Associate Planning Manager

Major responsibilities

• Responsible for clinical/commercial demand liaison and apheresis collection connection by day, clinical project infusion by day, track non- clinical and new project transfer planning into plant production plan by week/Day;
• Summarize clinical/commercial, non-clinical, registration, and project transfer requirements by month, create a master production schedule by month, and implement it into detailed weekly/daily production plans. Track production plan progress until product release;
• Demand forecasting analysis, tracking of clinical demand discrepancies, close communication with clinical clients and internal CMC team to dynamically adjust and reduce missed clinical slot and improve slot utilization;
• Semi-FG planning management like LVV, Plasmid, MCB/WCB and etc. to ensure supply for internal production or CDMO;
• Regularly review and update capacityutilization, capacity plan, inventory levels, and slot management;
• Comply with S&OP, S&OE process, optimize and execute, to balance demand and supply for long, mid and short term as the product planning and network planning;
• Track project meeting and evaluate impact for clinical/commercial demand, scenarios analysis and exceptions handle;
• Material planning skills as a backup;
• Other tasks assigned by direct supervisor.

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or above , major in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Engineering, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering or related fields;
• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience in pharm, medical device or FMCG manufacturing planning; CART experience is a plus; Experience in Multinational Corporations with European or American background is preferred;
• Data-sensitive, excellent data analysis ability, logical thinking, problem-solving and risk prediction ability;
• Proficient in EXCEL, Pivot tables, English reading and writing, basic oral English for daily work, Power Query/BI is a plus;
• Good teamwork and result oriented, strong communication and coordination with cross functions with overall thinking picture;
• CPIM certification is a plus;
• Experience with SAP/Oracle/OMP is preferred.

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