GSK is currently looking for a Planning & Purchasing Associate Director to join our team in Rockville, MD. In this role, you will be responsible for production planning, direct materials planning and end to end (E2E) indirect purchasing at the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Rockville Biopharm manufacturing site. The manager works with site supply chain leadership, local and network stakeholders to ensure just-in-time materials availability to enable manufacturing schedule adherence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure just-in-time materials availability to enable drug substance manufacturing production schedule (MPS) adherence. 
• Develop materials planning scenarios based on inputs from Global Planning and site Supply Planning 
• Maintain optimal raw material inventory levels to ensure no stock outs and/or adversely impacting production schedule adherence, while eliminating expiry and maintaining on/offsite warehouses capacity at target 
• Maintain MRP parameters to ensure adequate safety stocks and lean inventory levels
• Coordinate with Finance, Supply Planning and other network stakeholders to develop annual budget for materials per MPS, forecast and monitor inventory level and expenses, and adjust materials requirement planning (MRP) according to the latest demand estimates
• Ensure adherence to quality compliance expectations and requirements
• Provide oversight to E2E indirect purchasing process and associated vendor management processes including compliance to third party risk management (TPRM)
• Ensure full compliance adherence to purchasing policies and procedures
• Manage material availability risks through: 
  • Proactive days of supply reviews to identify/escalate supply risks
  • Facilitating and performance managing with Materials Operations and QC, internal material flow from goods receipt up to quality release
  • Collaborating with Central Procurement to mitigate network supply risks with direct impact to site
  • Supporting Quality Process team in vendor change notifications
• Manage a team of production/material planning, indirect purchasing talents by: 
  • Adhering to Cost Centre budgeting and spending
  • Defining team priorities and goals
  • Managing team & functional performance to strive for excellence  
  • Developing and maintaining a high performing team that can execute to site’s strategy and vision
• Embed a continuous improvement mindset and execute the GSK Production System to drive sustainable systems
• Develop a team culture that complies with GSK inclusion objectives, and Values of Ambitious for Patients, Accountable for Impact, and Do the Right Thing.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• High School Diploma / AA Degree with at least 10 years of experience working with materials requirements planning (MRP) / Purchasing in GMP Biopharm industry OR BS Degree with 5 years of experience working with MRP / purchasing

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Coaching and mentoring of direct staff to retain talents for GSK
• Ability to develop and execute purchasing and planning strategies based on evolving supply chain landscape
• Experience with SAP for Materials/Production Planning and warehouse capacity planning
• Effective with material requirements planning and resolving vendor schedule issues
• Inventory expiry management
• Development and creation of performance management dashboard for KPI trending & monitoring
• Lead and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Understand planning parameters and material flow
• Comfortable working in a matrix & global team environment
• Effective team management
• High competency in SAP, Microsoft Suite

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The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $117,150 to $195,250 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

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