Manufacturing planner

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale.

Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Excellent Benefits Package

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Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

Paid Time Off & Holidays

401K Company Match up to 6%

Tuition Reimbursement eligible after 90 days!

Employee Referral Bonus

Employee Discount Program

Recognition Program

Charitable Gift Matching

Company Paid Parental Leave

Career Advancement Opportunities

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Now is an exciting time to join our Nashville team, a team dedicated to ensuring our customers receive the products they need to achieve their scientific goals quickly, reliably, and safely.

If you believe in working the right way for the right reason join our growing team today!

Discover Impactful Work :

Our Manufacturing Planning Team enables the continued success of the Single-Use Technology Division (SUD) by efficiently leveraging our ERP- and Advanced Planning Systems to plan and schedule jobs for custom orders and made-to-stock product.

They deliver a schedule that is loaded against the capacity targets, while considering material availability and accommodating expedites and customer requests when possible.

A day in the life :

• Share best practices with other sites within business unit and be regarded as Subject Matter Expert in the area of Manufacturing Planning
• Use MPS / MRP in ERP / APS System to drive production planningManage key item settings in ERP System to ensure proper system functionalityPlan and schedule MTS products and monitor excess inventoryMonitor and reconcile exception messages
• Analyze production data to identify potential bottlenecks or risks and implement corrective actions to keep projects on track.
• Actively participate in Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) and Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process
• Balance customer demands with capacity while establishing the production schedule
• Expedite production batches when needed to fulfill urgent customer requests
• Communicate with Customer Operations and Support regarding any issues affecting on-time delivery
• Coordinate closely with Operations to optimize schedule adherence and down-stream efficiencies
• Responsible of OTTP (On Time To Promise) and OTIF (On Time In Full)
• Attend daily management stand-up meetings and provide regular and timely status updates on planning and production issues impacting replenishment to management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to minimize schedule changes within the frozen window
• Train as a backup for other members of the team
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processes, streamline workflows, and increase operational efficiency
• Support expansion and harmonization projects
• May be required to perform other related duties as required and / or assigned

Keys to Success : Education

Education

• Preference for Certification in APICS CPIM, CSCP, ISM CPSM, Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher)

Experience

• 5 years of experience in Production / Manufacturing Planning or Supply Chain
• Planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment using MRP / ERP and APS (Oracle, ASCP, SAP, JDE, server-based systems)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proficient in managing and analyzing data in Excel
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing concepts and principles, finite scheduling, product flow, data management, and supply chain planning

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Last updated : 2024-05-11