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Senior Material Planner

@ PSC Biotech
Cork, Cork, Ireland
OnsiteContract
Responsibilities:Manage material data, Plan material requirements, Coordinate with suppliers
Requirements Summary:Minimum 7 years in supply chain management with SAP, GMP experience; degree in supply chain or related field; APICS or Lean/PM certification preferred.
Technical Tools Mentioned:SAP, Power BI, QMS (Quality Management System)
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About PSC Biotech

 

Who are we?

PSC Biotech is a leading Biotech Consultancy firm founded
in 1996, headquartered in Pomona, California, USA, with Global operations in
Ireland, India, Singapore, Australia and the US, serving 350 clients in more
than 23 countries worldwide. We provide cloud-based software solutions for
Quality Management and Regulatory Inspections, pharmaceuticals contract
manufacturing professionals, and metrology services to our clients.

 

‘Take your Career to a new Level’

PSC Biotech disrupts the conventional consultancy model
by aligning our EVP as one of the unique selling point which includes the
opportunity to work with the most talented cohort of like-minded professionals
operating in the Pharma/ Biotech Industry. We offer a permanent contract of
employment giving exposure of working in Top Pharmaceutical client sites in a
diverse-cultural work setting.

 

Employee Value Proposition

Employees are the “heartbeat” of PSC Biotech, we provide
unparalleled empowering career development though Learning & Development
in-house training mentorship through constant guidance to facilitate career
progression. We believe in creating high performing teams that can exceed our
client’s expectations with regards to quality of all scalable and business unit
deliverables, staying under budget and ensuring timelines for our deliverables
are being met.

 

Overview:

The primary role of the Senior Material Planner is to
ensure the availability of raw material components to meet the production
schedule in Drug Substance, Drug Product and Finish Goods Packaging Operations.
Ensure raw material components are planned, purchased and released within the
guidelines established in the ERP SAP system. The Senior Material Planner will
play a key role in the ensuring that the functional goals are met. This will
require supporting the development and implementation of systems, processes and
people to ensure optimal raw material coverage in line with the Master
Production Schedule as well as product launch activities.

Technical Operations group is responsible for creating
our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs
for the commercial market. These individuals build and maintain cutting-edge
manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality
control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods
and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement
of our drugs to patients.



Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for Master Data accuracy in SAP for material
    components
  • Accountable for representing the function in Global
    Category Form and Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
  • Accountable for the weekly cross functional material
    readiness forum.
  • Accountable for generating and issuing recurring
    Heatmap/Material Readiness to site stakeholders. Participate in weekly material
    readiness activity.
  • Accountable for representing the function on the weekly
    S&OE meetings ensuring cross functional alignment of plans
  • Responsible for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in
    line with the Master Production Schedule in SAP to ensure that operational
    requirements are met
  • Responsible for converting purchase requestions to
    purchase order as required by SAP detail schedule including payment of supplier
    invoices
  • Responsible for monitoring Materials release status to
    meet detailed schedule
  • Responsible for Inventory Management end to end including
    (Pricing (Purchase Info Record), Purchase Price Variance (PPV), reserve
    process, expiry, FIFO, FEFO, safety stock, lead times etc)Responsible for
    issuing quarterly supplier forecasts
  • Responsible for ensuring that supplier open order book is
    issued and aligned with SAP on a weekly basis.
  • Responsible for aging receipts, resolving issues and
    identifying root causes
  • Responsible for Short Term Exception Management (STEM)
    program as required and proactively engage with stakeholders to resolve
    schedule conflicts.
  • Responsible for inputs into the monthly site Supply Chain
    Review meeting (SCR)
  • Participate in end of campaign performance review (Plan V
    Actual) to correct future campaign requirements
  • Participate in site Single Use Application strategy
    meetings
  • Participate in daily cross-functional meetings to ensure
    maintenance of Adherence to Schedule *(ATS) and Adherence to Plan *(ATP) in
    line with Make / Assess / Release commitments
  • Participate as required in delivery of Change Request,
    CAPA ,Deviation & Supplier Change Notification (SCN) within the Quality
    Management System (QMS) system
  • Communicate delivery schedule to production, warehouse
    (Shanbally / 3PL) and quality department outlining risks to meet the detailed
    schedule through daily management and tier process.
  • Member of the functional process team level as required
  • Facilitate Tier 1 Purchasing team meeting
  • Back up for the Material Planning Lead
  • Daily Material Planning Tier 2
  • Daily Flow Team Meetings
  • Complete material planning scenarios as required to
    maintain detailed schedule
  • Engage Right First Time (six-sigma) and lean
    manufacturing practices leading to Operational Excellence
  • Develop, maintain and publish KPI’s for supplier
    performance (OTIF)
  • Functional Lead for Continuous Improvement (CI) projects
  • Safety and Quality
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  • Material Planner Standard Work
  • Metrics
  • Cost Savings
  • Dual Sourcing
  • Operational Readiness Programs (ORP)
  • List above identify key responsibility, but other duties
    maybe required as per business needs

 

Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities:

  • Development of efficient and effective Material planning
    processes and systems
  • Engage with vendors in an ethical and compliant manner
    when required
  • Be “Patient & Customer focused” ensuring that
    requirements are clearly planned for and communicated within the organization
  • Be Results driven, while ensuring the optimization and
    efficient use of cross functional resources
  • Contribute to the innovation and continuous improvement
    (CI) within Material Operations
  • Be collaborative and cross-functional with all other
    departments within the site and across the wider community
  • Ensure department and personal “goals and objectives” are
    completed in an effective and efficient manner
  • A strong strategic thinker who can perform at both a
    strategic and tactical level when and where required within and across the
    organization
  • Ensure a high level of integrity always while performing
    the role
  • Demonstrate the drive and eagerness to be successful in
    this role with a view to developing and progressing to levels of increasing
    responsibility.
  • Education & Experience
  • A minimum of an Honor's Degree (NFQ level 8) in Supply
    Chain Management or other related Business discipline is essential
  • Supply Chain Certification is preferred e.g. APICS
  • Project Management or Lean Certification is desirable

 

Experience:

  • A minimum of 7 years relevant Supply Chain Management
    experience
  • Experience in Planning/Purchasing in a pharmaceutical
    environment with strong technical/systems background is desirable
  • Experience of SAP is essential
  • Prove track record in end to end leading and managing of
    a direct material category (specific experience managing chemicals, SUT's
    (Single Use Technologies) highly desirable
  • Power BI or similar data analytics visual tool knowledge
    is desirable but not essential
  • Experience working in a GMP environment for a minimum of
    3 years
  • Project Management with a focus on value creation and
    waste reduction programmes highly desirable