Associate Director, Planning

Jubilant Pharma Limited; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 207,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & HSA

Life & AD&D Insurance

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Ins

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Jubilant HollisterStier LLC in Spokane, WA is seeking an Associate Director, Planning to lead S&OP, MPS, MRP, CTB governance, and inventory optimization across manufacturing and packaging. You will align demand, capacity, and material availability with business goals, guiding cross-functional teams from Commercial to Finance.

Reporting to the Senior Director Supply Chain, you will drive continuous improvement, establish planning strategies, and own the monthly S&OP cycle.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive Supply Chain and Planning experience
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing planning teams in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with S&OP, Production Planning, MPS, MRP, Capacity Planning, and Inventory Management
• SAP knowledge required
• Knowledge of Excel and Power BI required
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated manufacturing experience desired
• CSCP certification desired
• APICS CPIM certification desired

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of integrated supply and production plans across all manufacturing and packaging operations.
• Establish long-range planning strategies to support business growth, capacity utilization, and new product introductions.
• Drive the monthly S&OP process, ensuring a single consensus plan across all functions.
• Provide scenario planning and risk assessments to support executive decision-making.
• Develop and implement planning strategies that improve customer service, inventory performance, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Own the monthly S&OP cycle, including Demand Review, Supply Review, Inventory Review, Executive S&OP, and action tracking.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment between Commercial, Operations, Procurement, and Finance.
• Identify capacity constraints, material risks, and demand fluctuations and develop mitigation strategies.
• Present recommendations and supply chain performance metrics to senior leadership.
• Ensure execution integrity against approved S&OP plans.
• Provide oversight of Master Production Scheduling (MPS) for compounding, manufacturing, inspection, and packaging operations.
• Ensure production schedules align with customer commitments, available capacity, and material availability.
• Balance manufacturing priorities to optimize utilization, changeover efficiency, and service levels.
• Review schedule adherence and implement corrective actions when deviations occur.
• Lead capacity planning processes for short-, medium-, and long-term horizons.
• Ensure effective utilization of SAP MRP and MPS processes.
• Establish planning parameters, planning strategies, safety stock policies, and inventory controls.
• Oversee planning master data integrity, including BOMs, recipes, lead times, routing structures, and planning settings.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within planning systems and digital tools.
• Ensure planners maintain accurate production orders and transaction integrity.
• Lead the CTB governance process and escalation management.
• Review CTB performance metrics and identify recurring constraints.
• Ensure timely resolution of material shortages, quality holds, supplier disruptions, and scheduling conflicts.
• Partner with Procurement, Warehouse, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to maximize production readiness.
• Monitor CTB KPIs and establish improvement plans to increase build readiness and schedule reliability.
• Manage inventory strategy, including safety stock, excess and obsolete inventory, slow-moving materials, and inventory health metrics.
• Balance inventory investment with customer service requirements.
• Lead inventory reviews and support monthly financial provisioning activities.
• Develop inventory reduction initiatives while maintaining business continuity.
• Monitor inventory projections and drive corrective actions where required.
• Lead, coach, and develop Planning Managers, Master Schedulers, Production Planners, Packaging Planners, and support personnel.
• Establish performance objectives, development plans, and succession strategies.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Standardize planning processes and best practices across sites.
• Build organizational capability to support future business growth and operational complexity.
• Develop planning KPIs and dashboards to measure planning effectiveness.
• Lead Lean and process improvement initiatives impacting planning performance.
• Improve forecast accuracy, schedule adherence, CTB performance, inventory turns, and capacity utilization.
• Drive harmonization of planning practices across sites and business units.
• Support audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

S&OP planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field

Master's Degree desired

Tools

SAP

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Join a Leader in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing — And Build What’s Next

As Spokane’s Largest Manufacturing Company, Jubilant HollisterStier LLC is a well-established force in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, providing a complete range of manufacturing services that support lifechanging medicines around the world. We are nationally recognized for our expertise in producing sterile injectable vials and lyophilized products, and our Allergy business is a global leader in allergenic extracts that support treatments for allergies and asthma. Jubilant HollisterStier is proudly part of the global, Jubilant Pharma family.

For the Builders, Innovators, and Doers — This Is Your Place

If you are someone who thrives on solving complex problems, improving systems, and building real solutions, you’ll feel at home here. At Jubilant HollisterStier, your ideas matter — and your impact is felt globally.

