Lead Global Capacity Planning
Takeda
August 21, 2026
Remote friendly (Lexington, MA)
United States
$154,400 - $242,550 USD yearly
Operations
How you will contribute:
- Lead global capacity planning across multiple manufacturing sites, product platforms, and supply nodes.
- Develop and maintain a consolidated 0–36-month capacity outlook using demand signals, production plans, assumptions, and operational constraints.
- Identify capacity constraints, assess business impact, and run scenario analysis to support mitigation and trade-off decisions.
- Translate demand/supply/network changes into capacity implications (launches, lifecycle changes, technology transfers, portfolio shifts, network initiatives).
- Partner with Site Planning, Global Planning, Finance, SBE, and Commercial to align assumptions, priorities, and actions.
- Support S&OP, IBP, and governance forums with transparent capacity views, analytics, and escalation recommendations.
- Develop/standardize/improve planning models, tools, processes, and data inputs.
- Provide network strategy insights (capacity investments, debottlenecking, make-or-buy, allocation alternatives).
- Strengthen governance, ownership, scenario management, and adherence to planning standards.
- Communicate risks/options/recommendations to senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Lead scenario-based planning for expansions, launches, and technology transfers.
- Provide capacity inputs to MRP and MYC volume planning execution.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Life Sciences, Business, or related; advanced degree preferred.
- APICS/CPIM, Lean, or Six Sigma certification desirable.
- 10+ years’ experience in capacity, production, or network planning in pharma/biotech or other regulated manufacturing.
- Experience in global, cross-functional, multi-site manufacturing networks; lead through influence.
- Experience with enterprise planning/ERP systems (e.g., SAP, APO, IBP, Kinaxis).
- Strong scenario modeling, constraint analysis, integrated business planning, S&OP, and supply review expertise.
- Excellent analytical, modeling, communication, and presentation skills; ability to convert technical constraints into business decisions.
- Enterprise mindset and strong systems thinking; resilience, accountability, execution discipline.
Compensation and Benefits (U.S. location only):
- Base salary range: $154,400.00–$242,550.00.
- May be eligible for incentives and benefits (medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits; up to 80 hours sick time and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires).
Application instruction:
- By clicking the “Apply” button, acknowledge that your application process will commence and your information will be processed per Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use; attest information is true to best of your knowledge.
- Lead global capacity planning across multiple manufacturing sites, product platforms, and supply nodes.
- Develop and maintain a consolidated 0–36-month capacity outlook using demand signals, production plans, assumptions, and operational constraints.
- Identify capacity constraints, assess business impact, and run scenario analysis to support mitigation and trade-off decisions.
- Translate demand/supply/network changes into capacity implications (launches, lifecycle changes, technology transfers, portfolio shifts, network initiatives).
- Partner with Site Planning, Global Planning, Finance, SBE, and Commercial to align assumptions, priorities, and actions.
- Support S&OP, IBP, and governance forums with transparent capacity views, analytics, and escalation recommendations.
- Develop/standardize/improve planning models, tools, processes, and data inputs.
- Provide network strategy insights (capacity investments, debottlenecking, make-or-buy, allocation alternatives).
- Strengthen governance, ownership, scenario management, and adherence to planning standards.
- Communicate risks/options/recommendations to senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Lead scenario-based planning for expansions, launches, and technology transfers.
- Provide capacity inputs to MRP and MYC volume planning execution.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Life Sciences, Business, or related; advanced degree preferred.
- APICS/CPIM, Lean, or Six Sigma certification desirable.
- 10+ years’ experience in capacity, production, or network planning in pharma/biotech or other regulated manufacturing.
- Experience in global, cross-functional, multi-site manufacturing networks; lead through influence.
- Experience with enterprise planning/ERP systems (e.g., SAP, APO, IBP, Kinaxis).
- Strong scenario modeling, constraint analysis, integrated business planning, S&OP, and supply review expertise.
- Excellent analytical, modeling, communication, and presentation skills; ability to convert technical constraints into business decisions.
- Enterprise mindset and strong systems thinking; resilience, accountability, execution discipline.
Compensation and Benefits (U.S. location only):
- Base salary range: $154,400.00–$242,550.00.
- May be eligible for incentives and benefits (medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits; up to 80 hours sick time and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires).
Application instruction:
- By clicking the “Apply” button, acknowledge that your application process will commence and your information will be processed per Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use; attest information is true to best of your knowledge.