Senior Planning Manager

Senior Planning Manager

Position Summary

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

This 206,878 square-foot facility, located in the Philadelphia area is Catalent’s global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging.  Catalent offers GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services throughout our global network. Packaging can be configured to hold a single product, or multiple products as determined by study requirements. We offer manual patient kit assembly along with semi-automated and automated wallet sealing and high-speed automated carding to meet the needs of studies of all sizes. For temperature sensitive products and those with minimal to zero allowable time out of environment, we can perform secondary packaging in refrigerated and frozen packaging rooms or over dry ice depending upon your project needs.  Using our Clinicopia global labeling system with its multi-lingual label phrase library we can design single panel, booklet labels or our unique Peel-ID™ safe storage labels for your studies. Single panel and Peel-ID™ safe storage labels can be conveniently reviewed and approved online via our Fusion portal before being printed and inspected at our facilities.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia is hiring a Senior Planning Manager. The Senior Planning Manager is responsible for ensuring that production plans are managed, and that material supply is maintained. Planning operations are executed to forecast site utilization and to implement production schedules to meet client demands and site objectives. Additionally, material planning, procurement and inventory review are conducted to maintain optimal inventory while meeting production demand. The Planning team operates in accordance with operation standards and within the Quality Management System. This role works collaboratively across departments to drive executional excellence and to identify and execute continuous improvement projects increasing Planning performance and compliance. The Planning team at the Philadelphia facility is responsible for ensuring the efficient and timely production of goods by overseeing the planning, scheduling, and materials management processes. The department works collaboratively across functions to manage the production schedule, operational forecast and material demand.

This is a full-time role position: Monday-Friday -8:00am-5:00pm -1st shift. Onsite

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role  

• Accountable for maintaining effective planning and scheduling processes to ensure that site operations are forecasted and positioned for successful execution.

• Maintain collaboration with the Catalent network regarding Supply and Demand review.

• Responsible for ensuring the purchasing of materials and supplies is managed efficiently to maintain appropriate inventory levels, preventing shortages or excessive overages.

• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to facilitate long-term planning and decision-making.

• Develop and implement supply chain strategies to optimize efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

• Work closely with operational teams, project managers, and other stakeholders to understand study requirements and timelines.

• Provide regular updates on supply chain status, manage performance metrics, and identify and drive solutions for any issues or concerns.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance supply chain efficiency and effectiveness.

• Responsible for interfacing with the clients, as needed, and managing internal communication to sustain and enhance Client relationships