job summary:
This contractor role will support Supply Chain Planning activities with a focus on SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP), production planning, demand/supply alignment, and planning data integrity. The contractor will partner with Manufacturing, Commercial, Clinical, Materials Management, and Product Supply Chain teams to maintain executable plans, identify risks, and support structured decision-making across planning forums.
Here's What You'll Do
Support supply planning activities in SAP IBP, including demand/supply review, scenario analysis, supply commits, and exception management.
Create, maintain, and analyze supply plans that support commercial, clinical, and non-GMP manufacturing requirements.
Translate demand signals, inventory targets, capacity constraints, and manufacturing assumptions into feasible planning outputs.
Partner with Operations to ensure required production is planned, scheduled, and executed to support on-time, in-full delivery.
Develop rough-cut capacity views, finite scheduling inputs, and planning scenarios to support manufacturing and supply decisions.
Identify supply risks, capacity gaps, inventory constraints, and data issues; escalate with clear options and recommended actions.
Participate in daily and weekly planning forums, including Tier meetings, S&OE, and cross-functional supply review discussions.
Maintain and validate planning master data in SAP and SAP IBP, including materials, locations, planning parameters, lead times, and related attributes.
Support item lifecycle and master data change processes, including input gathering, approval routing, implementation, and obsolescence activities.
Build and maintain planning metrics, dashboards, and analytical views that track supply plan health, schedule adherence, inventory position, and planning data quality.
Support ad hoc analysis for launch planning, budget cycles, reforecasting, supply risk assessments, and scenario planning.
location: Norwood, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $55 - 65 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
The Role
This contractor role will support Supply Chain Planning activities with a focus on SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP), production planning, demand/supply alignment, and planning data integrity. The contractor will partner with Manufacturing, Commercial, Clinical, Materials Management, and Product Supply Chain teams to maintain executable plans, identify risks, and support structured decision-making across planning forums.
Here's What You'll Do
- Support supply planning activities in SAP IBP, including demand/supply review, scenario analysis, supply commits, and exception management.
- Create, maintain, and analyze supply plans that support commercial, clinical, and non-GMP manufacturing requirements.
- Translate demand signals, inventory targets, capacity constraints, and manufacturing assumptions into feasible planning outputs.
- Partner with Operations to ensure required production is planned, scheduled, and executed to support on-time, in-full delivery.
- Develop rough-cut capacity views, finite scheduling inputs, and planning scenarios to support manufacturing and supply decisions.
- Identify supply risks, capacity gaps, inventory constraints, and data issues; escalate with clear options and recommended actions.
- Participate in daily and weekly planning forums, including Tier meetings, S&OE, and cross-functional supply review discussions.
- Maintain and validate planning master data in SAP and SAP IBP, including materials, locations, planning parameters, lead times, and related attributes.
- Support item lifecycle and master data change processes, including input gathering, approval routing, implementation, and obsolescence activities.
- Build and maintain planning metrics, dashboards, and analytical views that track supply plan health, schedule adherence, inventory position, and planning data quality.
- Support ad hoc analysis for launch planning, budget cycles, reforecasting, supply risk assessments, and scenario planning.
Here's What You'll Need (Basic Qualifications)
- Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum 7 years of supply chain planning experience, including hands-on experience with SAP IBP and SAP planning/master data processes. Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or another regulated manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
Experience: Minimum 7 years of supply chain planning experience, including hands-on experience with SAP IBP and SAP planning/master data processes. Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or another regulated manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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