GMP MRO Planner & Storeroom Lead - Scheduling & Inventory

AstraZeneca; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Planner/Scheduler to coordinate maintenance resources, materials, and records in a GMP environment. You will lead shutdowns, align with production, manage MRO storeroom operations, and ensure compliant work orders and inventory control.

Responsibilities include developing integrated schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, and maintaining data integrity in CMMS systems while driving continuous improvement and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Three years of experience in MRO inventory, maintenance planning, materials management, warehousing, or related field.
• Technical knowledge of maintenance equipment and components.
• Experience in GMP-regulated pharmaceutical/manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience with CMMS platforms such as SAP, Blue Mountain, Veeva, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance, work orders, inventory control, and maintenance planning.
• Experience coordinating spare parts, consumables, tools, critical components, and supplier lead times.
• Strong organization and prioritization skills in a time-sensitive manufacturing environment.
• Effective communication with technical, manufacturing, quality, procurement, contractor, and supplier teams.
• Working knowledge of GMP, Good Documentation Practices, EHS, and data integrity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate integrated schedules for preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration, facilities, utilities, and reliability work.
• Plan work orders by confirming scope, labor, duration, tools, permits, materials, procedures, safety requirements, and access.
• Coordinate work across site functions to minimize disruption to production and critical operations.
• Align maintenance with production schedules, cleaning, environmental monitoring, equipment availability, and approved work windows.
• Confirm parts and materials are available before scheduling work, and elevate constraints.
• Maintain accurate work-order, planning, scheduling, and completion data in the CMMS.
• Develop daily and weekly schedules, including priorities, assignments, contractors, and resource loading.
• Track schedule adherence, backlog, overdue work, PM compliance, emergencies, and interruptions; report findings and recommendations.
• Schedule work in GMP and controlled areas in accordance with site procedures.
• Improve preventive maintenance, reduce reactive work and downtime, optimize labor, and increase spare-parts availability.

Skills

Organization skills

Prioritization

Communication with teams

Excel

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Facilities Management

Tools

SAP

Blue Mountain

Veeva

CMMS

Job description

AstraZeneca in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Planner/Scheduler to coordinate maintenance resources, materials, and records in a GMP environment. You will lead shutdowns, align with production, manage MRO storeroom operations, and ensure compliant work orders and inventory control.

Responsibilities include developing integrated schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, and maintaining data integrity in CMMS systems while driving continuous improvement and safety compliance.