowledge of forecasting, supply planning, production scheduling, and business process execution.
- 3+ years working with SAP PP-PI; knowledge of Demand Management, MPS, and MRP.
- Manage a portfolio of projects/initiatives.
- Strong written/verbal communication to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
- Identify and escalate risks to timelines/scope/deliverables.
- Build trust-based stakeholder relationships; results-oriented.
Preferred Skills:
- System/business process design expertise (analysis, optimization, solution development), preferably life sciences.
- Experience with large-scale SAP implementations and/or master data migration.
- Advanced planning/scheduling tools (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse, OMP or similar).
- Lean Six Sigma or similar process optimization/continuous improvement certification.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the posted application link; current employees/contingent workers use the internal application links as indicated on the posting.
Primary Activities (not limited to):
- Lead development and implementation of GCS supply chain planning/forecasting processes aligned to GCS short- and long-term objectives.
- Serve as SAP and global business process knowledge expert for supply chain planning and forecasting.
- Drive resolution of business challenges with system solutions across GCS.
- Support business case development (Enhancement Prioritization Management Form) and maintain the Demand Tracker for enhancement requests/prioritization.
- Drive process standardization, implementation, and training for new processes.
- Ensure global process integrity by reviewing SOPs and assessing process changes for system impact.
- Contribute to the GCS Global Process Steward Network; partner with Manufacturing Division Process Steward and COMET Functional Leads.
- Support tier management and escalations for transactional issue resolution.
- Contribute to planning-area Deviations, Investigations, and CAPAs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify process-driven opportunities to improve business performance.
Education:
- Bachelor’s in Science/Engineering or similar with 5+ years relevant experience, or Master’s with 3+ years (preferred).
Required Qualifications/Skills:
- 5+ years in Supply Chain Management or related planning support; knowledge of forecasting, supply planning, production scheduling, and business process execution.
- 3+ years working with SAP PP-PI; knowledge of Demand Management, MPS, and MRP.
- Manage a portfolio of projects/initiatives.
- Strong written/verbal communication to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
- Identify and escalate risks to timelines/scope/deliverables.
- Build trust-based stakeholder relationships; results-oriented.
Preferred Skills:
- System/business process design expertise (analysis, optimization, solution development), preferably life sciences.
- Experience with large-scale SAP implementations and/or master data migration.
- Advanced planning/scheduling tools (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse, OMP or similar).
- Lean Six Sigma or similar process optimization/continuous improvement certification.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the posted application link; current employees/contingent workers use the internal application links as indicated on the posting.