Job Title

Senior Production Planner

Job Description

Senior Production Planner
Bayer HealthCare (BHC), an Equal Opportunity Employer, makes an important contribution to human and animal health with its innovative products and by researching new therapeutic approaches promoting science for a better life throughout everything that we do. Our Specialty Pharmaceutical business ranks among the top 10 specialty pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Our global research and development is focused in five distinct areas: Diagnostic Imaging, Hematology/Cardiology, Oncology, Specialized Therapeutics, and Women's Healthcare. As a specialty pharmaceuticals company, we focus our efforts in areas of high unmet medical need and where we can have the most impact. Our Medical Care division consists of Diabetes Care and Radiology and Interventional. The Diabetes Care division is one of the largest blood glucose monitoring businesses in the world, supporting customers in 100 countries. Radiology and Interventional is the world's leading supplier of contrast agents and injection systems for diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures. The business also supplies mechanical systems for removing thrombi from blood vessels. Our Consumer Care business is a top competitor in many important product categories including analgesics, cough and cold, and nutritionals. More than 3,000 employees support 14 manufacturing sites in 11 countries dedicated to ensuring the delivery of a secure, high-quality, cost-effective supply of our products around the world. Our Animal Health business in North America is dedicated to making the world a better place for our veterinary customers, their clients, and the animals we all hold dear. Bayer’s corporate culture is an important factor in the company’s success. Central to this culture are our values: Leadership, Integrity, Flexibility and Efficiency, summarized by the term LIFE. They provide us with guidance for our daily work as we seek solutions to the major challenges of our time, in line with our mission statement “Bayer: Science For A Better Life".
AH Ops SCM Production Plng & Label Coord We offer a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefit programs. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible for an array of innovative rewards and recognition programs, variable pay and incentive opportunities as well as benefits coverage beginning on your first day of employment. We are committed to helping our employees maintain a healthy balance between their responsibilities at work and home. You will be eligible for paid time off programs, paid company holidays, flexible work options and numerous site conveniences. We are also committed to supporting your professional development through career ladders, training programs, tuition assistance and professional association events.
If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, we encourage you to explore how you can make a difference at Bayer by applying now. To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.
• Create and optimize the master schedule and production plan for assigned work centers to meet the needs of Animal Health Product Management, Contract Manufacturing, Manufacturing Services, and Bayer Affiliates while considering available capacity/resources, cycle times within manufacturing and asset management goals.
• Initiates monthly communication with Animal Health Product Management and Manufacturing Services to review forecasts verses budgets and takes appropriate actions to support business goals. • Supervise and assure the local MRP/Planning systems and related data accurately reflect all production planning requirements to ensure that the correct material purchasing, planned production order, and production/capacity information is generated to support customer forecasts. This task requires coordinating changes and implementation with numerous departments that are impacted by the results.
• Represents the Production Planning Department in scale-up or launch team activities to ensure all MRP requirements are identified and accomplished.
• Performs monthly analysis of inventories to ensure that finished goods/WIP inventory goals are met as well as identifies obsolete inventories (both finished goods and materials) and ensures timely disposition.
• Analyzes inventories related to products planned and recommends and implements reductions.
• Monitor release status of finished goods planned and take appropriate actions to ensure final release per schedule.
• Substitutes for other Planners if not available (vacation, illness, etc.) to facilitate urgent communications.
• May supervise other professionals and train others at entry level.
• Bachelors’ degree in Business discipline with a minimum of 4 years of material management experience required. Individuals with equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
• Material management experience in a FDA-regulated or pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Advanced skill in materials management techniques is preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in using and analyzing automated MRP data required. (SAP preferred)
• Strong organizational, communication (with internal and external customers), and time management skills required.
• Excellent PC skills, including experience using spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel preferred.)
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices required.
• APICS certification preferred.

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Desired Skills and Expertise

Bachelor's Degree

Industry

Business Development

Experience

2 - 5 years

Job Type

Full Time

Salary / package

Not Specified