Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning

This is a 12-month contract position.

Are 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!

The 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.

As 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.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:

• Direct integrated supply production inventory and capacity planning for complex high-impact or strategically important areas.
• Convert demand inventory strategy and service requirements into actionable production purchasing transfer and replenishment plans for complex or strategically important areas.
• Develop scenarios that measure service inventory capacity cost quality and operational trade-offs.
• Analyze intricate MRP outcomes and direct solutions for shortages surplus inventory delayed supply rescheduling needs and schedule interruptions.
• Lead SIOP forums by presenting clear assumptions scenarios risks and advised decisions for high-impact or strategically important areas.
• Predict and guide the resolution of major shortages bottlenecks backlog excess inventory and expiry risks.
• Assess service risks and recommend customer priorities when supply is constrained.
• Lead cross-functional reviews of supply capacity inventory and operational constraints.
• Establish realistic supply availability and customer commitment recommendations and lead recovery reviews with clearly documented decisions owners achievements actions and critical issue requirements.
• Partner with Purchasing and strategic suppliers to address recurring lead-time delivery capacity and supply-continuity risks.
• Serve as the planning point of contact for complex production material quality-release customer-commitment and master-data blocking issues.
• Develop medium- and long-term capacity requirements and identify labor equipment testing storage and material constraints.
• Develop and improve production sequences batch and campaign plans and changeover assumptions for complex or capacity-constrained operations.
• Lead planning support for product launches transfers network changes discontinuations and other central initiatives.
• Establish and improve planning parameters master data metrics dashboards controls standard work governance and cross-site alignment.
• Ensure 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.

Qualifications :

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Business Engineering Life Sciences or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience.
• Five or more years of relevant experience in supply production materials or manufacturing planning.
• Established background in managing intricate restrictions and formulating supply inventory and capacity scenarios.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP/MRP concepts and planning transactions plus strong data-analysis and performance-measurement skills.
• Strong knowledge of planning parameters inventory strategy capacity modeling order management master-data governance and SIOP processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional discussions influence decisions without direct authority and present clear recommendations to leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with SAP IFS or a comparable coordinated platform.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Tableau Snowflake or approved AI-enabled analytical tools.
• Regulated-industry experience and SIOP leadership.
• APICS/ASCM certification and continuous-improvement training.

Behavioural and interpersonal proficiencies:

• Resonate and operate in line with LGCs core value behaviors: Passion Curiosity Integrity Brilliance and Respect.
• Lead through influence and serve as a trusted point for blocking issues on complex planning decisions.
• Translate ambiguity and data into clear scenarios recommendations and decisions.
• Mentor planners establish standards and improve functional consistency without formal authority.
• Anticipate risk challenge assumptions constructively and drive balanced corrective action.
• Build effective relationships with leadership and cross-functional collaborators.
• Manage multiple strategic priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Use data and approved analytical tools responsibly and reinforce quality safety compliance and data-integrity requirements.

Additional Information :

What we offer (US based-employees):

• Competitive compensation with strong bonus program
• Comprehensive medical dental and vision benefits for employees and dependents
• FSA/HSA Pre-tax savings plans for health care childcare and elder care
• Voluntary Accident Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity programs
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching employer contribution
• Company-paid short- and long- term disability life insurance and employee assistance program
• Pet Insurance for our furry friends
• 8 weeks of parental leave for qualifying life event
• Town Hall monthly meeting onsite/virtual Cheer program where employees are recognized for outstanding work Companywide social events frequent catered lunches and much more!

This position requires current U.S. work authorization. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for temporary visas (including H1B H2B OPT O1 TN)

ABOUT LGC: 

LGC 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. 

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY 
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

LGC 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. Short listing interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender sexual orientation marital status color race nationality ethnic or national origins religion or belief age or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC please visit our website

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time