Why builders choose us

• Immediate impact: Your work directly supports essential medicines and allergenic therapies used worldwide.
• Benefits start on day one: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Life, AD&D, and Disability benefits begin immediately because your well-being shouldn’t have a waiting period.
• A career you can grow: We provide opportunities for growth, promotion, and annual raises, with midpoint compensation reserved for high performance and longevity.
• A culture of improvement: We value people who thrive on continuous improvement, innovation, and hands on contribution.
• A stable industry leader: Backed by Jubilant Pharma, we pair long term stability with forward looking innovation.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Director Supply Chain, the Associate Director, Planning is responsible for leading and developing the Planning function. This role drives the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Clear-to-Build (CTB) governance, inventory optimization, SAP set up and production scheduling activities.

The Associate Director ensures alignment between customer demand, manufacturing capacity, material availability, and business objectives while delivering high service levels, inventory targets, and operational excellence. This position serves as a key member of the Supply Chain leadership team and acts as the primary link between Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and Business Development.

• Lead the development and execution of integrated supply and production plans across all manufacturing and packaging operations.
• Established long-range planning (LRP) strategies to support business growth, capacity utilization, and new product introductions.
• Drive the monthly S&OP process, ensuring a single consensus plan across all functions.
• Provide scenario planning and risk assessments to support executive decision-making.
• Develop and implement planning strategies that improve customer service, inventory performance, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Own the monthly S&OP cycle, including Demand Review, Supply Review, Inventory Review, Executive S&OP, and action tracking.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment between Commercial, Operations, Procurement, and Finance.
• Identify capacity constraints, material risks, and demand fluctuations and develop mitigation strategies.
• Present recommendations and supply chain performance metrics to senior leadership.
• Ensure execution integrity against approved S&OP plans.
• Provide oversight of Master Production Scheduling (MPS) for compounding, manufacturing, inspection, and packaging operations.
• Ensure production schedules align with customer commitments, available capacity, and material availability.
• Balance manufacturing priorities to optimize utilization, changeover efficiency, and service levels.
• Review schedule adherence and implement corrective actions when deviations occur.
• Lead capacity planning processes for short-, medium-, and long-term horizons.
• Ensure effective utilization of SAP MRP and MPS processes.
• Establish planning parameters, planning strategies, safety stock policies, and inventory controls.
• Oversee planning master data integrity, including BOMs, recipes, lead times, routing structures, and planning settings.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within planning systems and digital tools.
• Ensure planners maintain accurate production orders and transaction integrity.
• Lead the CTB governance process and escalation management.
• Review CTB performance metrics and identify recurring constraints.
• Ensure timely resolution of material shortages, quality holds, supplier disruptions, and scheduling conflicts.
• Partner with Procurement, Warehouse, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to maximize production readiness.
• Monitor CTB KPIs and establish improvement plans to increase build readiness and schedule reliability.
• Manage inventory strategy, including safety stock, excess and obsolete inventory, slow-moving materials, and inventory health metrics.
• Balance inventory investment with customer service requirements.
• Lead inventory reviews and support monthly financial provisioning activities.
• Develop inventory reduction initiatives while maintaining business continuity.
• Monitor inventory projections and drive corrective actions where required.
• Lead, coach, and develop Planning Managers, Master Schedulers, Production Planners, Packaging Planners, and support personnel.
• Establish performance objectives, development plans, and succession strategies.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Standardize planning processes and best practices across sites.
• Build organizational capability to support future business growth and operational complexity.
• Develop planning KPIs and dashboards to measure planning effectiveness.
• Lead Lean and process improvement initiatives impacting planning performance.
• Improve forecast accuracy, schedule adherence, CTB performance, inventory turns, and capacity utilization.
• Drive harmonization of planning practices across sites and business units.
• Support audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field required; Master's Degree desired
• 10+ years of progressive Supply Chain and Planning experience required
• 5+ years in Data analysis required
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing planning teams in a manufacturing environment required
• Experience with S&OP, Production Planning, MPS, MRP, Capacity Planning, and Inventory Management required
• SAP knowledge required
• Knowledge of Excel and Power BI required
• Knowledge of Supply Chain principles required
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated manufacturing experience desired
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt desired
• CSCP certification desired
• APICS CPIM certification desired
• Knowledge of Excel and Power BI required
• Knowledge of Supply Chain principles required

Location

Spokane, WA — On Site, Full- Time

Shift

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Compensation & Benefits That Start on Day One — Because Your Well Being Matters

Hiring Wage: $147,000.00-$207,600.00/annually , with opportunities for growth, promotion, and annual raises.

At Jubilant HollisterStier, we don’t believe in waiting periods. From the moment you join us, you and your family have access to a full suite of benefits designed to support your health, stability, and long-term success.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Jubilant HollisterStier is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.