
Senior Supply Chain Planner (On-Site)
- Northbrook, IL
- $90,000-110,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Utilizes demand forecasts and sales trends to create and maintain demand plans, capacity plans, and master production schedules
- Interfaces with manufacturing, materials and logistics, technical support, purchasing and R&D to ensure availability of necessary raw materials
- Ensures that raw material shortages are identified and resolved in a timely manner
- Drives the resolution process of MRP exceptions, and resolves MRP discrepancies
- Provides Order Management and Sales with shipment commitments
- Reviews open order reports and other indicators to ensure a timely delivery of finished goods to support customer demand
- Identifies, negotiates, and resolves conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising
- Notifies Order Management, Manufacturing, and other internal stakeholders whenever an existing shipment commitment is in jeopardy, and recommends alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied
- Assists Order Management, Sales, and Marketing in setting priorities when demand exceeds supply
- Maintains inventory levels within established goals and guidelines and recommends adjustments in stocking levels
- Monitors and implements actions to minimize raw material and finished goods scrap
- Maintains Bill of Material (BOM) structures as required
- Participates as a reviewer/approver in the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process
- Reviews cycle count and physical inventory records and resolves any discrepancies
- Maintains scheduling parameters such as lead times, lot sizes, scales, safety stocks, and other item attributes for all planned items
- Demonstrates ownership of product lines through consistent and effective reporting of product availability, potential risks, opportunities, and overall health of Instrument, Reagent, and Bioassay products supported
- Identifies and implements process improvements within Operations/Supply Chain, either individually or in a team setting
- Utilizes technology and tools including (but not limited to) Excel and SplashBI to perform complex analysis that cannot be achieved directly within Oracle
- Supports New Product Introduction (NPI) efforts and projects in addition to other daily responsibilities
- Scope of work and actions are collaboratively managed with Supervisor
- Ensures that all processes are conducted according to approved procedures
- Provides procurement support to ensure the availability of required manufacturing materials and non-inventory (MRO) purchases
- Works closely with manufacturing, quality, and engineering to resolve issues for current sourced solutions
- Develops and maintains knowledge of suppliers and their capabilities including key personnel, product details, production processes, order handling, internal systems, and shipping capabilities
- Expedite materials as required and handles rejections or other problems on purchased materials
- Reviews and approves Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and communicates to suppliers as required
- Resolves receiving and account problems related to purchase orders
- Identifies and implements process efficiencies and process improvements for the organization
- Ensures that communications are clear and appropriate
- Maintains accurate purchasing data in the ERP system and purchases materials in the most economical size, composition, quality, quantity, and combination
- Manages the tactical business relationship between the supplier and Luminex, and ensures that communications are clear and appropriate
- Identifies, evaluates and manages supply risk exposure and devises risk mitigation measures
- Investigates & drives corrective actions to receiving and accounting problems related to purchase orders.
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor's Degree Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Science, or equivalent required
- 3+ Years Experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, or Master Scheduling required
- 2+ Years Experience in a Medical Device, Pharma, or other Healthcare field preferred
- 2+ Years Experience using an ERP system in a manufacturing environment preferred
- 2+ Years Experience in using Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint preferred
- 2+ Years Experience with oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) preferred
- 2+ Years Experience in a GMP and/or FDA regulated environment preferred
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (High proficiency)
- Ability to handle the pressure of meeting tight deadlines (High proficiency)
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision (High proficiency)
- Highly organized with proven time management and prioritization skills (High proficiency)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment (High proficiency)
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)-APICS preferred
- CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
- 10% Travel may be required