Production Planner

Job content

Do you already have some experience with planning and scheduling in a GMP environment ? Do you want to work for a big international biotech company ? You should then read the following lines!

Our client, based in the Solothurn area, is looking for a Production Planner for a mission of 12 months (extendable).

Tasks

• Supports manufacturing planning, scheduling and changeover activities for the DS Manufacturing Site supporting both clinical and commercial programs and CQV phase
• Develops the site manufacturing schedule for day to day operations and supports planning activities for long term timelines
• Responsible for tactical day-to-day scheduling and product changeover timelines that meet the production demand plan
• Responsible for creating and maintaining accurate, detailed daily production schedules and the medium-term production plans used by Manufacturing, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Validation and Plant Management
• Supports facility readiness, changeover and maintenance project schedules.
• Confirms resource requirements, proactively identifying and communicating constraints with suggested alternative solutions
• Drives issue resolution for project success and reports project status to team and manager
• Interacts with manufacturing personnel to determine current completion state of production operation activities and to clarify any schedule updates/changes
• Supports facility project schedules for shutdown work, commissioning, validation, change-over, routine/non-routine facilities maintenance activities
• Clearly and actively communicates planning, scheduling and changeover information or process issues with affected parties in a timely manner
  

Profile

• Minimum Associate’s degree (AA) in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related business/science/technical field;
• Bachelor’s degree (BS) preferred
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience in a GMP regulated industry or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for improvement in systems or processes and recommend solutions
• Working knowledge with planning and scheduling in a GMP manufacturing facility
• Understanding of protein biologics manufacturing process knowledge and related activities
• Familiarity with enterprise applications (e.g. Infor, Oracle)
• Strong Experience with software packages (Office Package - Excel Macro)
• Proficient in English / German is a plus
  

You feel described in those lines ? Then do not waste a minute and apply now!