Sr. Associate Production Planner

litate 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.

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