Supply Chain Planner

Overview

The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for developing and coordinating manufacturing schedules and activities based on material availability, demand forecasts, and manufacturing capacity. This role supports the end-to-end product life cycle of the company’s product portfolio for both Laboratory Research Services and AMDC manufacturing.

Responsibilities

1. Develops and maintains weekly and short-term manufacturing schedules to align with demand forecasts, raw material availability, and capacity constraints for both Laboratory Research Services and autologous cell (AMDC) manufacturing.
2. Provides long-term forecasted manufacturing schedules and anticipated product lead times to key stakeholders for incoming procurements, MVR’s, AMDC and SkMDC products, Open Labels, contract opportunities and prepared material batches.
3. Coordinates cross-functional communication to resolve issues and capacity constraints, provides real-time status updates, and timely adjustments to the production schedule.
4. Initiates Quality System documentation, e.g. product and material associated batch record requests and biopsy receiving.
5. Assists in maintaining Patient Work Orders for the tracking of patient products through the manufacturing life cycle.
6. Maintains and updates company and departmental product tracking sheets and dashboards to provide leadership with real-time visibility into operational bottlenecks and overall performance.
7. Leads or participates in daily operations meetings to provide real-time updates.
8. Serves as Therapy Champion for the Supply Chain Orchestration system (OCELLOS).
9. Assists in tracking changes to the available product catalog and communicates updates to Marketing and Product Management.

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, or related field with 3+ years relevant supply chain or operations experience; Undergraduate degree in Life Science with 3+ years relevant supply chain or operations experience; or equivalent relevant supply chain or operations experience.

Experience with manufacturing scheduling and supply planning within a biotech or cell therapy setting.

Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office software, and other general office equipment. Basic understanding of cGMP, 21 CFR Part 11, and related regulations associated with Bio/Pharmaceutical product manufacturing.

Additional Requirements

1. Exemplifies Cook MyoSite Core Values.
2. Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
3. Must maintain company quality and safety standards.
4. This position requires an ongoing commitment to upgrading knowledge, job skills and abilities in addition to competency related to all duties and responsibilities listed above.
5. Ability to work in collaborative and independent work situations and environments with minimal supervision.
6. Maintain composure and competence under stressful situations; demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
7. Must work and interact effectively and professionally with and for others throughout various levels of the global organization to achieve company goals.
8. Trainability.
9. Must have effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
10. Able to prioritize and operate proactively.
11. Must demonstrate critical thinking and proven problem-solving skills.
12. Strong interpersonal skills resulting in exceptional rapport with people. Proven success in initiating, promoting, and maintaining strong interpersonal relations.
13. Must demonstrate a sense of urgency and being proactive to avoid material shortages.
14. Must be able to multitask.

Working Conditions

Laboratory Setting (Non-Production: General office, warehouse and laboratory setting with potential (limited) exposure to hazardous chemicals and/or harsh disinfectants while in BioSafety Level II.)

Ability to conduct and hear ordinary conversation and telephone communication.

Must be able to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to, evenings, weekends, extended work hours and/or extra work hours, sometimes on short notice as required.

Ability to work under specific time constraints.

Must be able to sit at desk, in meetings and/or work on a computer for long or extended periods of time.

Visual and manual acuity for working with computers and equipment.

Ability to spend majority of day standing in laboratory setting or sitting in biological safety hood setting.

Physically capable of standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, climbing steps and ladders, reaching, twisting and bending on occasion with or without reasonable accommodations.

Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis with or without reasonable accommodations.

Must be capable of performing PPE gowning procedures on a frequent basis to enter BioSafety Level II including safety glasses, lab coat, gloves, specialized clothing including laboratory scrubs (pants and shirt) and facial mask (if required) on a regular basis.

Must be able to extend arms outright for extended periods of time, periodically at intervals for up to 3 hours at a time.

Compliance

Employee that does not interact with Healthcare Professionals. Compliance with all policies of the company including without limitation the Cook Employee Manual, Cook Code of Conduct, Quality System Manual, Cook Electronic Information Policy and HIPAA regulations.

At Cook MyoSite, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Cook MyoSite is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. This job description features the essential and critical functions of the position described and is not an exhaustive list of tasks and/or responsibilities. This may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.