Senior Manager - Buyer/Planner

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Position Summary

The Sr. Manager, Planner/Buyer will be primary responsible for materials planning and ordering requirements for the Devens Manufacturing facilities. The Sr. Manager, Planner/Buyer will execute materials planning, ordering and coordination of material release requirements in support of production and tech transfers into Devens. The Sr. Manager, Planner/Buyer will collaborate regularly with highly cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Site Quality, Warehouse, Site Procurement and Category Management to ensure the appropriate parts are specified and available to support the manufacturing campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Supports plant quality systems (Change controls, Deviations, assessments and CAPA) for material related issues if required.
• Reviews, prioritizes and schedules the delivery of raw materials & consumables to meet target dates and prevent stock shortages. Collaborates with partner departments to ensure material availability in alignment with manufacturing schedule.
• Assesses material risk and collaborates with site and network cross-functional teams for proposed mitigations. Escalates to management and key stakeholders with proposed mitigation strategies as required.
• Provides input into weekly material priorities with site representatives from Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Category management, Technical Operations and Warehouse.
• Responsible for providing forecast to vendors for long term capacity analysis.
• Main representative for tech transfer projects for material planning and own continuous improvement activities to positively impact key performance metrics.
• Accountable for creating Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders in SAP, placing orders with suppliers and expedite deliveries as needed as well as help resolve any invoice discrepancies.
• Analyzes critical raw material inventory and accountable for maintaining sufficient safety stocks and inventory projection used directly in Drug Substance manufacturing for both commercial and clinical products.
• Will supervise supply chain staff in support of day-to-day or process improvement activities
• Maintain relevant master data and planning parameters as well as assists in site SAP support as required.
• Represents Material Planning in the strategic management review with top suppliers for raw materials used at Devens.

Requirements

• Experience and knowledge in Biologics manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience in new product introduction strongly preferred.
• Customer service mentality and attention to detail are essential elements for success.
• Excellent knowledge in SAP strongly preferred.
• B.S. in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or science-related discipline.
• A minimum of 8-10 years in a Supply Chain or Manufacturing role in a complex manufacturing environment with experience in production control/process orders/equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities against ambitious timelines.

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On-site Protocol

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

COVID-19 Information

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