Supervisor, Material Planning

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: March 22, 2025

Job Description:

Supervisor, Material PlanningPosition SummaryCatalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.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 Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia is hiring a Supervisor, Material Planning. The Supervisor, Material Planning Oversee the hiring, training, discipline, and daily functionality of the material planning and buying team. Provide daily direction with respect to task assignment and coordination. Provide training and mentorship to direct reports. Oversee maintenance of site material resource planning (MRP) system. Track and sustain a high level of quality for all outputs from the team. Ensure on-time delivery of all customer requestions. Yhe Planning/Scheduling department within the Philadelphia site Supply Chain/Operations organization supports all functions as they interact with the supply chain. Master Planning, Production Scheduling, MRP Ordering, Financial Forecasting, Vendor Management, and oversite of FastChain orders from receipt to shipment are managed or supported by the Planning/Scheduling department. -This is a full-time role position: Monday-Friday -8:00am-4:30pm. OnsiteCatalent 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 - -

• Oversee all material buyers and planners' hiring, scheduling, performance management, training, and discipline. Responsible for leading with integrity and respect, following all Catalent's values, policies and procedures. Responsible to ensure all site safety standards are upheld, unsafe conditions reported, and all materials properly assessed before arriving at the site
• Responsible for maintaining all written procedures and identifying process improvement opportunities. Coordinate daily task assignments to ensure all commitments are met. Monitor the department's capacity and request headcount as required to ensure the quality and timely delivery of the team's outputs.
• Collaborate with internal customers, peers, and leadership to establish standards and measurements which sustain a cohesive process. -Responsible for the Philadelphia Site Purchase Order ("PO") table in JD Edwards. Commitments are current, approvals are timely, and Quality Standards are upheld. Responsible for leading investigations, root cause analysis, and monitoring corrective and preventative actions for effectiveness.
• Coordinate Buyers and Material Planners to track all Open Project PO's. All projects material commitments must be met. - Coordinate with site Finance to perform monthly and annual reviews of Blanket PO's with Cost Center Management to ensure proper allocation of company funds
• Participate in all Material Review meetings that oversee Catalent-owned inventory and prevent any inventory reservations. -Responsible for all site stock material inventory levels and expiry dating. Responsible for a ll Commercial project inventory levels and expiry dating. Responsible for Direct Material revenue forecasts and their accuracy.
• All other duties as assigned; -The Candidate -
  • Required a High School Diploma or Equivalent with at least four years of Project Management experience; OR Bachelors degree with at least two years of Project Management experience in a MRP environment
  • Requires at least one year of supervisory or leadership experience
  • Knowledge and experience in cGMP regulations, buffer management, and process validation practices are desirable
  • Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.
  • Required Leadership skills include excellent interpersonal and communication skills with all levels of stakeholders, the strong ability to lead, mentor, train, motivate, direct and empower a team, influence and lead change, contribute strategic, analytical insight for problem solving and partner with cross functional teams to identify gaps, develop and implementation of continuous improvement ideas
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, ERP systems and spreadsheets required
  • Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 25 poundsWhy you should join Catalent:
    • Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process -
    • Diverse, inclusive culture -
    • 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 -
    • 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
    • Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
    • Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
    • Community engagement and green initiatives -
    • Generous 401K match -
    • Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment -
    • Tuition Reimbursement -- Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!
    • WellHub- program to promote overall physical wellness -
    • Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categoriesCatalent 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. -personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.Visit to explore career opportunities.Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process. - - - -Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice .

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