Manager, Master Planning / Scheduling

Kindeva • St. Louis, MO

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About The Position

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world. Role Responsibilities: Responsible for generation, oversight and execution of all supply planning, scheduling and purchasing activities & procedures for finished goods, semi-finished goods and raw materials (API, excipients, packaging components). Development of long term finished goods supply plans by the Planning team supporting the consensus demand plan. Identifying key risks and opportunities associated with the supply plans and developing recommendations to optimize the use of resources while achieving customer service objectives and optimizing inventory within the S&OP process. Presenting key assumptions, risks and opportunities to the VP/GM of Kindeva Injectables business in the monthly Supply meeting Responsible for development and maintenance of the production schedule required to support the supply plan, considering production resource limitations as required. Monitor schedule adherence and attainment ensuring on-time production of finished goods to support the supply plan Communicates with Production Supervisors, Maintenance, and Engineering to identify manpower, equipment and facility constraints associated with achieving schedule attainment and track production progress, and resource loading/ capacity Collaborates with finance and production to develop, enhance and maintain processes necessary to ensure Kindeva achieves absorption expectations Support and incorporate continuous improvement initiatives into the Master Production Schedule. Works with R & D, Scale Up, and Operations on new product launches. Responsible for supporting new product launch and technical transfer activities as the supply chain primary point of contact. Collaborate with the Client Project Management Organization, MS&T, Operations, Quality, and commercial teams to develop forecasts for new product launches Generate supply plans to support new product forecasts and plan engineering batches, qualification runs and media fills as necessary Facilitate the creation of new item numbers and support the supplier qualification process Responsible for optimizing direct material and production supplies cash flow and inventory investment, considering safety stock guidelines, contractual requirements, and supplier constraints. Development of net inventory projection incorporating raw materials, intermediates and finished goods. Review raw material and intermediate expiration dates and optimize consumption of materials and minimize expiring material Identifying key risks and opportunities associated with achieving net inventory objectives and develop recommendations to optimize working capital Collaborate with finance to support the monthly inventory reserve process Oversee the inventory destruction authorization process working with finance, QA, production and warehouse teams Support and incorporate continuous improvement initiatives into the Master Responsible for implementing and tracking KPI’s, including, but not limited to, forecast accuracy, inventory, schedule attainment and back orders. Track, monitor and present KPI performance on a monthly basis in the S&OP process Investigate root cause and corrective actions and drive continuous improvement in KPI performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, science, engineering, other related programs
• 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with CDMO experience preferred
• Prior supply planning, scheduling, or other supply chain experience preferred
• Continuous improvement / lean six sigma experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for generation, oversight and execution of all supply planning, scheduling and purchasing activities & procedures for finished goods, semi-finished goods and raw materials (API, excipients, packaging components).
• Development of long term finished goods supply plans by the Planning team supporting the consensus demand plan.
• Identifying key risks and opportunities associated with the supply plans and developing recommendations to optimize the use of resources while achieving customer service objectives and optimizing inventory within the S&OP process.
• Presenting key assumptions, risks and opportunities to the VP/GM of Kindeva Injectables business in the monthly Supply meeting
• Responsible for development and maintenance of the production schedule required to support the supply plan, considering production resource limitations as required.
• Monitor schedule adherence and attainment ensuring on-time production of finished goods to support the supply plan
• Communicates with Production Supervisors, Maintenance, and Engineering to identify manpower, equipment and facility constraints associated with achieving schedule attainment and track production progress, and resource loading/ capacity
• Collaborates with finance and production to develop, enhance and maintain processes necessary to ensure Kindeva achieves absorption expectations
• Support and incorporate continuous improvement initiatives into the Master Production Schedule.
• Works with R & D, Scale Up, and Operations on new product launches.
• Responsible for supporting new product launch and technical transfer activities as the supply chain primary point of contact.
• Collaborate with the Client Project Management Organization, MS&T, Operations, Quality, and commercial teams to develop forecasts for new product launches
• Generate supply plans to support new product forecasts and plan engineering batches, qualification runs and media fills as necessary
• Facilitate the creation of new item numbers and support the supplier qualification process
• Responsible for optimizing direct material and production supplies cash flow and inventory investment, considering safety stock guidelines, contractual requirements, and supplier constraints.
• Development of net inventory projection incorporating raw materials, intermediates and finished goods.
• Review raw material and intermediate expiration dates and optimize consumption of materials and minimize expiring material
• Identifying key risks and opportunities associated with achieving net inventory objectives and develop recommendations to optimize working capital
• Collaborate with finance to support the monthly inventory reserve process
• Oversee the inventory destruction authorization process working with finance, QA, production and warehouse teams
• Support and incorporate continuous improvement initiatives into the Master
• Responsible for implementing and tracking KPI’s, including, but not limited to, forecast accuracy, inventory, schedule attainment and back orders.
• Track, monitor and present KPI performance on a monthly basis in the S&OP process
• Investigate root cause and corrective actions and drive continuous improvement in KPI performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager