Supply Chain Buyer/Planner

Job Summary:

The Supply Chain Buyer/Planner is responsible for planning, revising, and delivering the Master Production Schedule, ensuring a streamlined approach to meet sales demands for various product groups. This role coordinates GMP and non-GMP purchasing and planning activities in coordination with the technical operations team, and other function leaders, to ensure production goals are met in a cost effective and timely manner. This role requires strong planning skills, as well as the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, with a history in materials management, procurement, and/or inventory planning. The ideal candidate is dependable, self-motivated, highly proactive, and adaptable to a changing environment.

Reporting to: Associate Director, Supply Chain Planning
Location: Newark, CA - 4 days/week onsite
Salary Range: $90,000 - $105,000 annually

* the final salary offered will depend upon factors that may include but are not limited to the quality and length of experience, education and geographic location.

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

• Plan the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and execute production orders ensuring finished goods are available in a timely manner to meet sales demands for assigned product groups.
• Revise Master Production Schedule (MPS) as needed for design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with R&D, Engineering, Sales, and Operations as needed.
• Assist in maintaining and identifying economic order quantities (coordinating with the suppliers MOQs) while considering multiple locations and inventory/warehouse spaces.
• Execute the Material Requirements Plan (MRP) through placing and managing all purchase orders to vendors or contract manufacturers.
• Perform maintenance of open purchase orders, monitor all changes in ETAs, and support AP with any purchase order to invoice discrepancies.
• Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the planning and procurement process.
• Work alongside Strategic Sourcing to secure new suppliers and resolve supplier issues, delays, or quality issues.
• Manage inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands and department/company goals.
• Maintain consistent communication with vendors to ensure all delivery and quality requirements are met.
• Coordinate communication/relationships with our contract manufacturers to ensure purchased goods arrive on time. Work as a liaison between the CMO and Crown for any changes to the product, quality issues, or supply chain concerns.
• Monitor inventory turns (Months of Cover) and develop recommendations for improvement.
• Analyze and manage MPS, MRP, and Material master/parameters Data within ERP and IBP/S&OP system(s)
• Maintain strong working relationships with Operations, Quality, Sales, and Finance along with key suppliers ensuring a cohesive supply chain of materials.
• Communicate/meet with manufacturing, production & project team members, and managers to align production and project requirements.
• Complete special projects and assignments as required, including new product development.
• May require limited travel to support supplier performance reviews/audits.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree & 3+ year' directly related experience; OR
• Master's degree & 1+ years' directly related experience.
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Materials Management, Supply Chain, or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3+ years' supply chain planning experience.
• Experience with advanced planning systems and materials management concepts.
• Experience with Aptean ROSS ERP.
• Certified Supply Chain Professional.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability interact professionally and effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Ability to gain knowledge of company products, and comply with company quality, environmental, and safety policies and procedures, and understand and adhere to FDA and GMP requirements.
• Ability to apply logical thinking and sound judgement to arrive at appropriate business decisions; this includes a sense of balance between risks involved, timeliness, cost factors, and other business considerations.
• Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent organizational and record keeping skills, with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize assignments, deal with interruptions, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and advanced Excel experience).
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule.

Company Summary:

Revance is a fast-growing global aesthetics and skincare company focused on providing innovative aesthetics and market-leading skincare offerings throughout every stage of life. With a differentiated portfolio of products spanning 60 countries, Revance meets the evolving needs of patients and consumers worldwide through continued innovation and commercialization of new products and treatments.

What Revance invests in you:

• Competitive Compensation including base salary and annual performance bonus.
• Flexible PTO, holidays, and parental leave.
• Generous healthcare benefits, HSA match, 401k match, employer paid life and disability insurance, pet insurance, wellness discounts and much more!

This section of the job description is required by the American with Disability Act (ADA). The ADA requires that job descriptions reflect the physical and mental demands required to effectively perform the essential duties of the job. The ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against a "qualified individual with a disability" in all aspects of the employment relationship. A "qualified individual with a disability" is "an individual who meets the education, experience, skill, and other job-related requirements of a position held or desired, and who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of a specified job."

Revance is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.