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Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma.\nReady to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.\nThis role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.\nYour Role:\n\nThe Production Planner 2 plans, schedules, and coordinates products and raw materials through the production schedules. The role expedites operations that delay schedules. It interfaces with Production, Quality Control, and Procurement to review backorder status and prioritize production orders. 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