Supply Chain Manager, Production Planner

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Supply Chain Manager- Production Planning

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!

In this role, you will be part of the Supply Chain team, and you will participate in multiple cross-functional initiatives for Amgen North Carolina (ANC) leading to the implementation and further improvement of related Global and Site Supply Chain systems and processes. The Supply Chain Manager will support capacity planning, forward-looking forecasts, and identify opportunities to improve productivity.

Responsibilities may include:

• Interface with Global Supply Chain Planning on one or more drug substance/product planning networks.

• Conduct scenario analyses to evaluate implications of changes to the production plan.

• Represent Supply Chain on site project teams/new product introduction (NPI) project teams.

• Develop and implement production planning tools, solutions, and methodologies to ensure successful execution of the supply plan, management of inventory, and scrap per corporate and site targets.

• Create and maintain accurate information on the Bill of Materials (BOM)

• Prepare and communicate regular updates to key partners including senior management.

• Support the Supply Chain business process by finding opportunities and providing key potential solutions that will provide automation, analytics, and insights to support strategic decision making.

• Thoroughly understand the various manufacturing process requirements to translate the production plan into a concrete supply plan within SAP or other ERP systems.

• Lead and partner to resolve planning conflicts impacting ANC operations on a day-to-day basis.

• Continuously drive improvement in the Supply Chain process by defining strategies and translating them into actionable objectives.

• Generate, review, and update existing procedures (SOPs/policies), own Trackwise records (Change Control, CAPA).

• Develop and maintain key metrics to show health of the Planning organization.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Supply Chain professional we seek is a Collaborative individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of supply chain or manufacturing experience within a cGMP regulated industry experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 8 years of supply chain or manufacturing experience within a cGMP regulated industry OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of supply chain or manufacturing experience within a cGMP regulated industry OR

• Master’s degree and 2 years of supply chain or manufacturing experience within a cGMP regulated industry experience OR

• Doctorate degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or other Supply Chain, Science or Engineering Master’s degrees.

• 2+ years of experience with widely used planning and analytics applications such as SAP and Rapid Response.

• Demonstrated understanding of life sciences industry, and drug development and commercialization.

• Understanding of end-to-end supply chain business processes.

• Quick process understanding, insight, and visualizing.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Self-starter with high attention to detail, able to work on assigned tasks independently, able to identify and initiate discussions about opportunities for process improvement.

• Ability to thoughtfully and optimally influence and negotiate to resolve issues and gain consensus.

• Strong continuous improvement approach and lean practice experience.

• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, Smartsheet, Miro, and ability to work easily with new software

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans

• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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