Supply Chain and Planning Manager

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc; Munster; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is seeking a Supply Chain and Planning Manager in Waterford, Ireland, a hybrid role requiring onsite presence at least 3 days per week.

This role leads the site planning organization, aligning customer, production, materials planning, and master scheduling across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons to support service, stability, readiness, and inventory strategies. The Planning Manager will oversee the planning team, drive KPI performance, and facilitate

Qualifications

• Lead the site planning organization and integrate customer, production, materials planning and master scheduling processes across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons.
• Provide governance, direction, prioritization and escalation to ensure planning processes support customer service, production stability, material readiness, inventory strategy, and business objectives.
• Oversee the planning team, align across planning horizons, drive KPI performance, and lead planning forums and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site planning organization and integrate customer planning, production planning, materials planning, and master scheduling processes across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons.
• Provide governance, direction, prioritization and escalation management to ensure planning processes support customer service, production stability, material readiness, inventory strategy, and business objectives.

Job description

Supply Chain and Planning Manager

Location: Waterford, IRL, IE

Department: Supply Chain

Description

No relocation is provided for this opportunity

This is a hybrid position requiring the team member to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just began. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?

There's no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Job Summary

Responsible for leading the site planning organization and ensuring effective integration of customer planning, production planning, materials planning, and master scheduling processes across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons. This role provides governance, direction, prioritization, and escalation management to ensure planning processes support customer service, production stability, material readiness, inventory strategy, and business objectives.

The Planning Manager oversees the planning team, ensures alignment across planning horizons, drives KPI performance, and leads structured planning forums and decision-making processes