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Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.\nThe Position\nThe individual in this role will be responsible for planning all production activities for RTD Tucson Operations and affiliated production sites to meet demand within designated time frames.\nThe position requires an individual with strong organizational and attention to detail skills. They must have initiative and be self-motivated to achieve. They must be able to work with a diverse team of managers and scientists. Other desirable attributes include accountability, flexibility, strong work ethic and the willingness to speak up about issues.\nThis is an essential position supporting Manufacturing Operations and could occasionally require attendance on weekends, holidays, after hours and during emergency conditions, such as inclement weather and power failure.\nResponsibilities:\nProduction Planning (75%)\nPerforms daily, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly planning processes and activities to meet all objectives.\nPlans material requirements to support production, service and sales based on ERP requirements, to ensure manufacturing flow is not interrupted or delayed due to shortages, and that sales orders can be filled, while also minimizing inventory levels and scrap.\nMonitors and adjusts production schedule based on availability of jobs accounting for each processing step to level load the factory.\nSchedules work orders in ERP system and coordinates their release with manufacturing.\nReschedules 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to ensure appropriate stock levels (including safety stock).\nManages shelf life dates so as not to cause disruption of supply.\nTeamwork and Collaboration (15%)\nEffectively communicates material planning status to the team and extended leadership.\nMonitor potential increases or decreases in orders from global planning and escalate changes as needed.\nInterfaces with Manufacturing and Quality to disposition discrepant material.\nEffectively communicates with all key stakeholders when problems are suspected or become evident.\nProactively elevates concerns to Senior Manager with all necessary details to ensure leadership is well-informed of the issue, the likely ramifications, and the recommended solution.\nEffectively communicates and aligns changes in planning schedule or inventory strategies to the team and extended leadership, including impact to absorption and demand.\nInteracts with external and internal customers, buyers, and warehouse staff to ensure items are made available to production on time.\nEffectively collaborates cross-functionally with technical teams to support product launches.\nActs as a back-up for other planning team members to ensure no gaps in production schedules.\nSafety and Quality (5%)\nOperates with a safety and quality mindset.\nCompletes all training in a timely manner to meet compliance requirements of >=95%.\nMaintains quality system compliance (e.g., follow processes and procedures as written)\nMaintains current process information and documentation per internal and external guidelines.\nCreates and updates clear instructions, procedures and process flows that capture existing departmental processes as it pertains to the planning of materials in their purview.\nParticipation in internal or external audits and regulatory inspections as requested.\nProficient with current PLM systems.\nContinuous Improvement (5%)\nProactively monitors lot sizes to optimize manufacturing efficiencies while minimizing scrap and inventory levels.\nProactively identifies errors in routings, recipes, work centers, and resources to ensure that MRP is driving properly.\nProficient in lean tools required by organizational leadership for area\nEvaluates group processes and executes process simplification as required\nOperates with a lean mindset\nContinuing education of medical device regulations.\nOther duties as assigned.\nEducation/Experience:\nBachelor’s degree required.\nPlanning experience is not required.\nKnowledge Skills and Abilities:\nExcellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.\nAbility to follow written procedures and document work accurately.\nAbility to be flexible, responsive to change, and multitask.\nAbility to partner and collaborate to work cross-functionally.\nSituational assessment and decision-making skills.\nDetail oriented with strong mathematical aptitude.\nStrong learning agility.\nPromote, drive and implement a Team First culture.\nChange agent promoting and driving a culture 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