Principal Supply Chain Planner - SAP IBP

Job Summary

Ready to master the digital core of a global supply chain? Bring your SAP IBP expertise to a high-impact role where you will map out complex production planning arrays, balance demand and supply signals, and bulletproof master data alongside top-tier cross-functional teams.

Location:

Norwood, Massachusetts

Job type:
Contract

Salary: $60 - 67 per hour

Work hours:

9 to 5

Education:

Bachelors

• Support supply planning activities in SAP IBP, including demand/supply review, scenario analysis, supply commits, and exception management.
• Create, maintain, and analyze supply plans that support commercial, clinical, and non-GMP manufacturing requirements.
• Translate demand signals, inventory targets, capacity constraints, and manufacturing assumptions into feasible planning outputs.
• Partner with Operations to ensure required production is planned, scheduled, and executed to support on-time, in-full delivery.
• Develop rough-cut capacity views, finite scheduling inputs, and planning scenarios to support manufacturing and supply decisions.
• Identify supply risks, capacity gaps, inventory constraints, and data issues; escalade with clear options and recommended actions.
• Participate in daily and weekly planning forums, including Tier meetings, S&OE, and cross‑functional supply review discussions.
• Maintain and validate planning master data in SAP and SAP IBP, including materials, locations, planning parameters, lead times, and related attributes.
• Support item lifecycle and master data change processes, including input gathering, approval routing, implementation, and obsolescence activities.
• Build and maintain planning metrics, dashboards, and analytical views that track supply plan health, schedule adherence, inventory position, and planning data quality.
• Support ad‑hoc analysis for launch planning, budget cycles, reforecasting, supply risk assessments, and scenario planning.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of supply chain planning experience, including hands‑on experience with SAP IBP and SAP planning/master data processes.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or another regulated manufacturing environment.

Supply and Demand, Clinical Packaging Operations

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short‑term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).