Senior Material Planner

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