An exciting opportunity at a Multinational Pharmaceutical company for a Supply Chain Planning specialist to come and join the team on A 12 month contract.
Location: Speke
Pay rate: £14 - £18 per hour PAYE Only
Duration: 12 months
Role Summary:
• Develop, optimise and manage the weekly Master Production Schedule (MPS), meeting global KPI targets around MPS stability, conformance and customer service
• Work alongside Buyers to perform Materials Requirements Planning and Buying, to ensure components and raw materials are procured in line with MPS need dates.
• Ensure global KPI targets are met around supplier delivery, Liaise with external vendors to communicate and resolve issues around supplier performance.
• Create detailed weekly Capacity Plans to optimise performance of critical resource/work centres within SAP and Business Objects tools
• Work collaboratively with all operational work centres/customer service to adhere to MPS dates through site processes such as production daily meetings, Capacity planning, Shop floor control, inventory review meetings etc. Hold factory accountable for delivering plans.
• Maintain key SAP Master Data relating to planning parameters: ensuring data sets reflect latest assumptions around performance and are optimising supply chain.
• Manage and effect packaging changes and other product changes within the production planning process (e.g. source changes, new product launches)
• Be accountable for the development of the monthly S&OP Production Plan in SAP: defining assumptions, demand consolidation and analysis, preparing data pack, creating inventory projections, performing “what-ifs”. Presenting data in the S&OP forums.
• Liaison with Regional/Global Supply Chain Leaders across the organisation to escalate/resolve supply issues and provide data for Business Planning and Global S&OP processes.
• Determine and manage Strategic Inventory targets, liaising with Regional Supply chain leaders to set strategy across all nodes in supply chain.
• Identify and deliver Supply Chain performance improvements relating to customer service, costing, agility, lead-time reductions and business process efficiency. Contribute to maintaining functional excellence in the Speke Supply Chain team.
Experience/ Qualifications Required:
• A relevant Supply Chain Qualification in Production Planning (i.e. APICS CPIM) and expertise in SAP Manufacturing and Production Planning modules would be preferred
• Experience in a Production Planning role in a manufacturing environment operating within a multi-node Supply Chain
• Strong working knowledge of supply chain business processes; Manufacturing Resource Planning, Materials Management, Shop Floor Control, Master Production Planning, Sales & Operations Planning.
• Experience of production planning and data analysis tools (e.g. SAP, SAP APO, IBP, Business Objects)
• Strong communications skills at all levels of the organisation including an ability to communicate production planning decisions to senior leadership.
• Data Analysis to interpret market demand signals into appropriate production plans
• Demonstrated ability to implement continuous improvement initiatives
Please apply by sending your CV’s to [email protected]