Production Planner III

Bio-Rad Laboratories • Richmond, CA

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About The Position

The Production Planner III role is for the Richmond Chemical Plant that produces process chromatography resins, liquid buffers, monomer solutions, oils, and other specialized life science products. The Richmond Chemical plant has over 3000 SKUs, and complex batch production processes that runs over multiple work centers in a single process order. The Production Planner is responsible for timely execution of MRP in SAP environment, will identify and maintain mid and long term production plans that serve as the foundation for raw material, staffing, equipment, capital, and outsourcing plans. Daily / Weekly the candidate establishes and maintains finite production schedules as required by MRP / ERP, maintains an optimal workflow for production facility, monitoring daily exceptions, analyzing data, and resolving routine and non-routine issues. Candidate analyzes inventory movement / trends for optimum utilization, identifies safety stocks, optimum batch size, process capacity & efficiency, analyzes and dispositions excess and obsolete materials, uses / develops reports and tools that could improve production workflow and generates data or runs standard materials reports, summarizes and communicates conclusions generated from these reports, and recommends improvements. Collaborates with cross-functional teams in global, mult-tiered matrix organization.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Business, Product Supply Management or related discipline. APICS CPIM certification a plus.
• 6+ years related experience in planning and scheduling in a LEAN Manufacturing environment. Preference given to candidates with experience planning batch managed processes in a Chemical Manufacturing Plant
• In depth experience production planning and detailed scheduling within an ERP system, with SAP experience highly desirable.
• Thorough understanding of Routings and Bills of Material and an understanding of cost components of applied Planning practices.
• Strong computer skills with working knowledge in Microsoft Windows Office suite
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written formats.
• Strong attention to detail, thoroughness and ability to anticipate issues. Experience with Continuous Improvement processes and/or projects useful.

Responsibilities

• On Time and In-Full supply of product and services to Bio-Rad customers.
• Manufacturing Efficiency.
• Reduction to cost of goods/improved margin, as well as scrap mitigation.
• Quality of product and communication within Global Supply Chain and to extended customers.
• Meeting critical KPI's of Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain.

Benefits

• competitive medical plans for you and your family, free HSA funds, a new fertility offering with stipend, group life and disability, paid parental leave, 401k plus profit sharing, an employee stock purchase program, a new upgraded and streamlined mental health platform, extensive learning and development opportunities, education benefits, student debt relief program, pet insurance, wellness challenges and support, paid time off, Employee Resource Groups (ERG's)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees