Production Planner

NextPharma Oy; Tampere; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Lunch and wellbeing benefits

Leisure accident insurance

Staff events

Job summary

NextPharma Oy in Tampere seeks a Production Planner to strengthen the Supply Chain team. You will handle production planning for solution manufacturing, filling and packaging, ensuring timely delivery and accurate SAP data.

The role requires 2+ years in a similar position, strong Excel and ERP experience, and fluency in Finnish and English. A proactive, collaborative mindset is essential in a fast-paced pharma setting.

Qualifications

• Commercial or technical education and at least 2 years of experience in similar positions.
• A systematic and proactive way of working.
• Good cooperation and communication skills.
• A solution-oriented approach and the ability to operate in changing situations.
• Ability to quickly absorb new information and manage several entities simultaneously.
• Good Excel skills.
• Fluent oral and written skills in Finnish and English.
• Experience with ERP systems, such as SAP, is valued.

Responsibilities

• Rough and fine production planning.
• Capacity calculations and production resource planning.
• Material requirements planning for raw materials and packaging.
• Creation of items, resources and recipes in SAP.
• Management of sales orders and delivery times; creation of order confirmations.
• Updating batch information and monitoring delivery reliability.
• Reporting and KPI analysis.

Skills

Production planning

Excel

SAP

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Commercial or technical education

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

NextPharma is one of the leading contract manufacturers for the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare industries in Europe, with approximately 2,300 employees in Germany, France, England, Norway and Finland. At the Tampere plant, we manufacture and package ophthalmic medicines used by patients worldwide. We are looking for a Production Planner to strengthen our Supply Chain team. In this position, you will take responsibility for production planning for solution manufacturing, filling and packaging.

Your tasks:

• rough and fine production planning
• capacity calculations and production resource planning
• requirement calculations for raw materials and primary and secondary packaging materials
• creation of items, resources and recipes in SAP
• management of sales orders and delivery times and creation of order confirmations
• updating batch information and monitoring delivery reliability
• reporting and KPI analysis

What kind of expert will succeed in the position?

You already have experience and credibility in working life and are not looking for your first production planning position. You enjoy being around people, want to understand practical operations and help teams ensure the smoothness of production.

We expect from you:

• commercial or technical education and at least 2 years of experience in similar positions
• a systematic and proactive way of working
• good cooperation and communication skills
• a solution-oriented approach and the ability to operate in changing situations
• ability to quickly absorb new information and manage several entities simultaneously
• good Excel skills
• fluent oral and written skills in Finnish and English

We especially value interest in the pharmaceutical industry or experience with enterprise resource planning systems, such as SAP.

Why us?

We offer a position where you can see the production whole up close and influence how work practically progresses at the plant. Our growing operation brings new products, customers and situations. You will be surrounded by a skilled Supply Chain team and a wide cooperation network.

• flexible working hours
• lunch and wellbeing benefits
• leisure accident insurance
• staff events

This is a position for a higher employee, the working time is flexible 37.5 h/week and you report to the Head of Supply Chain.

Further information can be provided by Head of Supply Chain Antti Kulmala, [e-mail] / [phone] on weekdays from 15-17.