What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manufacturing Planner position at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
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.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our Supply Chain team as a Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler III at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to optimizing production schedules and inventory management to support our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. In this role, you'll develop and maintain production plans that balance customer demand with manufacturing capacity, while ensuring efficiency and resource utilization. You'll work collaboratively with Planning, Operations, Quality, Procurement, Project Management and contract manufacturing teams to support schedule stability and continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires strong analytical skills and strategic thinking to optimize complex manufacturing processes while maintaining high service levels and managing inventory targets.
REQUIREMENTS:
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
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.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our Supply Chain team as a Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler III at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to optimizing production schedules and inventory management to support our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. In this role, you'll develop and maintain production plans that balance customer demand with manufacturing capacity, while ensuring efficiency and resource utilization. You'll work collaboratively with Planning, Operations, Quality, Procurement, Project Management and contract manufacturing teams to support schedule stability and continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires strong analytical skills and strategic thinking to optimize complex manufacturing processes while maintaining high service levels and managing inventory targets.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Advanced Degree plus 3 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of experience in manufacturing planning/scheduling in a production environment
- Preferred Fields of Study: Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field
- APICS certification (CPIM/CSCP) preferred
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred
- Proficiency in ERP systems (Oracle E1 preferred) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong understanding of MRP principles, capacity planning, and inventory management
- Experience with Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP/S&OP) processes
- Demonstrated ability to analyze data and optimize production schedules for efficiency
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong collaborative and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-oriented environment
- Experience with production scheduling software and manufacturing execution systems
- Strong problem-solving abilities and process improvement mindset
- Knowledge of GMP and quality systems preferred
- Project management experience preferred
- Ability to work independently
- Experience guiding schedule adherence and resolving conflicts
- Experience developing and maintaining planning parameters and master data
- Proficiency in data analysis and performance metrics reporting