Materials Planner jobs in Cary, NC

Liquidia is deeply passionate and committed to the discovery, engineering, and development required to bring novel therapies to patients who need them most, and to the healthcare providers who care for them. Our current drive is toward improving the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH). We will continue to combine our proprietary, innovative PRINT® Technology with new and established medications, offering the potential for both better precision and improved clinical outcomes. Our team members include some of the industry’s top scientists, clinicians, business strategists, engineers, and pharmaceutical executives. We work together to help people lead longer, healthier, and happier lives.

Job Summary

As a successful Planner, you will apply advanced production management concepts to ensure continual flow of production to meet changing customer demands. This person will support the business through supply chain activities, inventory analysis and maintenance and creation of processes. The Planner will be responsible for the creation of daily and weekly schedules accounting for asset capacity, resource assignments, inventory availability, and demand priority.

Specific Duties, Activities, and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an accurate and achievable production schedule for the assigned area(s), consistent with available capacity and in support of on-time delivery of customer orders
• Generate current & future capacity models for assigned areas based on business forecasts, manning, and equipment; recommend improvements to optimize production capabilities
• Monitor material flow and identify any bottlenecks in the process; troubleshoot issues to the root-cause and implement corrective actions
• Generate and maintain accurate work orders to align with production schedule
• Review and report material shortages for upcoming work orders to ensure continuous production adherence
• Utilize manufacturing data and reports to drive key insights into efficiency, utilization, production rate, and other performance metrics
• Own site local scheduling tool and maintain all related procedures around its use Support vendor due diligence through routine vendor assessments and monitoring
• Hold frequent meetings to gather details from internal teams and communicate monthly forecast status of orders
• Coordinate downstream demand needs to external partners to align company needs throughout the supply chain
• Lead production meetings with internal and external partners
• Develop and communicate forecasts to key vendors
• Aid in answering internal team questions as it relates to planning of the daily and weekly or future production schedules.
• All other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

•  A high school diploma or general education diploma is required
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience required, experience in a pharmaceutical packaging environment is preferred
•  Experience working with production schedules with multiple manufacturing lines is required
• Good manufacturing practice experience is preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong management and organizational skills and detail orientation with an ability to prioritize, enable, and accelerate multiple programs and projects while simultaneously delivering against the activities of daily operations
• Ability to thrive in a multidisciplinary team environment is essential for success, with a strong ability to build relationships
• Proven agility and success in a dynamic company / business environment where change is frequent and rapid understanding and alignment is paramount
• Oracle NetSuite system experience and expertise desired
• Experience with and expertise PC applications including Microsoft Windows, Excel, and Word required
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with particular emphasis on negotiating and problem solving

Benefits:

Liquidia offers a competitive compensation package (base salary and commission) as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan, ESPP, Unlimited Paid Time Off and more!

Liquidia is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Recruiting Agencies, Please Note: 

Liquidia will not accept unsolicited assistance from recruiting/search agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by recruiting or search agencies to any employee at Liquidia via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search/recruitment agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Liquidia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Liquidia as a result of the referral or through other means.