Job Description
Job Title: Supply Planning Transformation Specialist
Location: Remote (within the United States)
Hire Type: Long-Term Contract (2 years)
Target Pay Rate: $55.00/hour
Hire Type: Long-Term Contract (2 years)
Target Pay Rate: $55.00/hour
Benefits: PTO, paid holidays, BCBS medical plans, dental/vision plans, 401(k), and ESOP.
Travel: Approx. 15% travel to Arizona
Schedule: Must be able to work CST or EST hours
Travel: Approx. 15% travel to Arizona
Schedule: Must be able to work CST or EST hours
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Supply Planning Transformation Specialist to support a major supply chain transformation within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. This is a supply/production planning and supply chain transformation role — this is NOT a procurement or purchasing position.
The specialist will help manufacturing sites transition from existing planning processes and systems into a new Target Operating Model (TOM). Responsibilities include assessing current-state processes, identifying gaps, supporting planning-system migration and implementation, improving planning processes, and helping teams adopt new ways of working.
Must Have Skills:
- 5 - 8+ years of Supply Chain / Supply Planning / Production Planning experience
- Strong Supply Planning and Production Planning background
- Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
- Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)
- MRP / Material Requirements Planning
- Experience with SAP, Blue Yonder/JDA, or similar planning systems
- Experience with S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning)
- Supply chain transformation, planning-system implementation, migration, or process transformation experience
- Manufacturing experience; pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing strongly preferred
- Experience with capacity planning, bottleneck scheduling, resource allocation, rough-cut capacity planning, inventory planning, and production scheduling
- Strong change management, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills
- Ability to influence non-direct reports and work across multiple sites/functions
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead/support deployment of a new Supply Planning Target Operating Model (TOM)
- Assess current-state planning processes, systems, data, and capabilities
- Identify gaps and develop future-state planning processes
- Support planning-system implementation, integration, migration, and process transformation
- Develop and improve MPS, APS, MRP, supply planning, production planning, and S&OP processes
- Analyze capacity, materials, inventory, production schedules, bottlenecks, and resource requirements
- Support change management, training, and adoption of new processes and tools
- Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, Demand Planning, Procurement/Materials, and Site Leadership
- Track implementation milestones, KPIs, risks, and issues
- Drive continuous improvement and sustainable adoption of new planning processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field
- Pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing experience
- Experience with SAP, Blue Yonder/JDA, APS, MRP, or other advanced planning systems
- Experience with S&OP transformation, ERP implementation, planning-system migration, or Target Operating Model deployment
- Experience working with U.S. and international/multi-site teams
- Previous experience leading transformation or change initiatives without direct authority
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | North Chicago, IL (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Calendar Managementunmatched
- Capacity Analysisunmatched
- Capacity Managementunmatched
- Change Managementunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Demand Forecasting/Planningunmatched
- Drug Manufacturingunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Industrial Engineeringunmatched
- Inventory Planningunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Master Production Scheduleunmatched
- Materials Analysisunmatched
- Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)unmatched
- Medical Equipmentunmatched
- Operations Planningunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Production Planningunmatched
- Production Scheduleunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Resource Managementunmatched
- Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP)unmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Sales & Operations Process (S&OP)unmatched
- Sales Operationsunmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Supply Chain Managementunmatched
- Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
- System Integration (SI)unmatched
- System Migrationunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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