MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION PLANNER

NextPhase Medical Devices LLC•Rochester, NH

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Material and Production Planner is responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient flow of materials and production schedules to meet customer demand and organizational goals. This role involves planning, coordinating, and monitoring material requirements, production activities and inventory levels to optimize supply chain performance and minimize cost.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience required
Minimum of 5 years’ relevant planning experience in manufacturing industry, with 2 additional years in a medical field, or other highly regulated industry
Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships at all levels of the organization, to further the goals and advancement of the department's objectives
Proficiency with planning and scheduling systems, ERP/MRP systems, and inventory management techniques.
Demonstrated ability using LEAN tools and concepts
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, AI Platforms)
Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
Effective collaborative leadership style and experience
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), problem solving abilities, and creative solution generation

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in related field
10+ years’ experience planning in a MedTech manufacturing environment
5+ years’ experience in medical device contract manufacturing
LEAN training or certification
Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Experience with DelmiaWorks (formerly IQMS) ERP

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain material requirement plans for sales forecasts, production schedules and inventory targets.
Manage safety stock levels/re-order points and adjust plans to prevent material shortages or excess inventory.
Use formal systems, such as DelmiaWorks ERP, to plan the production process from start to finish.
Partner with NextPhase customer service, manufacturing, and engineering to provide rough-cut capacity planning for both current demand and future forecast.
Have full understanding of customer contracts.
Work closely with NextPhase supply chain to ensure material availability prior to scheduling work orders in manufacturing.
Create and update production schedules to align with customer orders and capacity constraints.
Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks to maintain on-time delivery.
Partner with logistics to ensure that products ship on time and arrive on time at customer and sterilization sites.
Track effectiveness and recommend improvements and solutions.
Optimize execution of internal work orders to achieve schedule adherence, and customer on-time delivery goals.
Identify and implement continuous improvement ideas to reinforce reliability of delivery using LEAN and Six Sigma techniques.
Work with suppliers and NextPhase buyers to identify and optimize reliability of supply and information to support manufacturing and business objectives.
Contribute to defining and implementing cost reduction opportunities with suppliers and customers.
Contribute to supplier corrective actions and make supplier recommendations in conjunction with NextPhase buyers.