Sr. Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range:

Job Purpose
This role will report directly to the Supervisor, Planning & Procurement and will be responsible for developing, managing, and executing the master production schedule for a rapidly growing life sciences reagent manufacturing facility. Primary activities will be inventory planning of finished goods from start to finish, coordinating and printing manufacturing jobs, and leading other production planning activities such as managing scrap, conducting cycle counts, and deductions.

Responsibilities

• Set master production schedule for finished goods consisting of bulks, intermediate bulks, fills, kits, and any internal customer forecast needs.
• Collaborate with Supervisor to lock the schedule for production launches weekly by monitoring inventory levels daily. Ensure due diligence on raw material availability, lot size requirements, and any other exceptions prior to locking schedule.
• Provide finalized schedule to manufacturing and QC.
• Prepare, print, and provide work orders and job/batch record packets to manufacturing and QC team for production and testing.
• Monitor work orders throughout the production and QC process – checking for delays / issues and escalating appropriately.
• Lead cross functional daily status meetings with manufacturing and quality control teams.
• Collaborate with buyers to ensure alignment between the schedule and raw material allocation. 
• Minimize material scrap by managing expiration date of product, starting jobs on time, and optimizing job quantity.
• Conduct all material transactions needed in ERP system including but not limited to backflushing, job creation, adjustments, cycle counting, and variances. 
• Lead cycle count quarterly for all production bulks, fills, and finished good kits.
• Lead Bill of Material, Part Number creation, and Cost Roll for all NPIs and production requirements. 
• Support all change orders and NCPs as needed related to production and planning

Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field required, or equivalent experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience:

• 3+ years of production planning or scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in life sciences, biotech, or regulated industries (ISO 13485 a plus).
• Demonstrated experience managing master production schedules and coordinating cross functional execution.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems; experience with advanced planning/scheduling modules preferred.
• Experience supporting NPIs, BOM creation, and cost structures.
• Experience with a regular cycle count program
• Experience working in a build to stock business within planning or buying
• Experience working in an Assay / reagent manufacturing facility a plus
   

Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of production planning, scheduling, and material flow principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve scheduling conflicts and production constraints.
• High proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills to lead cross-functional discussions and drive alignment.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, MRP, and inventory management best practices.

Physical Requirements:
• Occasionally lifting 25lbs
• Working at a computer station for long periods
• Ability to enter warehouse, production labs