Production Planner

AT LIFENET HEALTH, YOU ARE THE ADVANTAGE

Every day, YOU help us to save lives, restore health, and bring hope to patients and families around the world. At LifeNet Health, we cultivate growth, innovation, and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity.

Together, we are united by a mission greater than ourselves, a purpose rooted in healing.

ABOUT THIS JOB
Location: Virginia Beach, VA (on-site)

Department: Production & Logistics

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Clinical Status: Non- Clinical
 

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Production Planner manages the scheduling and timeliness of the production process for their assigned portfolio to ensure the requirements of the demand plan and associated measurements are achieved. Their duties include managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production, monitoring the production process, and adjusting the plan as needed.  They leverage the SAP system and other tools to make informed decisions and provide reporting on adherence to plan.

Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life-changing outcomes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Planning: Collaborates with Production Managers/Supervisors to develop effective production plans that meet defined requirements, while maximizing efficiency and minimizing waste. Evaluates availability of materials, equipment and staffing to create and/or modify process orders in SAP to support established plan.
• Inventory Control: Monitors inventory level across assigned product portfolio, establishes and communicates priorities to support areas, ensures that safety stock and product availability targets are met to minimize back orders.
• Scheduling: Works closely with the Strategic Operations Planner to review forecast demand and proposed production schedules for each product line.
• Communication: Resolves production disruptions and productivity problems and escalates issues to upper management as appropriate.
• Reporting: Prepares and submits daily, weekly, and monthly departmental activity reports. Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions using data.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Experience/Skills/Certifications:

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain/Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• CTBS: Certified Tissue Bank Specialist, American Association of Tissue Banks
• CPIM or CSCP: Association for Supply Chain Management
• One (1) year of related work experience within tissue banking or medical device industry.
• One (1) year of ERP (SAP) experience.
   

Key Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate and build relationships with all professionals at different levels within the organization.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize multiple, competing priorities and manage time/workload. Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple time sensitive projects, multi-task, identify project interdependencies and potential risks/pitfalls.
• Attention to Detail: Ability to perform tasks thoroughly and with care; checks work to ensure high degree of accuracy/ completeness and early/ on-time delivery.