Pharmaceutical Materials Planning Manager

Pay: $55-62.50/Hour

Duration: 18 months

Onsite:
Indianapolis, IN

• The Manager, Materials Planning & Supplier Operations is accountable for ensuring end to end material and service availability required to support safe, compliant, and uninterrupted manufacturing operations at the Indianapolis manufacturing campus.
• This role integrates material planning, purchasing execution, supplier performance management, and site procurement for services and capital investments (CAPEX). The position plays a critical role in translating demand and investment needs into executable supply and sourcing strategies, improving planning stability, safeguarding production continuity, and enabling disciplined capital deployment across the site.
• The role is designed to operate effectively in a complex, multi technology manufacturing environment and to scale with evolving operational scope.

Materials Planning & MRP Governance

• Own site level materials planning execution, ensuring effective use of MRP logic, parameters, and planning calendars across operations.
• Drive time phased, exception based material planning to reduce replanning, manual overrides, and reactive purchasing.
• Lead root cause analysis for material driven production disruptions, including shortages, supplier constraints, and planning inaccuracies.
• Partner with Production Planning to ensure material feasibility is embedded in executable production schedules.

Procurement Execution – Materials, Services & CAPEX

• Own end to end procurement execution for Direct and indirect production materials, Site based services supporting manufacturing operations, Capital equipment and infrastructure (CAPEX).
• Ensure purchasing activities are compliant with global sourcing strategies, financial controls, and procurement policies.
• Provide governance and prioritization for CAPEX sourcing activities, ensuring alignment with project timelines, technical requirements, and budget constraints.
• Directly manage a dedicated CAPEX buyer, providing oversight, prioritization, and development.

Supplier Performance & Risk Management

• Own site level supplier performance for materials, services, and CAPEX, including delivery reliability, responsiveness, and issue resolution.
• Proactively identify and eliminate supply, capacity, or commercial risks impacting production continuity or capital delivery.
• Drive corrective actions with suppliers, Engineering, Quality, and Global Procurement partners.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field. Professional certification (CPIM, CSCP, PMP), or MBA is preferred

• 5+ years of progressive experience in materials planning and procurement, in pharmaceutical manufacturing supply operations. Knowledge of nuclear medicine industry, including industry-specific supply chain challenges is a plus.
• Proven experience in driving Operational Excellence initiatives, including implementing systems and processes that enhance efficiency, quality, and cost optimization.
• Demonstrated ownership of end to end procurement execution, including suppliers, services, and/or capital equipment.
• Proven ability to scale processes, governance, and teams as operational scope increases.
• Highly proficient in organizational skills, with a strong orientation toward process management and project management to ensure seamless execution of supply chain activities.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.