Production Planner

Centinel Spine, LLC • West Chester, PA

89d • Onsite

About The Position

Centinel Spine®, LLC is the leading global medical device company exclusively focused on addressing cervical and lumbar spinal disease with prodisc®, the most complete total disc replacement (TDR) technology platform in the world. The Company’s prodisc® technology is the most studied and clinically proven TDR system across the globe, validated by over 540 published papers and more than 300,000 implantations. Centinel Spine’s prodisc® is the only TDR technology with multiple motion-preserving anatomic solutions, allowing the surgeon to Match-the-Disc™ to each patient’s anatomy for both cervical and lumbar total disc replacement. If you are passionate about ensuring reliable supply flow, vendor performance, and inventory accuracy, we are seeking a Production Planner to support procurement, planning, and inventory management activities. This position is 100% on-site in West Chester, PA, places purchase orders, analyzes demand and forecasts, coordinates with vendors, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery and alignment with quality system requirements. This role reports to the Vice President of Operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1-3 years of planning/logistics experience required.
• Solid understanding of GMP and FDA regulations.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Project.
• Excellent ability to communicate with multiple departments and customers.
• Must be able to work independently, in a team environment, and drive projects to solution using good project management and facilitation skills.
• Detail oriented and the ability to multitask in a time sensitive and demanding environment with a high degree of accuracy.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or a related technical field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Place purchase orders with suppliers.
• Ability to understand sales demands and evaluate for ordering purposes with knowledge of lead-times from our vendors.
• Extreme attention to detail needed to monitor vendor service and notify management of any disruption of flow that will affect customer (internal/external) order OTD (on-time delivery).
• Understand business needs of demand/forecast and adjust buying accordingly.
• Work closely with Technology Groups and Quality to communicate supply issues of current vendors.
• Collaborate with Quality on vendor performance- receiving the correct material, the correct quantity, and on-time deliveries.
• Develop vendor relationships exhibiting good written and verbal communication providing clear expectations (delivery, status reports, etc.)
• Assist in performing cycle counts and physical inventories as needed.
• Assure the integrity of the inventory, evaluate problem areas.

What This Job Offers

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