Senior Director, Supply Chain & Planning
Salt Lake City, United States, Utah, 84116
Who we are
The opportunity
This position is responsible for the oversight of all site’s production and material planning, material purchasing, all product related project management (New Product Introduction, Research and Development and Commercial), managing the site’s inventory and safety stocks, maintaining the site’s capacity levels to support the business volumes and growth, ensuring consistent practices within all production and materials planning processes and control and continuous improvement efforts related to efficiencies and processes to optimize capacity.
How you’ll spend your day
All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments.
• Responsible for managing the sites production and materials planning, site product project management, and maintenance of site inventory control and policies.
• Responsible to work with Supply Chain Planning in preparation of Work in Process and budgets.
• Responsible for calculating labor and machine requirements at the Salt Lake City sites.
• Responsible for providing inventory leadership to support product transfers and avoid supply gaps; support new product launches.
• Responsible for managing supply relationships with Market Planners and outside suppliers. This responsibility includes investigation and recommendation of new and improved planning systems and processes, providing guidance to sites to focus and arrange schedules, add/subtract people, and buy equipment. Responsible to communicate this data and recommendations to senior management on a routine basis.
• Responsible to lead and innovate on the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Present overall supply chain capacity status, raise significant capacity issues in S&OP and challenge capacity assumptions.
• Responsible to identify and evaluate critical positions within the function and establish strategies to develop a stronger talent pool. Select, coach, and develop talent and build a strong succession organization. Implement education and training for all participants in capacity planning processes. Ensure that demonstrated capacities are realistic; periodically attend plant meetings to assess and improve capacity planning performance.
• Responsible for completing all training requirements and maintaining 100% compliance with all assignments.
• Responsible for maintaining work areas and performing job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Batch Record instructions.
• Responsible for performing additional related duties as assigned.
Your experience and qualifications
Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.
Education/Certification/Experience:
• Requires an undergraduate degree or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in a Manufacturing environment, Supply Chain or Materials Management.
• Requires strong knowledge of pharmaceutical materials and general manufacturing processes.
• Requires experience with and an in-depth knowledge of cGMP and other applicable industry regulatory requirements as they relate to the production of pharmaceutical products and associated quality systems.
• Experience with budget and project management tools is preferred.
• Specialized or Technical Knowledge Licenses, Certifications needed: SAP/APO, Oracle ERP, Microsoft Office Suite, APICS Certification is preferred.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
• Computer proficiency with comprehensive working knowledge of MS Office products, Learning Management Systems (LMS), ERP system such as SAP or Oracle and manufacturing/quality systems such as Trackwise and Qdocs.
• Self-directed with ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to motivate, influence and lead others with and/or without direct supervisory authority.
• Ability to positively manage conflict, provide difficult feedback and negotiate resolution.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships between teams, departments, business units and external partners.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and decision making.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and provide coaching, mentoring and encouragement to help others improve their knowledge or skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to analyze information and create metrics relevant to the business objectives.
• Project management and advanced presentation skills preferred.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Up to 20%
Enjoy a more rewarding choice
We offer a competitive benefits package, including:
Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.
The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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