Material Planner

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain material requirements based on production plans, patient demand, forecasts, bills of materials, lead times, and inventory levels.
• Monitor inventory levels, shelf life, expiration risks, and replenishment parameters to ensure availability of critical manufacturing and QC materials.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Warehouse, Quality, QC, and suppliers to ensure materials are ordered, received, released, and available when needed.
• Identify and proactively communicate material shortages, supply constraints, and other risks that could impact manufacturing schedules or patient delivery.
• Review upcoming production schedules, issued orders for material kits and confirm material readiness for manufacturing campaigns and patient-specific production requirements.
• Partner with Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to resolve material needs, constraints, support schedule changes, and coordinate production recovery activities.
• Provide backup coverage for the Production Planner/Scheduler, including production scheduling, slot management, schedule changes, and communication of manufacturing plans.
• Maintain material planning parameters, reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators to improve inventory visibility, planning accuracy, and supply reliability.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of material planning processes, procedures, and work instructions as the organization scales.
• Perform planning activities in accordance with applicable GMP requirements, company procedures, and quality systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience Requirements

• A.S. degree required, Bachelor's degree preferred in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in material planning, supply planning, production planning, inventory management, or a related function within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cell therapy, medical device, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems for material planning and inventory management.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• High attention to detail and demonstrated ability to identify and resolve supply constraints proactively.
• Ability to work effectively in a GMP environment and follow controlled processes.

Personal Qualities & Physical Demands

• Ability to multitask and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously; able to prioritize.
• Demonstrates strong work ethic, curiosity to learn and contribute in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills to support making decisions affecting due dates, quality and cost.
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner, independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment while following SOPs.
• Highly tolerant and respectful of all team members.
• A sense of humor is always appreciated.
• Strong problem-solving skills with desire to improve upon established processes.
• Ability to work for long periods of time at a computer.
• Occasional need to ascend/descend stairs within the workspace; job requires sitting, standing/walking.