Master Scheduling & Procurement Specialist

Why Us?

At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With 4,000+ team members worldwide, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day.

Job Description Summary

Develop and maintain master production schedules for filled product and finished goods to achieve the sales, inventory, and service level goals established. Revise schedules to optimize plant efficiencies and maintain a high level of delivery performance. Maintain long-range master schedules that serve as a foundation for site business plans and operational budgets. Create production plans that optimize plant capacity and drive the material requirements planning system.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Plan and develop a realistic Master Schedule which conforms to internal and contract customer requirements and which also adheres to plant capacity constraints.

· Participate in bi-weekly Demand Sales Forecast and Supply Chain meetings to ensure product availability meets demand.

· Monitor material availability, track progress of production, and review factors which may affect schedules.

· Analyze capacity at the site, negotiate, recommend, and revise finished goods plans, as appropriate, to resolve the identified capacity issues. In situations where resource constraints cannot be resolved, develop and present alternative plans for upper management decisions.

· Revise schedules, as necessary, to optimize plant efficiencies while maintaining target plant delivery performance.

· Monitor and maintain MRP work orders for proper system planning.

· Monitor 18-month rolling production plan for assigned products and update MRP system accordingly.

· Maintain open communications with Material Planners, Manufacturing, and Packaging regarding schedule changes so that proper component inventory requirements can be achieved.

· Establish and maintain effective cross functional relationships.

· Collaborate with Tech Support, Maintenance and Sterility Assurance for planning around scheduled machine maintenance, validation activities, and media fills.

· Coordinate requests from Process Development for manufacturing resources and incorporate feasibility and impact on current production schedules.

· Coordinate implementation dates for engineering changes and ensure that Bills of Material are updated accordingly.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and or Experience:

· Bachelors Degree in Business, Logistics, or other related field; and a minimum of three years-experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience/training.

· APICS or similar professional Certification desired.

· MFG/PRO (QAD) experience desired.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Analytical

Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures.

Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Technical Skills - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; Pursues training and development opportunities; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.

Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.

Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Physical Demands / Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EEO Statement:

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.