Supply Chain Planner

AbbVie • Tempe, AZ

21h

About The Position

As the Supply Chain Planner , you are responsible for providing and maintaining sufficient inventory to support area of responsibility and may also develop and maintain production schedules. A primary function will be to work with customers as well as with Purchasing to identify, develop, monitor, and control resources to meet goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or 1-2 years of experience in Materials Management or Operations; 1-2 years of experience in Purchasing/Maintenance or 2 minimum total combined years of experience.

Nice To Haves

• SAP experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage Material Requirements Plan (MRP) inventory forecasts to support Master Production Schedule (MPS).
• Determine raw material or commodity/code needs and proper inventory levels.
• Create system requisitions and monitor delivery of materials, while communicating priorities to Receiving and Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA).
• Communicate with all functional areas to ensure that material needs are met (Receiving, Quality, Labs, Purchasing, Transportation, Manufacturing, Finishing, and MS&T).
• Communicate significant changes in forecast volumes that may require changes in purchasing strategy.
• Communicate with test labs and quality assurance, where applicable, to establish and track delivery dates for raw materials or manufactured products on test.
• Establish performance reports to monitor, measure and address control, where necessary, of supplier performance to assure timely and quality performance of supplier.
• Prepare monthly inventory reports to summarize current obsolete and surplus items, DOH, working inventory and total inventory.
• Manage timely disposition of obsolete and rejected materials through Material Destruct Orders (MDO’s).
• Where applicable, facilitate financial coverage discussions with Brand Teams accordingly.
• Identify large Purchase Price Variances (PPV).
• Take a leadership role in compiling the monthly PPV reports.
• Research and implement improvement opportunities with Purchasing and Finance.
• Become proficient with the use of planning systems like SAP and tools like Excel.
• Take a leadership role in the implementation of new systems and planning new projects
• May also update procedures and batch records in the Attache database, as needed.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

What This Job Offers

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