Job Description

Overview:

Working in  Supply Chain team, you will be responsible for translating the master production schedule (MPS) into a feasible and accurate short-term detail schedule for a fixed time period, ensuring on time availability of product, whilst taking known constraints and planning parameters into account. Alongside this, the Short-Term Planner will:

• Provide key production planning information to support  integrated business planning (IBP) processes within the 0-13 week time horizon.

• Work closely with the area's finite scheduler and product planner providing timely and accurate information to ensure the generation of feasible production schedules.

• Is responsible for local weekly and monthly planning processes.

• Is responsible for reporting out key KPI's for  planning.

• Facilitate weekly scheduling and capacity review meetings with production, QA, warehouse, and process development departments.

• Ensure a feasible plan and release plan for the manufacturing areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Is responsible for the short-term executional planning process in their assigned area, which support the site’s execution in S&OP process (Planning cycle). Local processes include production planning, line scheduling, and shipment planning.

• Continuously identifies opportunities for system and process improvements and uses operational excellence (OpEx) and project management skills to implement changes.

• Report short-term planning performance metrics for their assigned area.

• At times may be asked to present information, analyses, and provide recommendations to management.

• Articulate and highlight key master production schedules changes to the MPS lead.

• Provide planning SME knowledge to support NC/CAPA investigations.

• Manage and monitor SAP / RR transactions to support production plan, capacity analysis, planning cycle and procurement activities.

• Convert planned process orders to process orders and ensure a feasible plan.

• Co-ordinate with the warehouse department to ensure availability of all components for the production line and the shipment of materials to ensure market supply.

• Check component availability against the short-term plan.

• Plan and coordinate repackaging activities (REDO) and Scrap requests.

• SME for assigned tasks.

• Support projects with technical mastery.

• Own KPI reporting and coordinate relevant actions.

• Create analysis in support of projects or improvements and provide recommendations.

• Responsible for portfolio of commercial products, understanding all constraints and dependencies that impact planning activities.

Basic Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, or relevant experience.

• Approximately 2-5yrs Planning experience in an industrial environment.

• SAP ECC Planning Experience essential.

• GMP Knowledge.

• Familiar with S&OP process.

• Familiar with production planning concepts (Materials requirement planning, production scheduling).

• Planning system experience (Rapid Response RR) is desirable.

• Experience in Pharma production (Fill-finish and packaging) is desirable