Material Planner (TEMPORARY)

BIOMARIN; Cork; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotechnology company in Cork seeks a Material Planner for a contract position. The role involves ensuring the availability of raw materials for production, managing Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in SAP, and collaborating across departments to meet operational goals. Applicants should have at least 2 years of relevant experience in supply chain management, particularly in a pharmaceutical setting, and hold an Honour’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field. This position offers the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team focused on innovation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience.
• Experience in planning/purchasing in pharmaceutical environment.
• Knowledge of SAP is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability of raw materials in production schedule.
• Manage MRP in SAP to meet operational requirements.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings for scheduling.

Skills

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

SAP

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Education

Honour’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

Power BI

Lean Certification

Job description

About BioMarin

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health. Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities. Our manufacturing and process development teams manage the production of our therapies for clinical trials and commercial markets. These engineers, technicians, scientists, and support professionals continually provide quality assurance and ensure we meet all regulatory standards. We have manufacturing facilities in Northern California and in Cork, Ireland. Additionally, our supply chain teams procure the goods and services needed to support manufacturing and worldwide distribution.

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting‑edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Position Summary

Title: Material Planner
Work Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

The primary role of the Material Planner is to ensure the availability of raw material components to meet the production schedule in Drug Substance, Drug Product and Finish Goods Packaging Operations. The Planner will plan, purchase and release raw materials within the guidelines established in the ERP SAP system and play a key role in developing and implementing systems and processes to maintain optimal raw material coverage in line with the Master Production Schedule and product launch activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in line with the Master Production Schedule in SAP to ensure operational requirements are met
• Convert purchase requisitions to purchase orders as required by SAP detail schedule, including payment of supplier invoices
• Monitor material release status to meet detailed schedule
• Inventory management end-to-end including pricing (Purchase Info Record), purchase price variance (PPV), reserve process, expiry, FIFO, FEFO, safety stock, lead times, etc
• Issue quarterly supplier forecasts
• Generate and issue recurring heatmap/material readiness to site stakeholders; participate in weekly material readiness activity
• Ensure the supplier open order book is issued and aligned with SAP on a weekly basis
• Maintain master data accuracy in SAP for material components
• Aging receipts, resolve issues and identify root causes
• Manage Short Term Exception Management (STEM) program, proactively engaging stakeholders to resolve schedule conflicts
• Provide input into monthly site Supply Chain Review meeting (SCR)
• Participate in end-of-campaign performance review (Plan V Actual) to correct future campaign requirements
• Participate in Global Category Form and Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
• Participate in site single‑use application strategy meetings
• Member of the functional process team level as required
• Facilitate Tier 1 Purchasing team meeting
• Complete material planning scenarios as required to maintain detailed schedule
• Support delivery of Change Request, CAPA, Deviation & Supplier Change Notification (SCN) within the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Engage Right First Time (Six‑Sigma) and lean manufacturing practices leading to operational excellence
• Develop, maintain and publish KPI’s for supplier performance (OTIF)
• Participate in continuous improvement (CI) projects
• Safety and Quality
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Participate in daily cross‑functional meetings to ensure maintenance of Adherence to Schedule (ATS) and Adherence to Plan (ATP) in line with Make / Assess / Release commitments
• Participate in weekly S&O E meetings ensuring cross‑functional alignment of plans
• Participate in Material Planner Standard Work
• Metrics
• Cost Savings
• Dual Sourcing
• Operational Readiness Programs (ORP)
• List above identify key responsibility, but other duties may be required as per business needs

Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities

• Development of efficient and effective material planning processes and systems
• Engage with vendors ethically and compliantly when required
• Be “patient & customer focused” ensuring that requirements are clearly planned for and communicated within the organization
• Be results driven while optimizing cross‑functional resource utilization
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement (CI) within material operations and BioMarin
• Be collaborative and cross‑functional with all other departments within the site and across the wider BioMarin community
• Ensure departmental and personal goals and objectives are completed effectively and efficiently
• A strong strategic thinker capable of performing at both strategic and tactical levels when required
• Maintain integrity at all times while performing the role
• Demonstrate drive and eagerness to succeed in this role with a view to progressing to higher responsibility

Education & Experience

• A minimum of an Honour’s Degree (NFQ level 7) in Supply Chain Management or an associated business discipline is essential
• Supply Chain Certification preferred (e.g., APICS)
• Project Management or Lean Certification desirable

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience
• Experience in planning/purchasing in a pharmaceutical environment with strong technical/systems background desirable
• Experience of SAP essential
• Proven track record in end‑to‑end leading and managing a direct material category (specific experience managing chemicals, SUTs highly desirable)
• Power BI or similar data analytics visual tool knowledge desirable
• Experience working in a GMP environment for a minimum of 1 year
• Project Management with a focus on value creation and waste reduction programmes highly desirable

Note: This description is not intended to be all‑inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.