Strategic Materials & Production Planner – On Site

Radiometer; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Leica Biosystems, part of Danaher, is seeking a Senior Lead Planner in Mount Waverley, Victoria. The role focuses on end-to-end materials and production planning, ensuring on-time delivery and healthy inventory levels in a manufacturing setting.

You will govern SAP master data, drive replenishment improvements, and collaborate with operations, procurement and supply chain teams to protect delivery performance. This is an on-site position in Melbourne.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, industrial engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Multiple years of experience in materials planning, production planning, supply planning or integrated factory planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong hands-on SAP ERP capability, including SAP MM and PP modules, planning master data, material requirements planning views and planning parameter management.
• Demonstrated experience improving customer delivery performance, inventory performance or working capital outcomes through planning process improvements.
• Strong analytical capability using ERP data, Advanced Excel and inventory segmentation methods such as ABC analysis, Pareto analysis or service-risk-based planning.

Responsibilities

• Execute integrated materials and production planning across materials planning, production planning and inventory management to support customer demand and factory performance.
• Translate demand signals into practical material and production plans that balance customer service, capacity, lead times and inventory objectives.
• Identify risks to supply continuity or production attainment early and work with operations, procurement, customer operations and supply chain stakeholders to protect delivery performance.
• Maintain healthy inventory performance by balancing raw material, work-in-progress and finished goods inventory against demand patterns, lead times, service requirements and business targets.
• Own the accuracy, integrity and governance of planning-related master data in SAP, including material master data, MRP views, lead times, safety stock, lot sizes, reorder points and scheduling parameters.
• Simplify replenishment processes and supply chain arrangements by improving planning parameters, reorder logic, supplier lead times, replenishment models and exception management.
• Support targeted inventory reduction and continuous improvement initiatives using ABC and Pareto analysis, while sharing planning subject matter expertise with cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical ability

Data-driven planning

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related

Tools

SAP MM

SAP PP

SAP S/4HANA

SAP IBP

SAP APO

Job description

Leica Biosystems, part of Danaher, is seeking a Senior Lead Planner in Mount Waverley, Victoria. The role focuses on end-to-end materials and production planning, ensuring on-time delivery and healthy inventory levels in a manufacturing setting.

You will govern SAP master data, drive replenishment improvements, and collaborate with operations, procurement and supply chain teams to protect delivery performance. This is an on-site position in Melbourne.