When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

How will you make an impact?
The Production Planner and Scheduler plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors the manufacturing of products through the complete production cycle. Works from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements. Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules. May schedule and/or interfaces with planning, production and engineering managers. Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.

What will you do?

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• Works from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements.
• Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules.
• May schedule and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers.
• Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Accountable for customer service, inventory, and manufacturing cost including optimized resource schedule
• Capacity planning for rolling 12-18 months (equipment and shift capacity) – as well as one network view for total capacity
• Planning of the monthly buckets to achieve customer service
• Level loading of the production and alignment of the inventory impact
• Analysis of demand patterns together with demand planning to achieve a smooth production plan
• Leads ramp up and ramp down production for inventory planning at site
• Accountable for site reliability, inventory and manufacturing cost including optimized resource schedule
• Planning of the weekly buckets to achieve customer service
• Setup of a feasible production schedule, re. capacity change overs, shift models, and production wheel
• When in backlog situation, priority tool is utilized to minimize impact
• Daily alignment with manufacturing and deviation management
• Support in weekly ramp up and ramp down planning

How will you get here?

Education:

• Minimum of Associate's Degree is required; Bachelor's Degree is preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years related experience, or advanced degree with limited experience.
• Prior SAP experience is preferred.
• APICS certification preferred.
• Relevant experience in the Life Science or Medical Device industry preferred.
• Six Sigma Green / Black Belt Certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
• Exercises judgment and independence in identifying next steps.
• This is the level at which scientific, technical and/or functional principles, concepts and practices are understood and some real world experience applying these concepts is required. This may be the entry point for some job families where experience, albeit limited, is required to be successful.
• Demonstrated expertise in ERP/MRP Planning systems, including all relevant planning parameters such as inventory controls, replenishment, warehouse management and procurement functionality in ERP and best-of-breed software solutions is strongly preferred, with specific emphasis on SAP ECC, EWM and APO.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook).
• Strong knowledge or planning and purchasing systems.
• Solid understanding of concepts of inventory flow throughout the supply chain.
• Strong understanding of concepts of inventory management and distribution planning.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to develop and provide reports to satisfy ongoing inquires on inventory, capacity and product availability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate critical information.
• Good problem solving and reasoning skills to effectively deal with problems varying in complexity relative to job level.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 75,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.