Lead Production Planner & Scheduler

Stallergenes Greer U.S.; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stallergenes Greer U.S. is seeking a Production Planning Leader to guide and grow a team of planners, aligning scheduling with demand forecasts and resource availability. You will partner with Procurement, Facilities, Quality, and Manufacturing to maintain schedule integrity and meet targets and timelines.

The role emphasizes optimizing inventory, reducing bottlenecks, and delivering accurate production reports. On-site work in North Carolina with focus on cGMP and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in production planning, demand forecasting, or supply chain management, with minimum of 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical and cross-functional skills required.
• Solid understanding of ERP systems (JDE Preferred).
• Minimum of associate's degree required; B.S./B.A. preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint).
• On-site work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, develop, and retain a team of planners.
• Develop and maintain a finite scheduling system in support of the daily/weekly production schedule based on demand forecasts, inventory levels, and available resources.
• Ensure manufacturing targets, deadlines, and order deadlines are met while minimizing delays.
• Monitor and maintain optimal inventory levels for bulk, work-in-progress, and finished goods.
• Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure timely ordering of materials to avoid shortages or overstocking.
• Monitor the manufacturing process to identify potential bottlenecks or delays.
• Coordinate schedule changes with Mfg., Facilities, Maintenance, Quality and PD and elevate issues as necessary to ensure seamless production execution.
• Manage the X-Month schedule look-ahead for production and adjust accordingly to the long-term production schedule.
• Manage scheduling meetings with key staff members.
• Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure timely ordering of materials to avoid shortages or overstocking.
• Monitor the manufacturing process to identify potential bottlenecks or delays.
• Support coordination of material planning and work orders in support of production readiness in all areas of manufacturing.
• Track manufacturing progress and provide regular updates to management on production status, including any issues that might impact timelines.
• Prepare and analyze reports related to production efficiency, waste, downtime, and any other KPIs.
• Develop and communicate schedule adherence KPIs (Monthly KPIs).
• Integrate key Preventive Maintenance (PM) activities into the production schedule in support of minimal interruption to Manufacturing operations via coordination with Facilities and MFG staff.
• Create and manage manufacturing support requests (e.g., environmental monitoring schedule).
• Initiate, track, and close Work Orders.
• Directly assist MFG managers and other functional teams with MFG support tasks when requested (e.g., documentation reviews).

Skills

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Integrity and responsibility

Action oriented

Customer focus

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

JDE ERP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Stallergenes Greer U.S. is seeking a Production Planning Leader to guide and grow a team of planners, aligning scheduling with demand forecasts and resource availability. You will partner with Procurement, Facilities, Quality, and Manufacturing to maintain schedule integrity and meet targets and timelines.

The role emphasizes optimizing inventory, reducing bottlenecks, and delivering accurate production reports. On-site work in North Carolina with focus on cGMP and continuous improvement.