Advanced Production Planner - Manufacturing

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Minneapolis, MN, USA
In-Office
56K-91K Annually
Mid level
Biotech
The Role
The role involves planning and scheduling production, managing inventory, approving batch records, and collaborating on product design while ensuring process improvement and assisting in various operational tasks.
Summary Generated by Built In

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range:

$55,600.00 - $91,450.00

POSITION SUMMARY

The responsibilities of this position are to monitor, maintain and to assist in the scheduling of new products, kit components, antibodies, proteins, enzyme, flow, and other high complex products.  Check, schedule, and update product to bottle listed on the backordered pages in ICA and AX.  Review and approve batch records for release, address product availability inquires, maintain metrics, and assist with AX job management.  This position will require collaboration on product design, MRBs, projects and planning meetings.  Update SOPs and manage some supply ordering. Assist with annual inventory and cost savings/process improvement goal.  Perform additional duties as assigned and assist supervisor as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Plan and schedule fills for new products, enzymes, kit components (including new bulk lots of existing items) utilizing multiple databases and Microsoft Dynamics AX.

  • Schedule to meet filling, capping and labeling capacities while prioritizing backordered and critical products.

  • Monitor, schedule and update the backorder pages in ICA and AX

  • Reviewing and approval of batch records for release (including CofA review)

  • Address product availability inquires

  • Assist with the annual physical inventory process

  • Assist with AX job management, starting jobs, pulling pick list supplies, documentation and closing jobs

  • Assist in the retail bottling, capping, and labeling of retail products

  • Management, coordination, and planning of special projects, fills, relabels, etc.

  • Identify and execute initiatives for continuous process improvement and troubleshoot problems.

  • Update SOPs and order supplies as needed

  • Record and maintain metrics for the department

  • Ability to troubleshoot issues of moderate/high complexity independently.

  • Product Planning of moderate/high complexity

  • Participation and collaboration in MRBS, change plans, planning meetings, kit and product design meetings, etc.

  • Manage and order supplies, OEM and raw materials.

  • Train and mentor other planners and act as a SME for the planning team.

  • Collaborate and assist multiple departments within the organization.

  • Demonstrates EPIC values in daily work

  • Follows company policies and practices as outlined in the Handbook and follows guidelines regarding safety as outlined in the AWAIR, Chemical Hygiene and Exposure Control manuals in accordance to the job.

  • Performs additional duties as assigned and assist supervisor as needed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Requirements

  • Required Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (AA degree plus APICS certification with a minimum of 3+ years of related experience or a master’s degree).

  • Team oriented person that can work collaboratively 

  • Attention to detail and good organization skills required.

  • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, multitask, and have good communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Preferred  

  • Experience working in an ERP environment required. Lean and/or Six Sigma training and/or experience preferred. 

  • Previous leadership experience.

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX.

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and computer entry and/or typing skills.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes, workflow, and capacity levels

  • Knowledge of products and product lines

  • Knowledge of appropriate calculations and how to perform calculation for bottling purposes.

  • Knowledge of safety and company procedures and practices

  • Knowledge of inventory control and inventory management

  • Knowledge of laboratory equipment

  • Knowledge of inventory system and lot numbering system.

  • Skills in utilizing different product databases

  • Skills in assisting internal departments in a professional manner

  • Skills in problem solving; including the ability to identify and appropriately evaluate a course of action. 

  • Skills in decision-making.

  • Skills in computer proficiency and Excel.

  • Skills in leadership and giving direction.

  • Skills in math.

  • Ability to be flexible.

  • Ability to follow written direction.

  • Ability to act independently on routine assignments or projects.

  • Ability to plan, organize and multi-task to complete assignments in an efficient manner.

  • Ability to communicate professionally, both oral and written.

  • Ability to pay attention to details and perform at a high-level accuracy.

  • Ability to work independently and with a team.

  • Ability to work hours that conform to standard business operations (7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.)

Why Join Bio-Techne:

  • We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
  • We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
  • We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
  • We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. 
  • We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
  • We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.

Top Skills

Microsoft Dynamics Ax
Excel
Microsoft Word
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The Company
HQ: Minneapolis, MN
2,512 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.

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