Clinical Master Production Scheduler (m/f/d)

REFERENCE NUMBER:

716449/1

MY DUTIES:

- Manage and – if needed – escalate supply constraints, analyze and suggest options to close supply gaps considering financial impact and timelines
- Maintain schedule stability considering material availability and capacity requirements based on planning and demand time fences
- Responsible for detailed scheduling of Packaging activities and ensuring readiness for a given packaging activity in close coordination with various support groups and Manufacturing, this can include detailed scheduling of orders, ensuring materials are available upon order release, and releasing orders to allow the shop floor to execute
- Support global alignment and harmonization over the manufacturing sites, monitor production output and comparing it to the supply plan, e.g. production plan performance. Identify differences and drive solutions to mitigate those variances
- Owner and facilitator of weekly Readiness and Scheduling Meetings, decide which orders have to be moved, pulled in or deleted and commit the final production plan
- Accountable for managing the site master production schedule that accounts for production demand (i.e. IMP material) and non-production demand (i.e. Maintenance, Validation, Engineering)
- Provide input to management in order to optimize resources, capacity and capabilities and meet objectives for manufacturing efficiencies, inventory levels and customer service
- Perform what if’ scenario analyses to support Site and Global priorities (i. e. Site operational capabilities and Clinical network decisions)
- Represent the respective site performance metrics as well as the site capacity and capabilities in the Clinical Demand and Operation Supply Review to enable decision making
- Own, manage and level load of order volume to meet the supply capacity in 8 weeks horizon. Manage, prioritize and decide on Order Change Requests according to customer requests and depending on site capacity
- Actively lead or participate in global and local Projects and Kaizens to optimize Clinical Supply. Participate proactively in weekly team huddles to support key performance indicator (KPI) tracking and Continuous Improvement
- Work independently and self-motivated on ideas for process improvements and its implementation according to the the company's PT Lean Production System (LPS) initiative

MY QUALIFICATIONS:

- University degree or equivalent diploma, preferably in Business (Economics, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management), Life Sciences or Engineering. Master degree is an advantageous
- APICS and/or SCOR certification, or associated relevant experience
- Well-founded work experience in the GMP environment (e.g. pharmaceutical or food industry), experience in a supply chain function is preferred
- ERP system experience, e.g. SAP, OMP or APO
- Experience in project management and in a cross-functional and cross-cultural environment
- Demonstrated (matrix) leadership experience or stakeholder management experience in a changing environment
- Knowledge and application of production efficiency methodologies (5S, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and/or Theory of Constraints)
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Management with focus on Scheduling, Capacity, Capabilities and Resource Planning (including supply chain optimization)
- Knowledge of support groups to effectively perform tasks, eg clinical packaging, production enablement, planning, quality and clinical distribution
- Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills in English and German

MY BENEFITS:

- A very renowned company
- You will work in an international environment

PROJECT INFORMATION:

- As part of Global Clinical Supply Chain Management, the Production Enablement function ensures that packaging operations can produce material required by the company's clinical trials seamlessly and on time while optimizing cost/quality
- Within Production Enablement the Clinical Master Production Scheduler (MPS) is responsible for creating and managing the Master Production Schedule for Kaiseraugst or South San Francisco IMP packaging operations, including clinical and pre-clinical materials for both large and small molecules. The MPS ensures an aligned and realistic schedule is created that maximizes resource utilization and most importantly delivers high-quality clinical supplies on time and in full to support global clinical trials.
- A part of the MPS team, you will represent site capacity and capabilities in the Kaiseraugst clinical packaging operations while proactively partnering with other functions such as Planning, Manufacturing, Production Enablemement, and Quality to ensure a fully integrated schedule is met. You will also support the team to communicate and address schedule/supply/capacity issues and ensure that product is produced in a safe and compliant manner to meet customer requirements. In this role, you will gain a deep understanding of how clinical packaging operations work and how to perform master scheduling while also strengthening skills in stakeholder management, effective communication, and global harmonization.

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MY CONTACT AT HAYS:

My contact person
Konstantina Glykou

Reference number
716449/1

Contact
E-Mail: [email protected]