Supply Planning Transformation Specialist

The Fountain Group; North Chicago (IL); Hybride; USD 80 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Fountain Group is seeking a Supply Planning Transformation Specialist to support the global rollout of a new AI-enabled planning platform. This remote role includes travel to sites, approximately one week per month, and pays $58–62/hr W2.

The ideal candidate has 5–8+ years in pharmaceutical supply planning, strong MPS/MRP/S&OP knowledge, and hands-on SAP/ERP experience. You will guide readiness, training, and adoption across manufacturing sites.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of pharmaceutical supply planning or manufacturing supply chain experience.
• Strong understanding of MPS, MRP, S&OP, capacity planning, and manufacturing planning processes.
• Hands-on experience with SAP/ERP/MRP.
• Experience working with manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams.
• Strong project coordination and execution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage deliverables and timelines.
• Experience leading training, facilitating meetings, and influencing stakeholders through change.
• Ability to travel approximately one week per month.

Responsabilités

• Support deployment of new supply planning processes and technology across global manufacturing sites.
• Conduct site readiness assessments and identify process, system, data, and training gaps.
• Coordinate project timelines, deliverables, risks, and deployment activities.
• Partner with site Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other cross-functional teams.
• Support S&OP, MPS, MRP, capacity planning, inventory planning, and production planning processes.
• Lead training, stakeholder engagement, and change-management activities.
• Support sites through implementation, hypercare, stabilization, and sustainment.
• Track KPIs and adoption metrics to ensure successful deployment.
• Drive alignment and influence stakeholders across teams without direct reporting authority

Connaissances

S&OP knowledge

MRP

MPS

Project coordination

Change management

Outils

SAP/ERP/MRP

Description du poste

The Fountain Groupis a national staffing firm and we are currentlyseeking aSupply Transformation Specialistfor a prominent clientofours.This position isREMOTE with Travel.Details for the positionare as follows:

Supply Planning Transformation Specialist

Remote | $58–62/hr W2 | Travel approximately 1 week/month

We are seeking an experiencedSupply Planning Transformation Specialistto support the global rollout of a new, AI-enabled supply planning platform and Target Operating Model across manufacturing sites.

This role will serve as a dedicated deployment resource for individual sites, guiding teams through readiness, implementation, training, change management, hypercare, and adoption of new planning processes and ways of working.

What You'll Do

• Support deployment of new supply planning processes and technology across global manufacturing sites

• Conduct site readiness assessments and identify process, system, data, and training gaps

• Coordinate project timelines, deliverables, risks, and deployment activities

• Partner with site Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other cross-functional teams

• SupportS&OP, MPS, MRP, capacity planning, inventory planning, and production planningprocesses

• Lead training, stakeholder engagement, and change-management activities

• Support sites through implementation, hypercare, stabilization, and sustainment

• Track KPIs and adoption metrics to ensure successful deployment

• Drive alignment and influence stakeholders across teams without direct reporting authority

What We're Looking For

• 5–8+ years of pharmaceutical supply planning, S&OP, or manufacturing supply chain experience

• Strong understanding ofMPS, MRP, S&OP, capacity planning, and manufacturing planning processes

• Hands-on experience working withSAP/ERP/MRP

• Experience working directly with manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams

• Strong project coordination and execution skills

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage deliverables and timelines

• Experience leading training, facilitating meetings, and influencing stakeholders through change

• Ability to travel approximatelyone week per month, including potential travel within the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica

Preferred Experience

• Supply chain transformation, planning transformation, or operating-model deployment

• Advanced planning systems such asSAP IBP/APO, Kinaxis/RapidResponse, Blue Yonder/JDA, Infor, OMP, or similar

• Multi-site or global planning deployments

• Change-management experience or certification

• Lean Six Sigma or continuous-improvement experience

The Ideal Profile

We're looking for someone who understandshow pharmaceutical manufacturing planning actually worksand can help sites successfully transition to new processes, systems, and ways of working.

The strongest candidates will combine hands-on supply planning/manufacturing knowledge with the project execution, communication, and change-management skills needed to drive adoption across a complex global organization.