Senior Planner Aesthetic Medical Device (Bothell, WA)

Bausch Health•Bothell, WA

1d•$82,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Join our global diversified pharmaceutical company enriching lives through our relentless drive to deliver better health outcomes to our patients. We are all in it together to make a difference. Be a part of a culture that doesn't just wait for change but actively creates it—where your skills and values drive our collective progress and impact. The Senior Planner is responsible for executing the operations plan and schedule for the factory and operations. They are critical to the planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of products through the complete production cycle to meet or exceed all global Customer Service level and Inventory goals. In addition, the Senior Planner is often involved in projects of a higher order dealing with site-wide Operations concerns. Must be capable of performing all the normal duties of a Production Planner including planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring products through the complete production cycle to meet actual and forecasted customer demands and maintain safety stocks. Ability to work cross functionally among different departments. Ability to identify and execute process improvements within their job. Proactively anticipates supply risks, initiates actions to prevent backorders, and communicates supply availability information to Production, Global Planners and management . Participates in, or leads, cross-functional efforts to improve system performance and process effectiveness. Resolves work order variances and determines/tracks root causes. Responsible for maintaining accurate information of production schedules, customer orders, Bills of Materials for manufactured and outside processed assemblies; cross-functionally coordinates BoM changes to minimize scrap and disruption to Manufacturing while maintaining Service Level goals. Prepares and maintains Planning, Routing, Backflushing, Receiving, etc. parameters in the ERP/MRP system and other necessary reports on production output, efficiency output, capacity and other reports as directed. Attend daily and weekly production meetings. Review existing planning tools and suggest improvements or development of new tools as needed. Participates in Supply Chain Process Development and Implementation. Works with Cost Accounting for period end close.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of an Associate Degree, preferably in a technical field or Business Administration, or equivalent work-related experience
A minimum of 5+ years in Planning or Operations within a manufacturing job-shop environment, preferably in the manufacture of instrumentation and/or medical devices, including:
Knowledge and experience using Product Life Management applications, such as Agile
Knowledge and experience in ERP systems and planning tools
Knowledge and experience in maintaining Master Data (i.e. Item Masters, Bills of Material, Routers and component specifications)
Understanding of Inventory management principles and tools
Excellent computer data entry skills in an ERP/MRP environment
Experience working within a rigorous quality system environment (i.e., ISO 13485, FDA cGMP/QSR) preferred
Exhibits a proactive approach to job performance
Exhibits excellent problem-solving skills
Strong collaboration, team building, and development skills
Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondences documents
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers
Ability to clearly and concisely convey project accomplishments, obstacles, issues, and project status
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to use MS Excel to perform calculations and interpret project results/data
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Ability to read technical and clinical literature and documents and extract important concepts
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to perform lifting tasks of up to 10 pounds for short durations
Duties of this job may involve standing and/or walking for extended periods of time
Duties also involve daily keyboard data entry
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP system is preferred
Advance MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint. MS Access and Power BI skills a plus)
Prior experience with an ERP/MRP installation or conversion a plus
APICS certification a plus
Leadership Previous Lead or Supervisory experience a plus
Career motivated toward a leadership position

Responsibilities

Executing the operations plan and schedule for the factory and operations
Planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of products through the complete production cycle to meet or exceed all global Customer Service level and Inventory goals
Planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring products through the complete production cycle to meet actual and forecasted customer demands and maintain safety stocks
Identify and execute process improvements within their job
Proactively anticipates supply risks, initiates actions to prevent backorders, and communicates supply availability information to Production, Global Planners and management
Participates in, or leads, cross-functional efforts to improve system performance and process effectiveness
Resolves work order variances and determines/tracks root causes
Maintaining accurate information of production schedules, customer orders, Bills of Materials for manufactured and outside processed assemblies; cross-functionally coordinates BoM changes to minimize scrap and disruption to Manufacturing while maintaining Service Level goals
Prepares and maintains Planning, Routing, Backflushing, Receiving, etc. parameters in the ERP/MRP system and other necessary reports on production output, efficiency output, capacity and other reports as directed
Attend daily and weekly production meetings
Review existing planning tools and suggest improvements or development of new tools as needed
Participates in Supply Chain Process Development and Implementation
Works with Cost Accounting for period end close