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Catalent Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia, PA is hiring a Material Demand Planner.  The Material Demand Planner is responsible for overseeing inventory planning across the supply chain network which includes developing, coordinating and managing materials to deliver on project demand plans for the packaging and labeling operation. This individual needs to have the capability to balance competing goals of inventory targets, customer service levels, forecast accuracy, and safety stock requirements for which he or she is assigned. This person is the key liaison to resolve supply issues and ensures the efficient delivery of inventory, service and cost objectives to ensure maximum utilization of packaging and labeling operations. This role will identify ways to improve supply planning processes by utilizing current tools and systems. In addition, this person is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all purchase order data to support accurate lead times and inventory quantities. This person works closely and effectively across the organization matrix (Project Management, Quality Assurance, Production) to ensure project materials are ordered, received and released for on time project initiation.

This is a full-time role: Monday -- Friday, days.

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. 

This 206,878 square-foot facility, located in the Philadelphia area is Catalent's global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging.  Catalent offers GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services throughout our global network. Packaging can be configured to hold a single product or multiple products as determined by study requirements. We offer manual patient kit assembly along with semi-automated and automated wallet sealing and high-speed automated carding to meet the needs of studies of all sizes. For temperature sensitive products and those with minimal to zero allowable time out of environment, we can perform secondary packaging in refrigerated and frozen packaging rooms or over dry ice depending upon your project needs.  Using our Clinicopia global labeling system with its multi-lingual label phrase library we can design single panel, booklet labels or our unique Peel-ID™ safe storage labels for your studies. Single panel and Peel-ID™ safe storage labels can be conveniently reviewed and approved online via our Fusion portal before being printed and inspected at our facilities.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role

• Responsible for maintaining inventories and executing the supply plan to minimize out of stock situations.
• Responsible for translating clinical protocols into supply strategies and planning in partnership with internal manufacturing organization, project management, and quality assurance to drive a coordinated supply strategy.
• Proactively use JD Edwards and other tools to review inventory quantities, projections & supply-demand summaries to prevent potential shortages or excessive inventory.
• Maximize utilization of packaging and labeling by ensuring timely receipt, release and availability of materials for production use.
• Monitors inventory levels and make suggestions on inventory parameters (e.g. safety stock, forecast, etc.).
• Identifies and manages potential inventory obsolescence to minimize aged inventory and eventual write-offs.
• Tracks and reconciles weekly/monthly metrics versus established targets.
• Responsible for maintaining into stock performance, if approaching out of stock situation, provides options to customer service to remedy situ tion.
• Assesses impact of supply chain and client requirements and proposes resolution.
• Communicates decisions to individual teams affected by supply changes and works effectively with vendors to minimize impact.

• Other duties as assigned.

   

   

The Candidate

• High school diploma or general education diploma is required.
• Bachelor's degree in business or scientific related discipline is preferred or equivalent knowledge and experience is required.
• 2 years planning or project management experience is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in a material requirements planning (MRP) environment is required.
• Experience with Excel and other similar databases recommended.

• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Certification and/or a Lean Six Sigma Certification a plus.

   

   

   

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 
• Diverse, inclusive culture 
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity & inclusion
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 
• Competitive salary with possible bonus potential 
• Community engagement and green initiatives 
• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment 
• Tuition Reimbursement -- Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!
• GymPass program to promote overall physical wellness 

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

   

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone's safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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