Planning Manager

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Allergon Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

Allergon is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific's ImmunoDiagnostics Division, which develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood testing systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. As a world-leading producer of allergen source materials, Allergon is also a supplier to many external global customers who manufacture medicines for the treatment of allergies.

At Allergon in Ängelholm, we are 50 people who work together to provide both our internal Thermo Fisher Scientific site in Uppsala as well our external global customers with high-quality allergen source materials and scientific support for the allergy business.

How you will make an impact

Are you’re looking for a great opportunity within the planning area, supporting the production team with robust planning processes? We are currently on the lookout for an ambitious manager for our planning department. By applying your planning-, analytical and people skills you will have a significant impact of the journey Allergon and IDD is on.

The Planning Manager is an important member of the Technical Operations Leadership team, being responsible for the planning function and the inventory management of the site, reporting to the Sr Manager, Operations.

This is a varied role where you as the manager will be involved in planning process development, leading your team, structuring and managing inventory levels and clearly communicate progress to the site management team and stakeholders within the division.

What you will do

• Lead the site planning and scheduling for finished goods and raw materials using MRP and other planning tools.

• Create, review and distribute manufacturing schedules.

• Evaluate and implement expedited requests.

• Be able to present key departmental metrics to Supply Chain

• Lead departmental support to meet site inventory and back-order targets.

• Lead and participate in long range capacity planning analysis for manufacturing work centres.

• Manage site inventory for all SKUs, including levels, safety stocks, shelf life and aged/obsolescence.

• Represent Supply Chain via the Technical Operations Leadership Team in discussions to optimize output for the site.

• Improve planning processes in collaboration with the divisions Supply Chain department.

What do you need?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field, or relevant experience in lieu of a degree

• Supply Chain academy degree will be seen as a merit.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in leading Production, Planning and Operations related activities, 5 years+ experience preferred

• ERP system (SAP) experience in a manufacturing environment

• Proficient in capacity planning, production levelling and identifying and managing production constraints

• Understanding of MPS and MRP processes

• Strong Excel, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to develop and provide reports to satisfy ongoing inquires on inventory, capacity, and product availability.

• Management experience working with strategic plans and talent development.    

Please send in your application, including a cover letter, CV (in one document) in English, apply via http://jobs.thermofisher.com/. Please apply as soon as possible, the position will be filled as soon as suitable candidate is found.

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