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The Production Control Scheduler is responsible for coordinating and planning the production schedule to ensure timely and efficient compounding of medications across multiple locations to meet sales demand, while ensuring minimal loss of expired products. This role involves creating a production plan utilizing data, collaborating with buyers, sales, quality, and other staff, optimizing production processes, while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. This is a critical role to facilitate centralized production planning across Strive’s enterprise.
Job Responsibility:
Develop and maintain production schedules based on demand forecasts, patient needs, and inventory levels
Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, resource constraints, and production issues to minimize delays
Continuously assess and develop the production planning capabilities, both systemically and procedurally
Collaborate with the quality assurance team to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including USP <795>, <797>, and <800>
Maintain accurate and detailed records of production activities, including batch records
Participate in internal and external audits as required
Implement and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions for production planning and scheduling
Work closely with department leaders, buyers/material planners, operations/production labs, quality assurance, sales, and other departments as required to facilitate effective production planning to meet all order demands and compliance requirements
Communicate production status, potential delays, and issues to relevant stakeholders
Provide training and support to staff on production planning procedures
Develop and implement triggers for communication, and a communication plan to ensure that all departments are informed of anything affecting them, or Strive’s customers
Develop, track and report KPI's related to production efficiency
Generate regular reports on production metrics, inventory levels, and order fulfillment
Analyze production data and workflows to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements
Build and implement best practices for data inputs, production planning, collaboration and communication, and data analytics to ensure consistency across all sites
Collaborate with the operations team to streamline processes and reduce waste
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or a related field
High proficiency in Excel with an ability to understand and write formulas to facilitate forecasting and analytics is critical and required
Experience in designing, developing and implementing production planning utilizing a spreadsheet, and production planning software including ERP’s and MRP’s
Minimum of 3 years of experience in production planning, preferably in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing cGMP setting
Strong understanding of forecasting different models, including build to stock, build to order, dynamically adapting the production plan for expiration of raw goods and/or finished goods
Cross departmental and multi-site collaboration proficiency
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment