Material Planner

Material Planner – Ireland, Cork – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences Are you interested in joining a world leading biopharmaceutical company, focused on developing advanced and innovative treatments for those suffering with rare diseases?

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility in Cork. You will be joining a leading Biopharmaceutical company who focus on a range of products which are life-changing for individuals.

Our client is currently seeking Material Planner.

What You’ll Deliver

• Responsible for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in line with the Master Production Schedule in SAP to ensure that operational requirements are met
• Responsible for converting purchase requestions to purchase order as required by SAP detail schedule including payment of supplier invoices
• Responsible for monitoring Materials release status to meet detailed schedule
• Responsible for Inventory Management end to end including (Pricing (Purchase Info Record), Purchase Price Variance (PPV), reserve process, expiry, FIFO, FEFO, safety stock, lead times etc)
• Responsible for issuing quarterly supplier forecasts

Key requirements:

• Development of efficient and effective Material planning processes and systems
• Engage with vendors in an ethical and compliant manner when required
• Be “Patient & Customer focused” ensuring that requirements are clearly planned for and communicated within the organisation
• Extensive Supply Chain Management experience
• Experience in Planning/Purchasing in a pharmaceutical environment with strong technical/systems background is desirable
• Experience of SAP is essential

If this role is of interest, please apply now!