Merck & Co.-posted 8 months ago
Full-time • Manager
Onsite • Durham, NC
Chemical Manufacturing

Our company in the United States and Canada, is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. For over a century, our success has been propelled by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Our Manufacturing Division is a team of dedicated, energetic individuals committed to being the most trusted supplier of pharmaceuticals and health products worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, form an interdependent global manufacturing network that ensures a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across the globe. As part of our Company's Supply Chain organization at the Vaccine Manufacturing facility in Durham NC, the Planning and Scheduling Lead will be responsible for the overall planning and purchasing processes in support of all Integrated Process Teams (IPTs) at the Hilleman and Teknika manufacturing facilities. This includes the Vaccine Manufacturing Facility (VMF), Tice (BCG Teknika), Tice (BCG Hilleman) and Vaccine Bulk Facility (GBF). The Planning Lead is part of the Sitewide Leadership Team (SWLT) and interacts frequently with the Site Leadership Team to provide information and metrics in support of key business initiatives and decisions. This is a fast-paced and multi-faceted role that provides leadership and input to every department on site across a wide range of business activities. This position is also responsible for monitoring inventory levels at all nodes in the supply chain ensuring sufficient raw material and component inventory to support manufacturing while managing financial inventory targets.

  • Coach and manage the Supply Chain Planning Team (~10 direct reports) responsible for site end to end purchasing and planning supply chain operations.
  • Provide mentorship and coaching to ensure team success.
  • Develop and foster employee growth through Employee Development Planning (EDP).
  • Plan, assign, and direct work for team members, answering questions, resolving issues, and overseeing workloads.
  • Establish annual Hoshin Kanri (HK) Planning departmental objectives aligned to Durham Supply Chain, Durham Site and Global Vaccine Operations objectives.
  • Lead and sponsor site initiatives surrounding Digital Planning, designed to drive automated planning processes resulting in discard reductions, accurate planning signals and forward-looking areas of concern.
  • Organize and manage multiple projects across different timelines, ensuring successful execution and delivery.
  • Lead/manage the site's Inventory of Questionable Value (IQV) process and support all financial targets and audits as Planning Lead.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to execute planning / supply chain activities within the IPT's.
  • Lead and collaborate with all site IPTs and Global Network Planning in the S&OP process and annual profit planning activities.
  • Ensure proper escalation timing to mitigate production or supply interruption.
  • Facilitate annual BOM and yield assessment process to align production standards and financial targets planned for following year.
  • Reports, reviews and analyzes supply chain data to measure site / IPT performance related to Make, Buy, Test, Release (MBTR) and identify areas for improvement.
  • Site World Class Supplier (WCS) lead/coordinator supporting all OTIF and FPQ initiatives.
  • Proactively develop and manage all site inventory targets and initiatives.
  • Attend Tier meetings and ad-hoc meetings as required.
  • Coordinate all site metrics including schedule adherence, release on time, on-time in full, and first pass quality.
  • Manage departmental budget spending for the Planning and Scheduling team.
  • B.S./B.A. Degree in Science / Engineering / Business or Supply Chain Management.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry with emphasis in manufacturing site planning and leadership activities.
  • Strong knowledge of Planning and Purchasing processes as well as MRP/MPS principles and methodologies.
  • Strong experience using SAP.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Experience in managing and developing employees.
  • Excellent planning, organizational, documentation and communication skills.
  • Ability to work in cross-functional teams and to manage complex projects and tasks.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong risk-based decision-making skills.
  • Master's degree in science / engineering / business or supply chain management.
  • Experience in developing and updating Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Budget planning, capital planning, and project management.
  • Experience using Rapid Response (RR) as a network planning tool.
  • APICS / CPIM and Green Belt Certification.
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