Supply Chain Sr. Associate Production Planner

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Job Description

Overview:

Working in ADL’s 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 ADL's 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 ADL 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 Amgen’s 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 ADL 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).

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Master’s Degree or APICS certification.
• Min 5 years’ experience in an industrial environment.
• Understanding of Class A principal’s desirable.
• Planning system experience (Rapid Response RR/SAP).
• Experience in Pharma production (Fill-finish).
• QMTS

Knowledge/Skills

• Understands basics of quality systems and manufacturing processes.
• Effectively manages internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Adapts communication style and works effectively across multiple functions and sites.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and concisely and make recommendations.
• Maintains composure and direction in high pressure situations.
• Effectively navigates through ambiguity to resolve issues.
• Ability to work under minimal direction and independently develop solutions that are thorough, practical, and consistent with functional objectives.