Senior Material Planning Analyst.

For one of our clients, an international biotechnology company, we are looking for a Senior Material Planning Analyst.

General Information:

• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months contract, with the possibility of extension
• Workplace: Luterbach, Solothurn
• Workload: 100%
• Working hours: Standard

About the job:

The incumbent supports manufacturing planning for Solothurn DS Manufacturing Sites for both clinical and commercial programs. The incumbent collaborates daily with Manufacturing, Warehouse, Scheduling, Quality, and Procurement to resolve raw material issues, scheduling conflicts, inventory levels, and delivery requirements. Monitors the quarterly exceedance and obsolescence report and mitigates write offs as needed. Drives issues resolution for project success and reports project status to team and manager. Works effectively independently, within a team framework, and across all business areas and levels of the organization.

Will be responsible for the lifecycle management of the Master Data in support of the planning activities and as well the consumption through the different systems.

Will work with Production planning and Manufacturing and automation to make sure data flows are well set up to reduce issues in the daily execution.


Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for raw materials planning and inventory control activities, including forecasted demand, safety stock levels, expiry reporting, TD forecasting, QC release, and the weekly management of ASCP purchasing suggestions.
• Revises and maintains SOPs, SLRs, BOM’s, Formulas, Recipes, Validity Rules, Production Rules, Warehouse Rules in OPM.
• Supports new item creation process and Master Data enrichment as required.
• Responsible for reviewing process and raw material vendor change notifications for inventory impact and facilitation of cross-functions discussions, as required, to drive changes to closure and/or visibility of change or inventory impact.
• Supports tech transfers and the development/maintenance of manufacturing bills of materials, as needed, and ensures that the raw materials are procured and on-hand to support the manufacturing schedule.
• Analyzes data and creates the Expired and Obsolete report quarterly and reviews the information with the site planning management team.
• Supports site leadership team meetings as needed and escalates potential issues to management as required.
• And other job duties that may be assigned at any time per business needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or other related business/science/technical field or High School Diploma with relevant years of experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant supply chain experience and/or training in a GMP regulated industry or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to interact with a cross functional team effectively within an organization.
• Highly detailed oriented with excellent documentation skills.
• Solid knowledge of business and planning in a GMP manufacturing facility.
• Solid knowledge of Manufacturing Systems (Oracle, Trackwise, SynQ, Delta V, Syncade).
• Solid understanding of the basic QA and cGMP principles.
• Identifies system constraints and enhancements and leads/supports capital project and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Fundamental level of technical writing skills, Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office.

Apply now!

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we look forward to receiving your application!