Senior Specialist, Planner-Buyer

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Position Summary:

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

Role & Responsibilities:

• Analyzes material inventory and accountable for maintaining sufficient safety stocks and inventory projection for the materials in support of Devens Manufacturing Facilities.
• Provides input into weekly material priorities with site representatives from Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Technical Operations and Warehouse.
• Accountable for creating Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders in SAP, placing orders with suppliers and expedite deliveries as needed.
• 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.
• Supports plant quality systems (Change controls, Deviations, assessments and CAPA) for material related issues if required.
• Participate in projects (e.g., tech transfers, SAP improvements) and lead continuous improvement activities to positively impact key performance metrics.
• Maintain relevant master data and assists in site SAP support as required.
• Assists in developing the forecast, review with procurement to share with vendor.

Experience & Qualifications:

• B.S. in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or science-related discipline.
• A minimum of 3-5 years in a Supply Chain or Manufacturing role in a complex manufacturing environment with experience in production control/process orders/equivalent.
• Experience and knowledge in Biologics manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience in new product introduction strongly preferred.
• Excellent knowledge in SAP strongly preferred.
• Customer service mentality and attention to detail are essential elements for success. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities against ambitious timelines.

Contacts:

Incumbents have continual interaction with members of their Supply Chain team as well as other teams throughout the site in order to exchange information regarding the status of inventory.  In addition, there will be frequent contact with members of the Global Procurement, QC, Quality and Materials Management with regard to incoming materials. There is daily contact with their management for work assignments, coaching and general management discussions.  Interaction and coordination with other line management staff relating to specific project responsibilities is expected.

Working Conditions:

Work primarily in office environment and occasionally within manufacturing. Positions requires on-call support for off hours support.

Decision Making:

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