Senior Material Planner (TEMPORARY)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.; Cork; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biotechnology company is seeking a Senior Material Planner to ensure raw material availability for production schedules. This role involves managing material requirements within the SAP system, converting purchase requests to orders, and maintaining inventory accurately. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Supply Chain Management, SAP experience, and at least 2 years in a pharmaceutical environment. This position offers a 12-month contract based in Cork, Ireland, with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Material Requirements Planning in SAP.
• Convert purchase requests to purchase orders.
• Manage inventory end-to-end including pricing and lead times.

Skills

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Vendor engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Minimum honors degree in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Certification (e.g., APICS)

Tools

SAP

Power BI

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.

About Technical Operations

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 coordinate the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Title: Senior Material Planner

Durations: 12 Months contract

Work type: Contract

Role

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 ensure raw material components are planned, purchased and released within the guidelines established in the ERP SAP system. The planner will play a key role in the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure 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 requests to purchase orders as required by SAP detailed schedule including payment of supplier invoices.
• Monitor material release status to meet detailed schedule.
• Manage inventory end‑to‑end including pricing (Purchase Info Record), PPV, reserve process, expiry, FIFO, FEFO, safety stock, lead times, etc.
• Issue quarterly supplier forecasts.
• Generate and issue recurring Heatmap/Material Readiness reports to site stakeholders; participate in weekly material readiness activity.
• Ensure that 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 engage stakeholders to resolve schedule conflicts.
• Provide inputs into the monthly site Supply Chain Review meeting (SCR).
• Participate in end‑of‑campaign performance review (Plan vs 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 as required.
• Facilitate Tier 1 Purchasing team meetings.
• Complete material planning scenarios as required to maintain detailed schedule.
• Support delivery of Change Request, CAPA, Deviation and Supplier Change Notification (SCN) within the Quality Management System (QMS).
• Engage in Right‑First‑Time (six‑sigma) and lean manufacturing practices to drive Operational Excellence.
• Develop, maintain and publish KPI for supplier performance (OTIF).
• Participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) projects: Safety and Quality, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Participate in daily cross‑functional meetings to maintain Adherence to Schedule (ATS) and Adherence to Plan (ATP).
• Participate in weekly S&OE meetings; ensure cross‑functional alignment of plans.
• Implement 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

• Develop efficient material planning processes and systems.
• Engage vendors in ethical and compliant manner.
• Be patient and customer focused; ensure requirements are clearly planned and communicated.
• Results driven, optimizing use of cross‑functional resources.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement (CI) within Material Operations and BioMarin.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with all departments and the wider BioMarin community.
• Ensure department and personal goals and objectives are completed effectively.
• Strategic thinker with ability to perform both strategically and tactically.
• Maintain integrity in all aspects of the role.
• Show drive and eagerness to succeed, with view to progress to higher responsibility.
• Education & Experience: Minimum honor's degree (NFQ level 7) in Supply Chain Management or related business discipline.
• Supply Chain Certification preferred (e.g., APICS).
• Project Management or Lean Certification desirable.

Experience

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

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.