Associate Director, CAR-T Site Supply Chain Product Planner

About the role

The Associate Director CAR-T Site Supply Chain Product Planner is a planning role in the Cell Therapy Operations Summit West (CTO SMVV) New Jersey manufacturing site. The product planner will be responsible for the short-term product schedule and end to end planning of that product. The product planner will be responsible for coordinating, planning, scheduling, and ensuring routine, timely delivery of product. This role will report directly to Supply planning Director and sit on the Product Specific Value Stream team representing Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a product supply plan for the short-term horizon, incorporating equipment, media, raw materials, vector and LN2 planning.
• Develop and own raw material transition plans.
• Analyze data and metrics to optimize the schedule and improve overall efficiency.
• Own inventory and inventory reporting for the respective product.
• Support product launches by ensuring master data is setup and supply chain readiness.
• Carefully coordinate with a cross-functional team to gather inputs and updates to maintain the supply plan.
• Work closely with the detailed scheduling team to hand-off the finite schedule and continuously work to improve scheduling process and tools to enhance productivity and accuracy.
• Able to implement new technology into the planning process to automate and streamline communication.
• Represent supply chain on the Product Value Stream team.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding and/or experience in supply chain planning and scheduling.
• Continuous improvement mindset with ability to identify and implement changes.
• Experience utilizing and implementing systems to increase planning connectedness and productivity.
• Flexible and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; ability to develop and maintain effective professional relations with colleagues at all levels across the organization.
• Strong understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food And Drug Administration (FDA) And Other Regulatory Requirements (EMA, TGA).

Education/Experience/Licenses/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, sciences, business life management or related fields.
• 8-10 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry.
• 7-10 years of experience in production planning.
• 7-10 years of experience in GMP supply chain.
• 3 years of experience with raw materials.
• ERP Systems Experience (SAP Preferred).
• Production scheduling experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Green Belt Certified Operational Excellence experience.
• APICS training and/or certification.

Compensation Overview

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Benefits

• Health Coverage Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life Benefits Include Paid Time Off.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities.

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