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Our high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.\nOur tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimize food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.\nLGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. Join us and help us achieve our mission of Science for a Safer World!\nWith manufacturing sites across the US, UK, Germany and Denmark, LGC Biosearch Technologies has plans to continue growing. We deliver mission critical genomics to our diverse customer base in molecular diagnostics, pharma/biotech and agrigenomics. Our integrated portfolio of products, services and expertise supports our purpose of Science for a Safer World and we have embodied our mission by working with customers to enable research into life-altering treatment for disease and illness worldwide. We are currently seeking candidates who are up for the challenge of operating in a high-growth, purpose-driven organization.\n This is a 12-month contract position.\nAre you prepared to take on a crucial role in a world-class company? Join LGC as a Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning, and become part of an exceptionally innovative team committed to ensuring seamless supply chain operations. This is your opportunity to influence the future of supply chain planning with a company known for its ambition and demonstrated success!\nThe Supply Chain Planning Manager directs planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important supply demands. The role merges demand, supply, inventory, capacity, quality, and operational risks into practical scenarios and proposals.\nAs a senior individual contributor and process owner, the position serves as a subject-matter expert and a point of contact for critical issues. It influences cross-functional decisions, mentors other planners, and improves planning processes and capabilities.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:\nDirect integrated supply, production, inventory, and capacity planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important areas.\nConvert demand, inventory strategy, and service requirements into actionable production, purchasing, transfer, and replenishment plans for complex or strategically important areas.\nDevelop scenarios that measure service, inventory, capacity, cost, quality, and operational trade-offs.\nAnalyze intricate MRP outcomes and direct solutions for shortages, surplus inventory, delayed supply, rescheduling needs, and schedule interruptions.\nLead SIOP forums by presenting clear assumptions, scenarios, risks, and advised decisions for high-impact or strategically important areas.\nPredict and guide the resolution of major shortages, bottlenecks, backlog, excess inventory, and expiry risks.\nAssess service risks and recommend customer priorities when supply is constrained.\nLead cross-functional reviews of supply, capacity, inventory, and operational constraints.\nEstablish realistic supply, availability, and customer commitment recommendations, and lead recovery reviews with clearly documented decisions, owners, achievements, actions, and critical issue requirements.\nPartner with Purchasing and strategic suppliers to address recurring lead-time, delivery, capacity, and supply-continuity risks.\nServe as the planning point of contact for complex production, material, quality-release, customer-commitment, and master-data blocking issues.\nDevelop medium- and long-term capacity requirements and identify labor, equipment, testing, storage, and material constraints.\nDevelop and improve production sequences, batch and campaign plans, and changeover assumptions for complex or capacity-constrained operations.\nLead planning support for product launches, transfers, network changes, discontinuations, and other central initiatives.\nEstablish and improve planning parameters, master data, metrics, dashboards, controls, standard work, governance, and cross-site alignment.\nEnsure the accuracy and integrity of production and supply orders, planning parameters, dates, quantities, lot sizes, safety stocks, priorities, and related ERP transactions within the assigned scope.\n Minimum qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience.\nFive or more years of relevant experience in supply, production, materials, or manufacturing planning.\nEstablished background in managing intricate restrictions and formulating supply, inventory, and capacity scenarios.\nAdvanced knowledge of ERP/MRP concepts and planning transactions plus strong data-analysis and performance-measurement skills.\nStrong knowledge of planning parameters, inventory strategy, capacity modeling, order management, master-data governance, and SIOP processes.\nDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional discussions, influence decisions without direct authority, and present clear recommendations to leadership.\nPreferred qualifications:\nExperience with SAP, IFS, or a comparable coordinated platform.\nDemonstrated proficiency with Tableau, Snowflake, or approved AI-enabled analytical tools.\nRegulated-industry experience and SIOP leadership.\nAPICS/ASCM certification and continuous-improvement training.\nBehavioural and interpersonal proficiencies:\nResonate and operate in line with LGC’s core value behaviors: Passion, Curiosity, Integrity, Brilliance, and Respect.\nLead through influence and serve as a trusted point for blocking issues on complex planning decisions.\nTranslate ambiguity and data into clear scenarios, recommendations, and decisions.\nMentor planners, establish standards, and improve functional consistency without formal authority.\nAnticipate risk, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive balanced corrective action.\nBuild effective relationships with leadership and cross-functional collaborators.\nManage multiple strategic priorities and adapt to changing business needs.\nUse data and approved analytical tools responsibly and reinforce quality, safety, compliance, and data-integrity requirements.\n What we offer (US based-employees):\nCompetitive compensation with strong bonus program\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents\nFSA/HSA Pre-tax savings plans for health care, childcare, and elder care\nVoluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity programs\n401(k) retirement plan with matching employer contribution\nCompany-paid short- and long- term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program\nPet Insurance for our furry 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We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for temporary visas (including H-1B, H-2B, OPT, O-1, TN)\nABOUT LGC:\nLGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.\nOUR VALUES\nPASSION\nCURIOSITY\nINTEGRITY\nBRILLIANCE\nRESPECT\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES\nLGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. 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