Vacancy Title: Materials planner

Applications: To RFT Recruitment - Gerry Kennedy gerry@rftgroup.ie Tel: 353 1 6614970

Location: Cork - Ireland

Remuneration: Negotiable

Role / Responsibilities

Initially this position will assist in the implementation of policies, procedures, systems and processes for the Logistics area to ensure the fluent supply of materials and products. In the short term the person in this position will focus on the development of materials plans and assist in the implementation of the business planning systems. Also, this position will assist the Purchasing area in the review and execution of purchase requisitions and purchase orders.

Once the initial structures are in place this position will be responsible for the development, maintenance and execution of Materials plans, vendor schedules, materials release schedules and inventory positioning within CBIL and the Global Biologics Supply Chain. Also, this position will be
responsible for the maintenance of the Logistics master files and inventory reporting systems.

This position will be a cross functional role within the CBIL organization communicating information on materials plans and will have strong links internally with manufacturing and quality with a collaborative role with Leiden, Malvern, St Louis and Puerto Rico.

GENERAL SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop, maintain and execute Materials plans for commercial and clinical
  products.
• Maintain raw materials and component inventories within goal, while
  minimizing excess, obsolete and expired materials.
• Contribute to the global
  balancing of materials and supplies within the Global Biologics Supply
  Chain.
• Create, maintain and schedule purchase orders for materials and components
  to meet plant operational requirements, while ensuring efficient and
  effective purchasing practices.
• Assist in the preparation of purchase plansand supplier evaluations for materials and component vendors.
• Co-ordinate the positioning of inventories within each of the production
  areas.
• Develop and coordinate schedules for the testing and release of materials
  and components.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of production schedules to
  ensure that customer requirements are met.
• Ensure inventory and operational transactions are executed on time and
  Logistics master files are maintained up to date.
• Develop, maintain and publish information on inventories, benchmark's and
  KPI's.
• Implementation and maintenance of Business Planning and Control systems
  applications and processes.
• Ensure compliance with SHE, GMP's, Logistics and Business Compliance
  policies.
  

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES / INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION

• Implementation of an efficient and effective Materials flow process.
• Customer focused ensuring that internal customer requirements are clearly
  planned for and communicated within the organization.
• Results driven, while ensuring the optimization and efficient use of CBIL
  resources.
• Contribute to the innovation and continuous improvement within CBIL.
• Ensure a clearly identifiable work ethos.
• Collaborative and cross-functional with all other departments within CBIL and to align across GBSC and other J&J organizations.
• Ensure department and personnel goals and objectives are completed in a
  timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure implementation of Credo based actions within the Planning area.
  

ORGANISATIONAL INTERFACES
. International subsidiaries: Leiden, Malvern, St Louis and Puerto Rico.
· Internal within CBIL: Manufacturing, Q.C. and Engineering at a minimum.
· Materials and component suppliers.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL
Minimum of three years experience in a supply chain management Planning
environment.

DESIRABLE
Qualification in supply chain management or equivalent combination of
experience and education.
Experienced in the implementation, development and execution of business
planning and control systems.
Experience in Planning in a pharmaceutical environment or in a process
industry.
Experience with dealing with vendors and the scheduling of materials.

KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Ability of be able to collect, consolidate, analyze, summarize and
  report on large volumes of supply chain data.
• Application knowledge of business planning and control systems.
• Ability to be able to benchmark and continuously improves business
  planning and supply chain management processes.
• Very good interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to be able to operate in a collaborative and
  cross-functional organisation.
• Customer focused.
• Innovative in the management of materials and components.
• Very good problem solving and resolution implementation skills.
• Results and performance driven.
• Highly motivated, adaptable and flexible
• Strong planning and organizational skills.