Manufacturing Specialist - Scheduling

Kite CAR T Cell Therapy Manufacturing Planner

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In partnership with Site Supply Planning, this role leads production planning and scheduling for a state-of-the-art CAR T cell therapy manufacturing facility. The position coordinates daily execution of patient-specific manufacturing orders and serves as the primary planning liaison across Manufacturing, Supply Planning, Quality, Facilities & Engineering, and other stakeholders.

The role translates demand and supply inputs into executable clinical and commercial CAR T production schedules at the TCF
05 manufacturing facility in Frederick, MD, ensuring manufacturing resources, equipment, rooms, stations, processing windows, maintenance activities, and staffing are proactively aligned to prevent manufacturing or disposition delays.

Why This Role Matters

Patient-specific CAR T manufacturing requires precise coordination of capacity, staffing, equipment availability, processing windows, maintenance activities, and cross-functional readiness. This role helps convert planning inputs into efficient production schedule, reliable manufacturing execution, reducing risk of delays to support timely production and release of clinical and commercial patient batches.

Core Responsibilities

· Lead intradepartmental planning to support manufacturing execution and timely release of clinical and commercial materials, ensuring clear communication with Site Supply Planning and resource alignment across shifts.

· Partner closely with Manufacturing Supervisors, shift leadership, and frontline teams to align production schedules with staffing, floor readiness, and real-time operational constraints.

· Convert planning inputs into detailed manufacturing schedules, assigning equipment, rooms, stations, processing windows, and task timing for patient-specific workflows.

· Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance with Facilities & Engineering and Manufacturing to minimize production impact while maintaining compliance and equipment readiness.

· Facilitate daily cross-functional planning and readiness meetings to confirm schedule feasibility, identify risks, align resources, and drive issue resolution.

· Partner with project teams to evaluate schedule impacts from process changes, facility activities, technology transfers, and improvement initiatives.

· Develop and improve planning and logistics tools using MS Project, spreadsheets, Emerson BioG, and relational databases to strengthen operational visibility, schedule adherence, and decision-making.

· Maintain planning metrics, identify variances, and support process improvements that strengthen schedule accuracy, accountability, and operational performance.

· Develop and maintain headcount modeling to support capacity planning, shift coverage, labor demand forecasting, scenario planning, and resource alignment.

· Maintain real-time visibility to equipment status to determine station availability and support accurate, compliant production scheduling.

Basic Qualifications

· MA / MS with 3+ years of cGMP Manufacturing, Manufacturing Leadership, and/or Operations experience; OR

· BA / BS degree with 5+ years of cGMP Manufacturing, Manufacturing Leadership, and/or Operations experience; OR

· High school degree with 10+ years of cGMP Manufacturing, Manufacturing Leadership, and/or Operations experience.

Preferred…