KBI: US - Global Finite Scheduler, Senior
About The Position
At KBI Biopharma, we are advancing science and accelerating breakthroughs. As a global leader in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, we empower life science companies to bring new medicines and vaccines to the world faster. Explore your potential at KBI, where innovation meets impact. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining the Finite Production Schedule for assigned site(s) using Finite Scheduling software. The role involves internal alignment and communication of the Production Schedule to all involved departments, scheduling and activating work orders in systems of record for material picking and support PAR building, and scheduling maintenance and metrology activities. Additionally, the Senior Global Finite Scheduler will assist in creating and displaying metrics for the Global Supply Chain and provide support to the Planning team as needed.
Requirements
- Minimum education required: Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum experience required: 8+ years preferably as a MFG Operator or Production Control Planner or a combination of education & experience
- Minimum knowledge required: general cGMP MFG operations (Chromatography, TFF, Automated Systems, etc…)
- Minimum skills required: Technical writing
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Programs
- Familiarity with SAP, LIMS, MES (Syncade) other PLC systems
- Experience in a Scheduler role, preferably within a GMP (Good Manufacturing Principles) environment.
- Ability to collaborate with functional leaders to support production optimization recommendations.
- Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to present ideas in a clear and concise manner.
- Analytical skills with the ability to measure and report metrics and help to identify issues through peers and manager through root cause analysis
Responsibilities
- Creating and optimizing schedules: Create, track, maintain and optimize short-term schedules for production by balancing demand with production sequencing and resource efficiency.
- Work with Manufacturing and Planning Leadership teams on running simulations and scenarios for enhanced decision making.
- Participate in theoretical capacity evaluations to firm up the cadence, changeover time, shutdown, maintenance windows that derive the total theoretical annual batch count that impacts the budget and financial commitments, and that help track capacity utilization.
- Incorporating feedback and alignment reached through the S&OE and S&OP processes to ensure feedback about changes to plans are incorporated into schedules in a timely manner and work with teams like material planners, warehouse, quality, and maintenance to ensure alignment and meet company objectives.
- Ensuring that work orders driving material needs are aligned with the active schedule
- Modeling operations: Model different steps of operations, capacity type, buffer type, and wait time constraints and conducting simulations.
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned
Benefits
- annual bonus structure for all employees
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- paid PTO and holidays
- 401K matching with 100% vesting in 60 days
- employee recognition programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
