Production Planner

• Industry Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
• Work Experience 1-3 years
• City Meath
• State/Province Meath
• Country Ireland

About PSC Biotech

Who we are?

PSC Biotech is a leading Biotech Consultancy firm founded in 1996, headquartered in Pomona, California, USA, with Global operations in Ireland, India, Singapore, Australia and the US, serving 350 clients in more than 23 countries worldwide. We provide cloud-based software solutions for Quality Management and Regulatory Inspections, pharmaceuticals contract manufacturing professionals, and metrology services to our clients.

‘Take your Career to a new Level’

PSC Biotech disrupts the conventional consultancy model by aligning our EVP as one of the unique selling point which includes the opportunity to work with the most talented cohort of like-minded professionals operating in the Pharma/ Biotech Industry. We offer a permanent contract of employment giving exposure of working in Top Pharmaceutical client sites in a diverse-cultural work setting.

Employee Value Proposition

Employees are the “heartbeat” of PSC Biotech, we provide unparalleled empowering career development though Learning & Development in-house training mentorship through constant guidance to facilitate career progression. We believe in creating high performing teams that can exceed our client’s expectations with regards to quality of all scalable and business unit deliverables, staying under budget and ensuring timelines for our deliverables are being met.

Responsibilities:

· Co-ordinate the development all planning aspectsof Manufacturing Operations in accordance with cGMP regulations, applicablesafety considerations SOPs.

· Co-ordinate with the SFO leadership team toalign on templates and tools to determine the optimal use of resources to meetproduction targets and provide as input to the finite scheduleprocess/governance.

· Development and implementation of systems forscheduling and documenting of predictable patterns of work formanufacturing-based activities:

· Co-ordinate the activities of the Shop FloorOperations, Cell Banking planning and scheduling within the BioNX Facility toensure the is sufficient detail on tasks which are to be executed in themanufacturing areas.

· Develop standard hours for operational taskssuch a rhythm of predictable patterns of work can be understood, rolling intoCI initiatives as appropriate.

· Co-ordinate with utilities and engineering suchthat any maintenance, calibrations, and vendor activities are level loaded andplanned in line with batch schedules, ensuring all compliance needs are met forcalibration/maintenance.

· Work with facilities teams as requiredfacilitating routine and maintenance activities, establishing predictablepatterns of work.

· Create process to report Key Performanceindicators versus plan through tier processes on a Daily and weekly basis.

· Assist in the handover process where keydeliverables relating to the planning role must be reported and documented.

· Support monthly trending and analysing ofperformance data to evaluate the effectiveness of operational, calibration andmaintenance systems.

· Work closely with the Supply Chain Team tocommunicate the material ordering requirements.

· Build an excellent relationship with warehouseand SC planning team.

· Ensure purchase orders are placed in line withlead times and agreed SLAs with site customers.

· Work closely with the Material Availability Teamto communicate the material ordering plan.

· Work with the Tech Transfer, Cell banking,Process Engineering, Technology and Automation teams to ensure the managementproject deliverables, tracked through the Power Project platform have a link tothe SFO planning and scheduling process for seamless and on time execution onplant, where required. Overall task scheduling, critical path analysis &resource loaded scheduling for these project related activities.

· Facilitating regular schedule reviews at shopfloor level (tier 1), with management (tier 2) and senior management (tier 3)

· Coordinate various functions within organisationto maintain accurate records on schedule adherence, developing standard unitsof measure for schedule adherence.

· Coach/Mentor teams in schedule formation/creation.

· Key advantage is familiarisation of managementtools such as power project & SAP

· Person will need to be a self-starter, requireexcellent interpersonal skills for collaborating with wide variety ofstakeholders.

· Utilize software programs designed to supportplanning and scheduling for the BioNX facility inclusive of enterprise digital systems.

Preferred skills:

· Production Planning and scheduling experience(min 2 years)