Production Scheduler

Catalent•Philadelphia, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Production Scheduler Position Summary Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually. This 206,878 square-foot facility, located in the Philadelphia area is Catalent’s global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging. Catalent offers GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services throughout our global network. Packaging can be configured to hold a single product, or multiple products as determined by study requirements. We offer manual patient kit assembly along with semi-automated and automated wallet sealing and high-speed automated carding to meet the needs of studies of all sizes. For temperature sensitive products and those with minimal to zero allowable time out of environment, we can perform secondary packaging in refrigerated and frozen packaging rooms or over dry ice depending upon your project needs. Using our Clinicopia global labeling system with its multi-lingual label phrase library we can design single panel, booklet labels or our unique Peel-ID™ safe storage labels for your studies. Single panel and Peel-ID™ safe storage labels can be conveniently reviewed and approved online via our Fusion portal before being printed and inspected at our facilities. Catalent Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia is hiring a Production Scheduler . The packaging operations team at the Philadelphia facility is responsible for overseeing pharmaceutical clinical and commercial packaging operations, including drug product and DEA controlled substance. Primary and secondary packaging operations are executed at ambient through frozen temperature conditions in three buildings across campus. The Production Scheduler is responsible for developing and maintaining the detailed, short-term production schedules (daily to weekly) to optimize resource utilization within the actual, finite capacity of the plant. This includes daily collaboration between the Production Scheduler, Planning team and Packaging team and translating the plant schedule to ensure efficient, on-time production. This is an onsite, full-time, hourly/salary role position: Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm -1st shift. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree; OR Associates Degree with at least 2 years of relevant work experience; OR a High School Diploma/GED with at least 5 years of relevant work experience
Knowledge of production scheduling operations
Fundamental understanding of clinical packaging requirements preferred
High-attention to detail and strong organizational skills
Experience working in an ERP and scheduling system; Orchestrate or JD Edwards preferred
Computer literate (Microsoft Office Suite)
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
Demonstrated indirect leadership and collaboration
Proven ability to adhere to and develop Standard Operating Procedures

Nice To Haves

Fundamental understanding of clinical packaging requirements preferred
Experience working in an ERP and scheduling system; Orchestrate or JD Edwards preferred

Responsibilities

Accountable for translating the master plant schedule to provide the detailed packaging schedule in a manner that is effectively executed by the Operations teams.
Responsible for clearly communicating schedule changes, potential disruptions, and performance data to all relevant departments and teams.
Partners across functional departments to effectively support batch readiness on the packaging floor
Monitors and reports key performance indicators
Analyzes packaging and resource data to identify and implement adjustments in the planning and schedules operations and drive operational performance improvements
Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance production and scheduling efficiency and effectiveness.
Maintain accurate documentation and records for audit purposes.
Provide training, mentoring and development of indirectly reporting employees
All other duties as assigned

Benefits

Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
Diverse, inclusive culture
Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
Community engagement and green initiatives
Generous 401K match
Medical, dental and vision benefits
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