MPS Planner

Job description

Job Title

Master Production Scheduler

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, as the Master Production Scheduler, you will play an integral role in the growing pre-filled syringe and auto-injector platform here in Sanofi Waterford.  You will be the link between Global demand, Global supply, NPI and MABs operations to ensure that there is a realistic MPS for the AI and PFS operational areas. You will manage the long-term planning of production activities as part of the IBP planning process.  You will need to work closely with the Operations, Product and Supply Chain NPI team to ensure that all elements are incorporated.

About Sanofi Business Unit

The multiple national award-winning Sanofi Waterford biopharmaceutical and medical device campus is located in Waterford on Ireland’s southeast coast. Established in 2001 and now with more than 700 employees, the site has seen more than €600m invested in state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology. Diversification continues to bring new products to Waterford and the expanded site portfolio continues to create new opportunities.

Key responsibilities

·  Responsible for creating realistic medium and long-term plans for operations
·  Ensure alignment between Demand, Supply, Product, Project and NPI to create realistic plans
·  Developing the monthly IBP Pack – creating capacity slides, plans, identifying vulnerabilities & opportunities
·  Supporting along with other MPS planners:
·  Annual budgeting process and forecasting
·  Inventory projections & warehouse RCCP
·  Drive best practice planning and supply chain processes, Class A and IBP process
·  Continuous improvement with the Supply Chain team & across the Value stream
·  Strive to achieve the best possible metrics for +QDCI
·  Represent Supply Chain Manager at various forums as required
·  Ensure that key forums are supported and reporting requirements delivered
·  Site Supply Review, area specific supply reviews
·  Global iObeya forums
·  Global Fill Calls
·  Global Supply Review

About You

To excel in this role you will need to have:

Essential requirements:

·  Degree Qualified  or APICs or equivalent with 3 years + relevant post qualification experience
·  Have a deep understanding of supply chain planning processes
·  Ability to influence at senior level and show a positive attitude towards problem solving
·  Ability work with a team to achieve superior results
·  Person must have a Continuous Improvement focus and be able to demonstrate leadership in this area
·  Be flexible and able to work to meet changing business requirements
·  Ability to understand complex supply chain and develop solutions to support business needs
·  Knowledge of supply chain systems e.g. SAP Athena and M2/Kinaxis systems
·  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

What Sanofi can offer you

·  A role where you are instrumental to creating best practice and as the organisation grows, you can too
·  We offer a generous package including flexible benefits, and are committed to helping you have a healthy work-life  balance throughout your career with us
·  Leadership opportunity
·  A newly refurbished gym is available onsite
·  You will be based in our Waterford site which is accessible from M9
·  Parking available onsite
·  This is a full time role and we support flexible working

About Sanofi

Empower Life Everyday

At Sanofi we work across human health from vaccines to rare diseases, and consumer healthcare. This creates opportunities to work across different areas to build a diverse and exciting career. Sanofi has the capabilities and resources to support your aspirations to fulfill your ambitions and be the best you can be.

Our purpose at Sanofi is to work passionately every day to understand and solve healthcare needs of people across the world. Our ambition is by 2025, to be a top 3 innovative, global and diversified human healthcare company. One that embraces transformative technologies and is focused on its area of excellence, which means we’re not there to try to solve everybody’s problems. We want to focus on those areas where we know we are making a difference.  

The values we are live by are teamwork, courage, respect and integrity.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.