Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler II
Thermo Fisher
Summary
As a Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler II, you'll play a key role in keeping our production schedules organized, efficient, and aligned with customer needs.
Job description
What You'll Do
As a Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler II, you'll play a key role in keeping our production schedules organized, efficient, and aligned with customer needs.
- Create, maintain, and adjust manufacturing schedules to help meet customer orders and delivery deadlines.
- Review materials, inventory, staffing, equipment, and production capacity to identify potential delays before they happen.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Warehouse, Quality, and Materials Planning to coordinate schedules and solve production challenges.
- Work with ERP/MRP systems, Excel, and production reports to monitor schedules, track performance, and recommend improvements.
- Identify scheduling conflicts, material shortages, and other production challenges, and help develop practical solutions.
- Keep planning data, production schedules, bills of materials, and related records organized and up to date.
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts to improve production flow, efficiency, and on-time delivery.
- Follow company procedures, safety standards, and applicable Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
What You'll Bring to the Team
Education and Experience: You can qualify through any ONE of the following combinations:
- Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of relevant professional experience
- Associate's degree with at least 4 years of relevant professional experience
- High school diploma or GED with at least 6 years of relevant professional experience
Skills That Will Help You Succeed
- Experience in manufacturing planning, production scheduling, materials coordination, inventory management, or a related area is preferred.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage changing priorities
- Comfort working with numbers, schedules, reports, and computer systems
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to identify problems, evaluate options, and make sound decisions
- Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy, safety, and quality
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple departments
Additional Experience That's a Plus
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of production capacity, inventory planning, bills of materials (BOMs), and manufacturing processes
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
- APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or a similar supply chain certification
- Experience with Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of relevant professional experience, OR Associate's degree with at least 4 years of relevant professional experience, OR High school diploma or GED with at least 6 years of relevant professional experience
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage changing priorities
- Comfort working with numbers, schedules, reports, and computer systems
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to identify problems, evaluate options, and make sound decisions
- Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, safety, and quality
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple departments
- Experience in manufacturing planning, production scheduling, materials coordination, inventory management, or related area (preferred)
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel (preferred)
- Knowledge of production capacity, inventory planning, bills of materials (BOMs), and manufacturing processes (preferred)
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (preferred)
- APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or similar supply chain certification (preferred)
- Experience with Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives (preferred)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Competitive Pay
- Performance-Related Bonus
- Annual Merit Increases
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Professional Development
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software, and services for research, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, and increasing laboratory productivity. Thermo Fisher serves pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions, and government agencies worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Life Sciences Solutions, Analytical Instruments, Specialty Diagnostics, and Laboratory Products and Services.