Supply Chain Planner

Supply Chain Planner

Position Summary:

Work Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm

100% on-site

Catalent's Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture. The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring a Supply Chain Planner. The Supply Chain Planner oversees all tasks associated with the development and maintenance of both the Master Production Schedule and the short-term daily production schedule using a variety of tools. Align with Project managers, Formulators, Product Leads and Operations to ensure forecasted work is scheduled and executed. Participate as a member of the Supply Chain Team.

The Role:

• Partner with Project Managers, Formulators, Product Leads and Operations to understand client forecasts/needs and translate requirements into master schedule.
• Creation and modification of the long-range Master Schedule in GMP and shift specific short-term Production schedules.
• Maintain alignment with Planners to ensure shared resources are available as needed.
• Schedule Support Group activities that impact production and assist in facilitation of daily operations review meeting.
• Works with the BU Directors and Supply Chain Manager to review and revise rough cut capacity requirements and participate in S&OP monthly process to help facilitate the monthly Operations review.
• Participate in all pre-launch activities as they relate to scheduling requirements.
• Work with Client Service Associates, Buyers and Project Managers to schedule capacity, equipment and line personnel.
• Identifies and communicates conflicts to the BU and Supply Chain Management to obtain resolutions.
• Create and Modify ERP System elements to enable execution of operations- including Work Orders and Master Data/Transaction Data
• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:

• Business or scientific related degree, preferred
• 3-5 years of operational or scheduling experience, required.
• MRP experience required, JD Edwards preferred
• Previous experience in a discrete manufacturing, job shop environment preferred.
• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical environment, preferred.
• GMP Manufacturing experience, preferred.
• Solid dose clinical and development manufacturing experience, preferred.
• Finite Planning techniques/systems experience, preferred.

Why you should join Catalent:

• 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
• Generous 401K match
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Personal initiative. Dynamic pace. Meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.