Senior Specialist, End-to-end Planner

Merck; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking a Senior Specialist E2E Planner to manage vaccine product supply, ensuring inventory meets customer demand through plan, source, make and deliver cycles.

You will drive demand management, supply planning, and inventory control, coordinating with Manufacturing Operations, Regulatory CMC, and Value Chain Management to optimize the global supply chain.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in economics, engineering or related field with 3 years of pharma supply chain experience.
• MBA or MS with 2+ years of experience in supply chain/operations.
• Proficient MS Office, Excel, and data analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop supply plans for vaccines to exceed service levels and maintain inventory targets.
• Lead supply chain issue resolution with manufacturing, regulatory, and quality teams.
• Enable global planning processes and systems like Rapid Response.
• Improve master data accuracy and support Integrated Business Process reviews.

Skills

Adaptability

Analytical Thinking

APICS CPIM

Budgeting

Change Control Management

Data Analysis

Demand Forecasting

Detail-Oriented

Inventory Management

Logistics Management

Order Management

Personal Initiative

Production Scheduling

Supply Chain Operations

Vendor Management

Education

BA/BS in economics or engineering

MBA or MS with 2+ years

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP APO

Kinaxis Rapid Response

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Specialist E2E Planner manages the supply chain for a Vaccines product(s) to ensure inventory is available to fulfill customer demand. This role coordinates all aspects of the supply chain through plan, source, make and deliver. In this role, the planner will be responsible for demand management, supply planning and inventory management. Depending on the product and/or supply chain, duties may include developing production plans for the manufacturing and packaging of pharmaceutical products.

Job Functions

• Develop supply plans for the Vaccine Products to exceed customer service levels while maintaining inventory targets and adhering to planning parameters across the End-to-End supply chain.
• Lead the management of the supply chain issues working closely with Manufacturing Operations, Regulatory CMC, Technology, Quality, and Value Chain Management.
• Enable adoption of Global Planning processes and systems (Rapid Response).
• Guide the growing Product Supply Chain management through master data accuracy.
• Participate in monthly, quarterly, annual Integrated Business Process (IBP) standard work including Site/ Global Supply Reviews, S&OP meetings, quarterly production planning, and annual budget planning.
• Responsible for tracking and running analysis of the key Supply Chain indicators (Plan Attainment, Customer Service, Forecast Accuracy, Demand Variability, Inventory).
• Provide comprehensive information, analytics and visibility around Product Supply, Demand, and Inventory status to Supply Chain Product Leaders, S&OP Business Owners, Global Supply Chain (GSC) Management and Line of Business (LOB).
• Ensure continuous improvement and drives changes in order to support an evolving corporation and initiate change in regard to assigned product.

Education Minimum Requirement

• BA or BS degree in economics, engineering, or related field with three (3) years of experience in supply chain and/or operations within the pharmaceutical industry.
• MBA or MS with two (2) years of experience.

Required Experience and Skills

• Fundamental knowledge of supply chain operations
• Ability to show resilience in a dynamic and continuously changing corporate environment.
• Proficient use of MS Office, particularly Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business.
• Ability to handle and manage multiple priorities within day-to-day business.
• Capability to work well in a cross-cultural and cross-functional business setting.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Experience with SAP ECC, SAP APO, Kinaxis Rapid Response
• Manufacturing / Operations experience
• APICS Certification

Required Skills

• Adaptability, Analytical Thinking, APICS CPIM, Budgeting, Change Control Management, Data Analysis, Demand Forecasting, Detail-Oriented, Inventory Management, Logistics Management, Order Management, Personal Initiative, Production Scheduling, Supply Chain Operations, Vendor Management

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The primary location for this posting is: USA - Pennsylvania - West Point

Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.

The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$106,200.00 - $167,200.00

This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several fa