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High Point, NC
In-Office
Biotech
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
The Role

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Excellent Benefits Package

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Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

Paid Time Off & Holidays

401K Company Match up to 6%

Tuition Reimbursement – eligible after 90 days!

Employee Referral Bonus

Employee Discount Program

Recognition Program

Charitable Gift Matching

Company Paid Parental Leave

Career Advancement Opportunities

Location Information:

High Point, NC

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What will you do?

  • Develop and update detailed schedules for the production plan generated by the Master Production Scheduler.
  • Optimize resource usage to ensure a balanced manufacturing process.
  • Maintain manufacturing orders with valid due dates.
  • Coordinate new product activities and projects into the detailed schedule.
  • Distribute manufacturing and packaging schedules and communicate changes to QA documentation, manufacturing team leaders, and leaders.
  • Negotiate and communicate effectively with all support areas to ensure efficient resource utilization.
  • Monitor schedules to ensure completion within established Lead Times.
  • Participate in decision-making processes regarding schedule changes.
  • Monitor and report performance to schedule and work order completion due dates.
  • Handle inventory levels to avoid obsolescence and ensure accuracy through the Cycle Count process.
  • Communicate any rejection of WIP or finished goods for immediate disposition.
  • Ensure raw materials and packaging components are available on time to support requirements.
  • Analyze MRP action messages to ensure the timely availability of materials.
  • Coordinate delivery schedules of blanket orders with vendors.
  • Coordinate changes in delivery dates with vendors.
  • Develop appropriate inventory strategies to manage adequate inventory levels.
  • Expedite the release of materials needed to support the manufacturing plan.
  • Handle material conversions to minimize obsolescence and align with regulatory requirements.
  • Provide timely input to the Material Review Board (MRB).
  • Enter and update purchase orders in the planning system to meet customer needs.
  • Develop a priority schedule for the receiving area to optimize space utilization and compliance with the production schedule.
  • Periodically review and validate item master data information.

How will you get there?

  • Bachelor's degree required. Will consider combination of education and experience.
  • 3-5 years of experience in MRP II, Materials, and Production Planning in the Pharmaceutical industry is desired.
  • Preferable but not required, Certified Production and Inventory Control Management (CPIM).

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The Company
HQ: Waltham, MA
100,000 Employees

What We Do

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Why Work With Us

You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.

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