Senior Production Planner

Role Summary

The Senior Production Planner is responsible for the scheduling, coordination, and oversight of materials/products through the product life cycle. This role ensures that CMO material receipts, production schedules, and logistical processes are aligned with Trade and Physician Sample demand and Supply Chain Parameters as agreed with receiving markets. Incumbents will collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Regulatory, Finance, Quality Assurance/Control, CMOs, and other suppliers to evaluate order status, prioritize production orders, and resolve material order or scheduling issues.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with external customers and suppliers to develop master production schedules and purchase plans.
• Identifies supply decision points; plan material receipt and production requirements ensuring supply objectives are met without material related compromise.
• Executes planning process: Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and Master Production Scheduling (MPS).
• Plans and executes launch, resupply, and un-anticipated event inventory strategies.
• Identifies and proactively resolve issues through consistent, timely, and exception-based reporting in support of upstream, lateral, and downstream needs.
• Performing inventory level monitoring and monthly raw material/bulk item reconciliation.
• Provides oversight of inventory management, policies, and practices.
• Utilize key systems for information gathering supporting: Inventory Analysis, Replenishment, Forecasting, and Import/Export activities.
• Manages and performs Item Master Maintenance of Non and Pure-buy items, including new item set-up.
• Support business and SI & OP processes through weekly and monthly metric maintenance and reporting.
• Develop and implements planning tools and metrics that improve the overall planning process.
• Perform Buyer and Shipping Coordinator functions.
• Works with other departments as required to produce and distribute products.
• Supports departmental process improvement initiatives (e.g. developing SOPs, Work Instructions, etc.).
• Other responsibilities and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred: APICS certification
• Preferred: 4+ years of production planning experience in a pharmaceutical or regulated industry, with familiarity in:
  • MRPII processes and systems
  • Microsoft Suite Products
  • A working knowledge of Supply Chain Concepts to include DRP and Inventory Control
  • Demonstrated customer service acumen and the ability to interface with various internal/external organizations to achieve desired customer service results
  • Excellent verbal and writing skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Availability to travel 5% of the time

Skills

• Customer service acumen and the ability to interface with various internal/external organizations to achieve desired customer service results
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities