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.
