Pharma Materials Planner, API Supply Chain

Primary Talent Partners; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners has a contract opening for an Operational Materials Planner in Indianapolis, IN. This 12-month assignment may extend. Pay is $22.00–$27.00 per hour on a W2 contract with no PTO or benefits included; ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and sit on the W2 without sponsorship. The planner acts as the site interface with the API Raw Material Hub, aligning demand, ordering materials, creating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
• Prior internship or co-op experience in supply chain, procurement, or manufacturing operations is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the completeness and timing of site-level demand and materials inputs, including collection and validation of standardized data from each API manufacturing site.
• Normalize and aggregate site inputs into a single network view to support central materials planning.
• Serve as the primary interface between API manufacturing sites and the Central Materials Planning function, ensuring clear, consistent communication and issue escalation.
• Execute end-to-end transactional buying activities, including material ordering, purchase order creation and changes, deliver issue resolution, invoicing support, and supplier follow-up in alignment with the network materials plan.
• Maintain accurate material ordering master data, including vendor records, material info records, source lists, and pricing conditions in SAP, ensuring data integrity supports clean purchase order execution across the network.
• Act as the primary transactional interface with suppliers once demand is approved, managing day-to-day ordering, delivery, and documentation communications.
• Resolve operational buying and planning issues with a sense of urgency, driving key KPIs related to transactional accuracy, on-time delivery, and supplier performance.
• Contribute to network-level metrics and reporting by maintaining transactional data quality and supporting KPI tracking for buying accuracy, delivery performance, and demand intake timeliness.
• Support automation and system-based improvements to streamline demand intake, purchase order processing, and supplier communication workflows.

Skills

Power BI

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Internship or co-op experience in supply chain

Tools

SAP

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a contract opening for an Operational Materials Planner in Indianapolis, IN. This 12-month assignment may extend. Pay is $22.00–$27.00 per hour on a W2 contract with no PTO or benefits included; ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and sit on the W2 without sponsorship. The planner acts as the site interface with the API Raw Material Hub, aligning demand, ordering materials, creating