Hours Mon - Fri 2:30pm to 11:00pm / OT as needed
 
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.
 
How will you make an impact?
The Planning Coordinator is responsible for coordinating materials required for production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements to best utilize the company’s productive capacity as well as managing inventory levels.
 
What will you do?             

• Assist in scheduling and availability of selected item, either manufactured or purchased component, to meet production schedules.
• Request the transfer of raw materials from the warehouse and allocate to work orders.
• Release Work Orders to manufacturing.
• Release and print required documents for manufacturing.
• Monitor work order flow through manufacturing.
• Manages floor stock with shelf life material for production.
• Reviews work in process material inventory from production floor.
• Interfaces with manufacturing personnel, the purchasing department and supervisors on material status and production planning issues.
• Provides input and recommendations in improving supply chain strategies, policies and practices to achieve Best-in-Class Supply Chain Management.
• Participates in problem resolution activities, when required, to insure timely deliveries to / from global locations to customers. Support back-order reduction efforts.

 
How will you get here?
Education

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or other business management discipline and experience in role.

 Experience

• 1-2 years of relevant planning/scheduling type experience.
• Strong E1 experience

 
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong analytical skills, combined with practical business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability in building relationships across various functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability in managing multiple tasks within tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability in working well in a global organization within Operations and with external clients.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work independently, typically initiating own tasks with input/guidance from manager.
• Ability to thrive in a matrix and cross-functional team environment.
• APICS certification or desire to become certified
• Relevant experience in the Life Science or Medical Device industry.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 75,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.