Manufacturing Planner II

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Frederick, MD

2d • $66,000 - $99,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. Discover Impactful Work: The Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler II will generate supply plan to fulfill requirements of the demand plan. They will work with the manufacturing and procurement teams across all value streams to ensure supply is available to meet demand requirements within the planning horizon using ERP systems. Responsible for delivering customer fulfillment targets while limiting working capital costs to inventory entitlement. The role is also responsible for deploying new process changes, templates, work on projects with other functions to account for organizational changes, etc. A day in the Life: Build short term and long-term production plans, generate orders fulfilling demand requirements and helping business to hit revenue targets. Responsible for successful implementation and maintenance of supply planning processes and initiatives across regions, business units and product groups. Influence and collaborate with key partners in procurement, marketing, sales and finance, and site-wide operations groups. Support the development of key performance indicator results and maintain at target to support the supply / demand consensus. Understand and highlight capacity constraints and work collaboratively with manufacturing teams on resolution across regional manufacturing sites. Coordinate between planning and manufacturing teams to achieve schedule attainment demands, based on constraints within supply, capacity, equipment or other aspects of operations. Manage inventory entitlement for responsible SKUs to sustain global supply health while minimizing expired, excess and obsolete risks.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED is required. Bachelor degree or Associate degree is preferred.
• 3+ years in Supply Chain / Planning with degree is helpful, or 4 years in lieu of degree.
• 3+ years' experience working in a regulated CGMP manufacturing plant (preferably Pharma / Biotech / Life Sciences industries)
• Knowledge of inventory control techniques, confirmed understanding and application of planning functions related to Capacity Planning (CPS), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and interfacing systems (i.e., QA, Forecasting).
• Proven track record in leading multiple tasks within tight time frames.
• Experience using an ERP System, JDE E1 preferred.
• MS Office experience specifically MS Excel.
• Strong balance of analytical skills and action orientation, combined with a practical approach to business, to drive balanced results with determination.
• Influential, personable, and data-driven, especially with decision-makers and operational teams.
• To work independently, typically initiating own tasks with input/mentorship from manager.
• Ability to work well in a global organization within Operations and with external clients.

Responsibilities

• Build short term and long-term production plans, generate orders fulfilling demand requirements and helping business to hit revenue targets.
• Responsible for successful implementation and maintenance of supply planning processes and initiatives across regions, business units and product groups.
• Influence and collaborate with key partners in procurement, marketing, sales and finance, and site-wide operations groups.
• Support the development of key performance indicator results and maintain at target to support the supply / demand consensus.
• Understand and highlight capacity constraints and work collaboratively with manufacturing teams on resolution across regional manufacturing sites.
• Coordinate between planning and manufacturing teams to achieve schedule attainment demands, based on constraints within supply, capacity, equipment or other aspects of operations.
• Manage inventory entitlement for responsible SKUs to sustain global supply health while minimizing expired, excess and obsolete risks.

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED