Senior Supply Chain Planning & Procurement Lead

Repligen Corporation

Compton (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Repligen Corporation in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, seeks a hands-on Supply Chain Planning & Procurement Manager to lead a four-person team and translate demand into achievable production and material plans. You will ensure supplier performance, inventory health, and strong SAP/MRP discipline while driving site-level SIOP and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has 5–7+ years in supply chain or manufacturing with demonstrated leadership, ERP/MRP expertise (SAP preferred), and strong

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
5-7+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, planning, procurement, or manufacturing operations.
3+ years of demonstrated people leadership experience.
Experience leading planning and procurement in a manufacturing environment; regulated life-sciences, biotechnology, or medical-device experience is preferred.
Strong knowledge of production and material planning, scheduling, capacity, suppliers, purchase-order execution, shortages, inventory, and cross-functional recovery planning.
Demonstrated ERP/MRP proficiency, including demand and supply signals, exceptions, planning parameters, lead times, safety stock, and master-data impacts; SAP experience is preferred.
Ability to analyze operational data, identify root causes, evaluate options, and translate findings into clear decisions and actions.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with PowerPoint and Word; Power Query, Power BI, workflow automation, or similar tools are preferred.
Experience with Palantir or a similar enterprise data and analytics platform is preferred.
Experience establishing standard work, KPIs, operating cadences, change management, and sustainable process improvements.
Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead with urgency and accountability.
APICS CPIM or CSCP, ISM CPSM, or an equivalent professional certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop the four-person Rancho Planning and Procurement team through clear priorities, accountability, cross-training, performance management, and succession planning.
Own production planning, material planning, scheduling, and procurement from demand review through execution, balancing demand, inventory, capacity, lead times, and supplier capability.
Partner with Operations to maintain a stable production schedule, controlled schedule changes, material availability, and recovery plans that protect customer commitments.
Partner with R&D and cross-functional teams to plan prototype and development builds, aligning materials, capacity, documentation, and schedules with production commitments.
Lead shortage and supplier reviews, including purchase-order confirmations, past-due orders, delivery performance, capacity, business continuity, and documented recovery actions.
Maintain SAP/MRP discipline through accurate transactions, master data, planning parameters, lead times, safety stocks, purchasing data, and timely action on exceptions.
Manage inventory health and safety-stock performance to support continuity of supply, working-capital goals, and reduction of excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.
Support site-level SIOP by translating demand, capacity, inventory, and supply constraints into an achievable plan and escalating gaps and recommendations to Filtration Network leadership.
Identify and communicate material, supplier, capacity, inventory, schedule, customer-delivery, and revenue risks with data, options, owners, and recovery dates.
Attend and actively participate in daily tier-management meetings, provide clear supply chain updates, escalation issues promptly, and ensure assigned actions are completed.
Own supply chain KPIs, including OTIF, supplier delivery, shortages, past-due purchase orders, inventory health, safety stock, TRL, and data accuracy.
Lead and participate in RCCM and continuous improvement activities, using structured problem solving, corrective actions, standard work, visual management, and metrics to sustain improvements.
Build effective operating cadences and decisions with Operations, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Customer Service, Strategic Sourcing, and Filtration Network partners.
Coordinate intersite supply and lead strategic projects that improve service, lead time, cost, inventory, scalability, and business continuity.
Model hands-on leadership, sound judgment, urgency, accountability, customer focus, and effective change management.
Perform other responsibilities as needed to support the Rancho site, Supply Chain organization, and Filtration business line.