Material Planner and Scheduler

Material Planner and Scheduler

Our Material Planner and Scheduler plays a vital role within our organization. Once you complete our training, your responsibilities will include planning and preparing material and production schedules for the Quva manufacturing department. This position will also work closely with the production team and internal departments to support scheduling of orders and service for scheduled customer commitments; demand planning, sourcing, purchasing, incoming quality and warehouse to ensure the timely order, receipt, and availability of materials required to support firm weekly schedule for kitting, filling, labeling and packaging. This is a hands-on position responsible for materials planning and tactical weekly schedules that will enable the production facility on-time execution of demand plan as well as issue resolution and troubleshooting events that may present risks or prohibit the timely execution of the production schedule. The material planner / scheduler collaborates with other members of the supply chain including procurement, production, quality, warehouse and logistics as well as finance, IT and Pharmacy Services. At Quva, you will be an essential part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to expanding critical access to quality, affordable medication and data insights while promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Turn your passion for precision and your commitment to quality into a meaningful impact on healthcare across the US.

What the Material Planner and Scheduler Does Each Day :

• Supports the VP / GM by providing hands-on assistance to each production facility in executing material planning and scheduling such that performance to plan is realized reliably and consistently within operational and cost effectiveness
• With oversight, prepares tactical material plan for replenishment and supply of components used in production
• Makes recommendations regarding scheduling and material planning processes to reduce waste, lead times and total cost
• Analyzes material inventory in terms of days of supply, cost, shelf life and storage space
• Confers with management, which includes maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for material planning and inventory management processes and systems
• Communicates with production sites, purchasing and finance material requirements and subsequent impact on inventory
• Assembles and analyzes data pertinent to inventory management, material planning and ERP system transactional accuracy
• Establishes and utilizes best practices for material planning and inventory management to ensure production schedules are achieved, that production schedules align with demand plan and that exception messages from ERP system reviewed and acted up in timely manner
• Recommends adjustments to schedule and / or alternative material usage to facilitate reliable and consistent production flow
• Publishes schedules to facilitate alignment of resources at production facilities for material receipt, incoming release, kitting, filling, visual inspection, labeling and packaging
• Provides subject matter expertise for inventory transactions and process flow within the ERP system
• Measures results from implemented processes and procedure associated with inventory management and material planning

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About Quva :

Quva provides industry-leading health-system pharmacy services and solutions, including 503B sterile injectable outsourcing services and AI-based data software solutions that help power the business of pharmacy. Quva Pharma's multiple production facilities and industry-first dedicated remote distribution capabilities provide ready-to-administer sterile injectable medicines critical to patient care. Quva BrightStream partners with health systems to aggregate, normalize, and analyze large amounts of complex data across their sites of care, and through proprietary machine learning, transforms data into actionable insights supporting revenue optimization, script capture, inventory management, drug shortage control, and more. Quva's overall progressive and integrated platform helps health-systems transform pharmacy management to achieve greater value and deliver highest-quality patient care.

Quva is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating and maintaining a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. Quva's Equal Opportunity Policy prohibits harassment or discrimination due to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and any related medical conditions), sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable laws. All employment with Quva is "at will."