The role: PE Global is currently recruiting for a Senior Material Planner on behalf of a leading pharmaceutical company based in Cork. This is an initial 12 month contract. Overview: The primary role of the Senior Material Planner is to ensure the availability of raw material components to meet the production schedule in Drug Substance, Drug Product and Finish Goods Packaging Operations. The Senior Material Planner will play a key role in the ensuring that the functional goals are met. This will require supporting the development and implementation of systems, processes and people to ensure optimal raw material coverage in line with the Master Production Schedule as well as product launch activities. Responsibilities: Accountable for Master Data accuracy in SAP for material components Accountable for representing the function in Global Category Form and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Accountable for the weekly cross functional material readiness forum. Accountable for generating and issuing recurring Heatmap/Material Readiness to site stakeholders. Participate in weekly material readiness activity. Accountable for representing the function on the weekly S&OE meetings ensuring cross functional alignment of plans Responsible for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in line with the Master Production Schedule in SAP to ensure that operational requirements are met Responsible for converting purchase requestions to purchase order as required by SAP detail schedule including payment of supplier invoices Responsible for monitoring Materials release status to meet detailed schedule Responsible for Inventory Management end to end including (Pricing (Purchase Info Record), Purchase Price Variance (PPV), reserve process, expiry, FIFO, FEFO, safety stock, lead times etc) Responsible for issuing quarterly supplier forecasts Responsible for ensuring that supplier open order book is issued and aligned with SAP on a weekly basis. Responsible for aging receipts, resolving issues and identifying root causes Responsible for Short Term Exception Management (STEM) program as required and proactively engage with stakeholders to resolve schedule conflicts. Responsible for inputs into the monthly site Supply Chain Review meeting (SCR) Participate in end of campaign performance review (Plan V Actual) to correct future campaign requirements Participate in site Single Use Application strategy meetings Participate in daily cross-functional meetings to ensure maintenance of Adherence to Schedule *(ATS) and Adherence to Plan *(ATP) in line with Make / Assess / Release commitments Participate as required in delivery of Change Request, CAPA ,Deviation & Supplier Change Notification (SCN) within the Quality Management System (QMS) system Communicate delivery schedule to production, warehouse and quality department outlining risks to meet the detailed schedule through daily management and tier process. Member of the functional process team level as required Facilitate Tier 1 Purchasing team meeting Back up for the Material Planning Lead Daily Material Planning Tier 2 Daily Flow Team Meetings Complete material planning scenarios as required to maintain detailed schedule Engage Right First Time (six-sigma) and lean manufacturing practices leading to Operational Excellence Develop, maintain and publish KPIs for supplier performance (OTIF) Functional Lead for Continuous Improvement (CI) projects Safety and Quality Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Material Planner Standard Work Metrics Cost Savings Dual Sourcing Operational Readiness Programs (ORP) Education and Experience: A minimum of an Honor's Degree (NFQ level 8) in Supply Chain Management or other related Business discipline is essential Supply Chain Certification is preferred e.g. APICS Project Management or Lean Certification is desirable A minimum of 7 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience Experience in Planning/Purchasing in a pharmaceutical environment with strong technical/systems background is desirable Experience of SAP is essential Prove track record in end to end leading and managing of a direct material category (specific experience managing chemicals, SUT's (Single Use Technologies) highly desirable Power BI or similar data analytics visual tool knowledge is desirable but not essential Experience working in a GMP environment for a minimum of 3 years Project Management with a focus on value creation and waste reduction programmes highly desirable Development of efficient and effective Material planning processes and systems Interested candidates should submit an updated CV. 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Your Cv is sent to a central recruitment inbox which a number of people in the applicable PE Global division have access to and so this means that you might not be contacted by the named person in this advert. Skills: supply chain project management planning planner materials