Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning

Company Description

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Our high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.

Our tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimize food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.

LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community.  Join us and help us achieve our mission of Science for a Safer World! 

With manufacturing sites across the US, UK, Germany and Denmark, LGC Biosearch Technologies has plans to continue growing. We deliver mission critical genomics to our diverse customer base in molecular diagnostics, pharma/biotech and agrigenomics. Our integrated portfolio of products, services and expertise supports our purpose of Science for a Safer World and we have embodied our mission by working with customers to enable research into life-altering treatment for disease and illness worldwide. We are currently seeking candidates who are up for the challenge of operating in a high-growth, purpose-driven organization.

Job Description

This is a 12-month contract position.

Are you prepared to take on a crucial role in a world-class company? Join LGC as a Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning, and become part of an exceptionally innovative team committed to ensuring seamless supply chain operations. This is your opportunity to influence the future of supply chain planning with a company known for its ambition and demonstrated success!

The Supply Chain Planning Manager directs planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important supply demands. The role merges demand, supply, inventory, capacity, quality, and operational risks into practical scenarios and proposals.

As a senior individual contributor and process owner, the position serves as a subject-matter expert and a point of contact for critical issues. It influences cross-functional decisions, mentors other planners, and improves planning processes and capabilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:

• Direct integrated supply, production, inventory, and capacity planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important areas.
• Convert demand, inventory strategy, and service requirements into actionable production, purchasing, transfer, and replenishment plans for complex or strategically important areas.
• Develop scenarios that measure service, inventory, capacity, cost, quality, and operational trade-offs.
• Analyze intricate MRP outcomes and direct solutions for shortages, surplus inventory, delayed supply, rescheduling needs, and schedule interruptions.
• Lead SIOP forums by presenting clear assumptions, scenarios, risks, and advised decisions for high-impact or strategically important areas.
• Predict and guide the resolution of major shortages, bottlenecks, backlog, excess inventory, and expiry risks.
• Assess service risks and recommend customer priorities when supply is constrained.
• Lead cross-functional reviews of supply, capacity, inventory, and operational constraints.
• Establish realistic supply, availability, and customer commitment recommendations, and lead recovery reviews with clearly documented decisions, owners, achievements, actions, and critical issue requirements.
• Partner with Purchasing and strategic suppliers to address recurring lead-time, delivery, capacity, and supply-continuity risks.
• Serve as the planning point of contact for complex production, material, quality-release, customer-commitment, and master-data blocking issues.
• Develop medium- and long-term capacity requirements and identify labor, equipment, testing, storage, and material constraints.
• Develop and improve production sequences, batch and campaign plans, and changeover assumptions for complex or capacity-constrained operations.
• Lead planning support for product launches, transfers, network changes, discontinuations, and other central initiatives.
• Establish and improve planning parameters, master data, metrics, dashboards, controls, standard work, governance, and cross-site alignment.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of production and supply orders, planning parameters, dates, quantities, lot sizes, safety stocks, priorities, and related ERP transactions within the assigned scope.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience.
• Five or more years of relevant experience in supply, production, materials, or manufacturing planning.
• Established background in managing intricate restrictions and formulating supply, inventory, and capacity scenarios.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP/MRP concepts and planning transactions plus strong data-analysis and performance-measurement skills.
• Strong knowledge of planning parameters, inventory strategy, capacity modeling, order management, master-data governance, and SIOP processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional discussions, influence decisions without direct authority, and present clear recommendations to leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with SAP, IFS, or a comparable coordinated platform.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Tableau, Snowflake, or approved AI-enabled analytical tools.
• Regulated-industry experience and SIOP leadership.
• APICS/ASCM certification and continuous-improvement training.

Behavioural and interpersonal proficiencies:

• Resonate and operate in line with LGC’s core value behaviors: Passion, Curiosity, Integrity, Brilliance, and Respect.
• Lead through influence and serve as a trusted point for blocking issues on complex planning decisions.
• Translate ambiguity and data into clear scenarios, recommendations, and decisions.
• Mentor planners, establish standards, and improve functional consistency without formal authority.
• Anticipate risk, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive balanced corrective action.
• Build effective relationships with leadership and cross-functional collaborators.
• Manage multiple strategic priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Use data and approved analytical tools responsibly and reinforce quality, safety, compliance, and data-integrity requirements.

Additional Information

What we offer (US based-employees):

• Competitive compensation with strong bonus program
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents
• FSA/HSA Pre-tax savings plans for health care, childcare, and elder care
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity programs
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching employer contribution
• Company-paid short- and long- term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program
• Pet Insurance for our furry friends
• 8 weeks of parental leave for qualifying life event
• Town Hall monthly meeting onsite/virtual, Cheer program where employees are recognized for outstanding work, Companywide social events, frequent catered lunches and much more!

This position requires current U.S. work authorization. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for temporary visas (including H‑1B, H‑2B, OPT, O‑1, TN)

ABOUT LGC: 

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range. 

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY 
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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