Material Planner required for a leading Biotech facility in Ringaskiddy, Cork to ensure the availability of raw material components to meet the production schedule in Drug Substance, Drug Product and Finish Goods Packaging Operations. Ensure raw material components are planned, purchased and released within the guidelines established in the ERP SAP system. The Material Planner will play a key role in the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure optimal raw material coverage in line with the Master Production Schedule as well as product launch activities. Initially a 12 month contract ROLE: 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 generating and issuing recurring Heatmap/Material Readiness to site stakeholders. Participate in weekly material readiness activity. Responsible for ensuring that supplier open order book is issued and aligned with SAP on a weekly basis. Responsible for Master Data accuracy in SAP for material components 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 Global Category Form and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Participate in site Single Use Application strategy meetings Member of the functional process team level as required Facilitate Tier 1 Purchasing team meeting Complete material planning scenarios as required to maintain detailed schedule e as required in delivery of Change Request, CAPA ,Deviation & Supplier Change Notification (SCN) within the Quality Management System (QMS) system Engage Right First Time (six-sigma) and lean manufacturing practices leading to Operational Excellence Develop, maintain and publish KPI's for supplier performance (OTIF) Participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) projects o Safety and Quality o Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) 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 in weekly S&OE meetings ensuring cross functional alignment of plans o Participate in Material Planner Standard Work o Metrics o Cost Savings o Dual Sourcing o Operational Readiness Programs (ORP) List above identify key responsibility, but other duties maybe required as per business needs Education & Experience A minimum of an Honor's Degree (NFQ level 7) 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 Experience A minimum of 2 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience in the pharmaceutical sector 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 Project Management with a focus on value creation and waste reduction programmes highly desirable Skills: Material Planner Biotech Pharmaceutical SAP Supply Chain