Senior Production Planner

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Maryland Heights, MO, United States, 63043

About Curium

Curium is the world’s largest nuclear medicine company with more than a century of industry experience. We develop, manufacture and distribute world-class radiopharmaceutical products to help patients around the globe. Our proven heritage combined with a pioneering approach are the hallmarks to deliver innovation, excellence and unparalleled service.

With manufacturing facilities across Europe and the United States, Curium delivers SPECT, PET and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical solutions for life-threatening diseases to over 14 million patients annually. The name ‘Curium’ honors the legacy of pioneering radioactive researchers Marie and Pierre Curie, after whom the radioactive element curium was named and emphasizes our focus on nuclear medicine. The tagline ‘Life Forward’ represents our commitment to securing a brighter future for all those we serve:
An enhanced quality of care for our patients. A trusted partner to our customers. A supportive employer to our valued team.

The Senior Production Planner is responsible for orchestrating the near term production planning, material management and scheduling of the Finish Fill Focus Factory to meet demand for medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals. This role ensures optimal use of hot cell capacity, coordinates with supply chain and technical teams, and drives continuous improvement in planning processes.

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm.

• Prepare Master Production Schedules which balance production capabilities with forecasted demand with focus on finite planning horizons for a rolling 2 month schedule.
• Perform near term capacity planning to identify gaps between forecasted demand and production capabilities. Manage maintenance schedules and communicates anticipated downtimes to long term planning.
• Provide input and oversight of routings and planning bills of material to support the production planning and materials resource planning requirements. Provide input and oversight of detailed production schedules and assist in coordination with manufacturing personnel.
• Coordinate communications within the Corporate Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Marketing concerning product availability and other issues. Serve as backup to the Materials Manager to coordinate all product alert activities.
• Provide input and oversight of daily production support activities, such as creating and updating manufacturing run summaries with updated customer service orders for all Finish Fill products.
• Perform key inventory control activities such as preparation of detailed inventory analyses and forward projections, physical inventory, and reconciliation.
• Review and modify planned production in the MRP system (AS400/MAPICS/Infor XA etc.) and evaluate the effect of alternative production schedules on the plant financial forecast.
• Adhere to all Plant Safety rules and policies.
• Maintain weekly KPI’s as assigned to track and manage financial, production, and quality performance. Manage month end checklist to ensure clean and timely closure of month end financials.
• Provide a detailed analysis of the root cause of backorders which include demand/forecast analysis, provide accurate recovery information, and implement modified production schedule to effectively provide best customer service solution.
• Coordinate information gathering and root cause analysis around product alerts.
• Advise and coordinate schedule changes with appropriate personnel. Support all media fills, maintenance, holiday shutdowns, and other atypical manufacturing activities under the guidance and direction of the focus factory managers and production managers.
• Backup to peer planners and assist in coordinating supply with key nuclear reactors.
• Assist in the coordination for communications between Supply Chain, Commercial, Production, Quality, Distribution, and Customer Service to help resolve issues regarding product availability.
• Initiates the release of manufacturing orders in MAPICS/Infor XA to support developed production plans during off-shift hours. The initiation of…