The PositionManage raw material planning & purchasing processes for OFP manufacturing lines to ensure availability of material for production. Align long-term & short-term production plans with external customer needs & production line capacities. Continuously improve logistic processes & maintaining plans in SAP.
RelationshipsCoached by: Site Vice President.
Essential Functions- Create detailed production plans in order to issue schedules to multiple production processes & lines
- Plan & order materials for all manufacturing processes & products
- Update & maintain plans in SAP to ensure data integrity
- Create & analyze input data to prepare forecast & capacity utilization reports in SAP
- Collaborate closely with Line of Business (LoB) to optimize schedules & production plans
- Analyze impact of changes to input variables effecting Supply Chain processes. Prepare & present Supply Chain status reports & analysis enabling senior management decision making
- Complete daily Operational Planning (OP) steps in SAP
- Ensure planned shipment of finished products to external customers according to customer order dates or inventory policies
- Maintain & develop department procedures according to cGMP's
- Ensure effective communication with internal & external stakeholders
- Provide consistent & stable demand for raw materials from suppliers by effective & efficient planning & communication in order to ensure availability of the right materials at the right time
- Serve as member of OFP Leadtime project group & as such implement best practices at site Durham
- Perform other duties, as assigned
Physical RequirementsAbility to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.)
Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field required
- MA/MS in these fields or an MBA a plus preferred
- Minimum of 5 (five) years of experience in Supply Chain Management, production planning, or manufacturing & extensive experience in complex data analysis & programming preferred
- Experience leading/managing projects of various sizes/complexity preferred
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills; good presentation skills preferred
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience planning in SAP APO & ECC required
- Experience implementing SAP a plus
- Computer skills, including experience superuser of Excel (familiarity with Pas-x a plus) preferred
- Proven process improvement & problem-solving skills preferred
- Completion of cLEAN Basic, 1-Star and 2-Star training & projects (or willingness to complete); ability to become 3-star a plus
- Familiarity with SAP systems (BW, APO, ECC preferred) required
- Able to develop & manage action plans to achieve targets preferred
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