As a Material Planner, your job is to ensure consistent supply of existing and new materials to support the operations of the production and lab value streams.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:
Maintain updates of key SAP material planning data to best utilize our planning system and responsible for ensuring purchase orders are placed on time and monitored to maintain appropriate inventory levels
Execute and improve standard process around material expiry, re-evaluation, cycle counting
Support improvements to execution of site key business process within the scope of raw materials – such as financial budgeting, forecasting, expiry and site impact assessments for new products
Collaboration with site scheduling, warehouse, quality and QC to resolve issues and implement process improvements around raw materials to drive time and cost savings
Establish and maintain KPIs utilizing supply chain best practices to monitor plants raw material inventory and supplier performance
Identify potential raw material supply risks impacting the ability to maintain the production schedule, inventory targets, or supply chain policies. Take appropriate actions to resolve issues by collaborating cross functionally.
Trouble-shoot SAP related issues and/or develop as an SAP Super user
Implement recommendations from global procurement to align with sourcing strategies, drive cost and inventory savings, while ensuring alignment with technical and quality requirements
Develop relationships with suppliers including providing vendor forecasts
Execute vendor change notifications and change controls related to materials including alternative sources
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
BA/BS degree
1+ years’ experience of related manufacturing experience in a Supply Chain, Technical, Material Planning, Production or Lab related role
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
3+ years of related manufacturing experience in a Supply Chain, Technical, Material Planning, Production, or Lab Supervision-related role
Project Management and change control ownership experience
Financial acumen, problem solving, negotiating, and presentation skills
Proficiency with internal computer systems, including the SAP system and Excel
APICS certification or equivalent or willingness to become certified
Written and oral communications skills with particular attention to detail
Proficient in the SAP Production Planning System in raw material planning and/or MRP buying and planning knowledge in a manufacturing environment
Ability to work effectively on cross functional teams including leading problem solving and clearly communicating escalations
Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
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