Net2Source Inc. is an award-winning total workforce solutions company recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts for our accelerated growth of 300% in the last 3 years with over 5500+ employees globally, with over 30+ locations in the US and global operations in 32 countries. We believe in providing staffing solutions to address the current talent gap – Right Talent – Right Time – Right Place – Right Price and acting as a Career Coach to our consultants.
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Job Description:
Job Title: Production Planner
Location: New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (50% Onsite)
Duration: 12+ months (Extendable)
Pay Rate: $30.00 - 34.31/hr on W2
Manager needs experience in the Supply Chain area working with CMO's and SAP.
Job Description Summary:
The Supply Chain Site Coordinator will represent the External Manufacturing (ExM) Supply Chain team in providing a key link in the supply chain by coordinating activities between the Planning organization and the Contract Manufacturing organization (CMO). The role will be responsible for communicating supply & demand information between the two organizations, and will be responsible for the timely execution of supply orders for products sourced from the CMO. The role will ensure Customer Service Levels for products in scope of responsibility are achieved, and manage supply priorities and exceptions that affect Customer Service levels to the markets.
Job Description:
• Ensure that adequate production is taking place with the Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) in order to meet customer demands.
• Support the on-time delivery of Purchase Orders from CMO’s, and interact with Market Supply Planning,
Customer Service, CMO Site Planning, and Virtual Plant Team (VPT) in achieving the on-time delivery of Purchase Orders.
• Act as External Manufacturing (ExM) contact for internal and external customers for product inquiry, shipments and scheduling activities.
• Ensure purchase orders are placed in a timely manner according to contractual requirements and meet product lead-times.
• Review and update open order reports and track order exceptions and communicate unresolved issues to the Supply Chain Manager.
• Support synchronization of orders from Market Supply Planning and other customers to support campaign timing and consumption of tolled material.
• Implements standard processes for efficient and effective communication of information from CMO to customer, including open order reporting & shipping plan communication.
• Ensures CMO provides open order confirmations through agreed process.
• Proactively supports CMO and customer requests/queries in relation to supply, demand, logistics requirements,
artwork change implementation, ship on test requests etc. Support ad hoc market and customer requests for information.
• Ensure CMO supply chain team routinely informed in relation to Regulatory Agency approval status to allow on time production to occur.
• Act as the main point-of-Contact between Planning and the CMO for resolution of supply issues that may affect Customer Service in the market.
• Work with CMO and MSP team/Customer to manage shortages/allocations and stock-outs in the market.
• Proactively determines the impact of supply disruption or quality events that may affect market supply, and informs the Virtual Plant Team (VPT) and customer.
• Coordinate product reworks/redress at CMO site, as required by the business.
• Provide input into performance metrics analysis and comments (On-time delivery, Backorders, Anticipated Backorders).
• Execute and support priority planning as necessary through review of Backorder/Anticipated Backorder (BO/ABO) information and customer inventory levels.
• Provides monthly forecast to CMO to account for delivery requirements in long-range planning horizon.
• Support and lead projects as required.
• Escalates to Supply Chain Manager as required.
Qualification(s) and Experience:
• Required Associate degree but Bachelor's Degree Preferred and 5 years experience in the pharmaceutical / consumer products industry in a supply chain or manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of Master Scheduling, Forecasting, Customer Service, Logistics, Distribution, and/or Inventory Management is required, ideally combined with the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Excellent knowledge of the planning operational workflow (MPS, MRP, forecasting) and how sourcing decisions impact site planning operations.
• Experience in SAP is a plus.
• Project Management experience is a plus.
• Excellent PC and systems skills with competence in MS Office; Advanced MS Excel experience
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills are a pre-requisite.
• Ability to work to deadlines, manage workload accordingly through task prioritization, possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Possess excellent analytical, organizational, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability in performing in a dynamic work environment.
Awards and Accolades:
America's Most Honored Businesses (Top 10%)
Awarded by USPAAC for the Fastest Growing Business in the US
12th Fastest Growing Staffing Company in USA by Staffing industry Analysts in the US (2020, 2019, 2020)
Fastest 50 by NJ Biz (2020, 2019, 2020)
INC 5000 Fastest growing for 8 consecutive years in a row (only 1.26% companies make it to this list)
Top 100 by Dallas Business Journal (2020 and 2019)
Proven Supplier of the Year by Workforce Logiq (2020 and 2019)
2019 Spirit of Alliance Award by Agile1
2018 Best of the Best Platinum Award by Agile1
2018 TechServe Alliance Excellence Awards Winner
2017 Best of the Best Gold Award by Agile1(Act1 Group)