Site Sr. Finite Scheduler

Use Your Power for Purpose

Our logistics and manufacturing team ensures that patients and customers receive the medicines they require precisely when they need them. By embracing challenges, envisioning new possibilities, and taking decisive action, you will contribute to delivering medicines to the world at an accelerated pace. Your role is crucial in making sure that the supply chain operates seamlessly, guaranteeing that essential medications are available to those in need. Through innovative thinking and proactive problem-solving, you will help overcome obstacles and drive efficiency, ultimately making a significant impact on global health.

Position Overview

The senior finite scheduler will create, optimize and maintain daily and short-term production schedules across the production area.  The daily schedule will drill down to the equipment/asset level and enable a seamless operation on the shop floor.  Scope of daily schedule includes all production, validation, tech transfer, maintenance activities- essentially all work that requires line time on the equipment or production area.  SAP will be utilized to enable manufacturing to execute and also to ensure that material requirements and other supply signals are driven accurately.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

• Deliver and maintain detailed process schedules aligning the High-Level Schedule (Plan of Record) and Standard Work models to ensure the manufacture of product is carried out efficiently across the assigned production area.

• Lead interactive planning sessions with Manufacturing, Technology, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain to coordinate all activities on all assets in the manufacturing suite. Provide guidance in shutdown planning.

• Collaborate with Production Planners and Material Planners to align raw material/component availability with the production schedule.

• Represent the Supply Chain organization in daily manufacturing tier 1 meetings. Assess escalations/risks and the urgency needed to resolve issues. Escalate to Supply Chain tiers appropriately and ensure resolution.

• Maintain SAP process orders from release to delivery/confirmation to ensure a high level of demand accuracy.

• Facilitate batch tracker to ensure the batch is outbound on-time to the subsequent manufacturing site.

• Track and report actual production vs. plan (schedule attainment) and actual production vs Plan of Record

• Implement new scheduling systems and create real-time dashboards showing the status of equipment in the manufacturing suite. Change management.

• Drive resolution to moderately complex problems and operate independently in ambiguous situations, while reviewing own work and mentoring others.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• High School Diploma and 10 years of experience and Associates degree and 8 years of experience OR BA/BS degree and 4 years of experience OR Masters/MBA degree and 2 years of experience

• Comprehensive knowledge of the scheduling discipline and the ability to apply these skills to optimize scheduling processes. Can be leveraged as a scheduling SME.

• Experience with advanced scheduling tools.

• Competent with SAP MRP

• Experience in GMP manufacturing or supply chain. Solid understanding of manufacturing, bottleneck analysis and scenario planning.

• Highly refined collaboration skills and excels at leading cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated ability to lead change

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• CPIM or other applicable ASCM certification

• Experience with Kinaxis Rapid Response/Maestro

• Six Sigma, Lean or Project Management certification

• Power BI - pulling information from data lakes and visualization

• PI Vision - creation of dashboards

  
 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Sitting for extended periods
• Extensive use of computer required

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location Assignment: On Premise

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $96,300.00 to $160,500.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement