Sr Manager, Planner/Buyer

Join us in developing pioneering therapies that aim to transform the treatment of CKD and change patients’ lives. Our technology is designed to treat diseased kidneys using a patient’s own cells and may prevent or delay dialysis or transplant.

The Senior Manager, Planner/Buyer is responsible for leading and overseeing a team dedicated to the efficient management of planning and buying activities.  This role ensures that the storage, planning, and control, and materials meet company objectives and customer requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Planning/Buying

• Work with Patient Experience in the demand planning review process aligning internal departments to produce a collaborative demand forecast that will be used for planning and purchasing decisions
• Collaborate and recommend a production plan for in-house made media to align with the demand plan, identifying material gaps and proposing strategies to eliminate risks
• Create, implement and keep ever-green material safety stock strategies to achieve and maintain inventory objectives, while driving inventory optimization and reducing risks identified by Sourcing or vendor performance
• Ensure that planning and purchasing master data is maintained and updated correctly within Sage X3 ERP to ensure successful material requirement planning
• Assess current material availability and reasonably predicts future availability based on supplier history, delivery performance and other planning variables and report out weekly to leadership
• Anticipate and prevent potential material outages through root cause analysis and corrective action
• Works collaboratively with internal departments to identify and develop needs and requirements for equipment, materials, products and acceptable substitutions
1. Purchasing/Sourcing
• Create accurate and timely purchase orders within ERP system by ensuring material availability to support manufacturing production schedule
• Analyze and execute purchase plan suggestions to ensure alignment of supply and demand while minimizing excess and material expiration
• Partner with Warehouse to resolve issues, create supplier returns and ensure COA/COC documents were included where appropriate
• Identify and analyze potential issues with supplier deliveries to ensure purchases are filled on-time and in-full
• Maintain positive relationships with suppliers while also being able to negotiate and maximize company benefits.
• Monitor vendor performance and work with Quality Assurance and Sourcing for resolution
• Resolve shipment discrepancies, invoice issues, non-conforming product and communicate results with internal departments on issue resolution
• Ensure all goods and services are procured according to technical specifications
• Develop and drive KPI reporting and supply chain performance analytics reporting out to leadership, peer groups
• Perform supply and demand analysis, quantify business risks and highlight areas of concern

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Foster and maintain robust relationships across all levels of the organization, establishing a culture of collaboration between supply chain and business units
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Own full lifecycle of CAPA and change controls.
• Perform all tasks in compliance with cGMP guidelines.
• Attend departmental/company team meetings as necessary.
• Adhere to all training requirements.
• Perform tactical and other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Education/Training: Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of experience in practical experience working with an ERP system in demand planning, supply planning, purchasing and production planning.
• Skills/Abilities: Knowledge of ERP systems. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, along with good computer proficiency.

ProKidney is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.