Manager, Senior Planner/ Buyer

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

The Role

BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking to recruit on a permanent contract, a Planner/Buyer for the Supply Chain team.

• The role will serve as a planner/buyer for the Cruiserath site.
• Responsible for planning, ordering and scheduling corresponding raw materials as well as disposable/consumable items for all production-related activities, including commercial requirements, special projects, new products, and product changes in support of the Cruiserath Biologics Manufacturing Site
• Work closely with the site Procurement team to ensure purchasing execution is aligned with production demands.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Accountable for inventory, maintaining sufficient safety stocks and inventory projection for the materials in scope.
• Develops analysis of materials required (considering material availability and release dispositions) for manufacturing, sharing any potential shortage risks with Master Scheduler, Procurement, Manufacturing and Site Leadership.
• Coordinates weekly material priorities with site representatives from Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, MS&T and WCL, to review prioritization of procurement based on the potential shortage and exceptions to ensure on-time material disposition.
• Coordinate new SAP material requests for the site, monitors and ensures that relevant Master Data is accurate and assists in site SAP support.
• Develop forecast, review with procurement then share with vendor. Also responsible to track forecast anomalies and identify areas for improvement.
• Accountable for creating Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders in SAP, placing orders with suppliers and expedite deliveries as needed.
• Develops, maintains and uses, order-exception reports and metrics to rate vendors on quantity, quality, and consistent on-time delivery. Co-ordinate with procurement on development of improvement targets for Vendor performance.
• Working with site representatives from Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, and MS&T the role will coordinate and seek resolution with vendors on material quality issues and returns based on current SOP’s.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills required

• High proficiency with SAP (ERP System), Microsoft Excel and Infinity (Change Control System). Knowledge of Syncade MES (Manufacturing Execution System) an advantage.
• Must be proactive, able to anticipate, plan forward and react quickly to new information, understand a sense of urgency and react accordingly.
• BSc. in Logistics, Supply Chain Management or science-related discipline or similar.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Supply Chain or Manufacturing role or similar with experience in Production Planning, Scheduling & Inventory Control.
• Experience/knowledge in cGMP Biologics manufacturing is preferred.
• Professional (APICS) certification (CPIM/CSCP) is desirable.

Why you should apply?

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical allowance, 27 days of annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym

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Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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