Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Material Requirements Planner is responsible for exceptional delivery of continued materials readiness for all manufacturing processing and requisite support initiatives. The Materials Planner is a critical role whose contribution is also integral to all successful customer project support and who serves as the primary face to the customer representing Supply Chain.

This individual will represent supply chain at all internal project and joint project meetings and ensures that all raw materials campaign activities in advance of, during and upon completion of all production runs are properly managed; serving to influence decisions, represent the interests of supply chain and Lonza at large and to manage the flow and organization of all information needed to ensure all raw materials requirements are met in accordance with the requisite timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform all routine tasks to convert planned orders into material plans including the creation and management of material planned requirements
Liaison with Supply Planner and Schedulers to ensure all material plans are up to date and responsive to changes in material requirements
Creation and maintenance of detailed material planning parameters in Planning systems
Conversion of the material requirements plan (purchase requisitions) into Purchase Orders
Expediting material availability through liaison with procurement and teams involved with inbound material processing
Creation and management of material related KPIs and measures to ensure accurate understanding of material availability
Execution of key material availability, mobilization or write actions to support optimal management of inventory while reducing scrap/waste
Liase with key stakeholders (Supply Planner, Scheduler and PM) to develop safety stock and inventory plans to meet production plans
Track, report and facilitate on-time material availability including testing and release for production

Key Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience in a Logistics or Supply Chain adjacent role
5+ years of experience in Logistics, Supply Chain or Materials Management
Ability to influence both Supply Chain and functional leaders to support inventory management/ strategy recommendations
Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to present ideas in a clear and concise manner
Strong analytical skills with the ability to define metrics (KPI’s) and identify issues through root cause analysis
Competent using MS Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to utilize Business Intelligence systems to extract data and generate reports

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.