Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Supply Chain Operations Warehouse Planner - Shanbally, Ringaskiddy 

Onsite Days Role

Duties

Main areas of responsibility:

• Manage stock levels on SAP across multiple warehouses including 3PLs, ensuring the correct inventory mix to support picking activities.
• Oversee internal customer orders and internal stock requests, allocating stock and releasing orders for picking for Drug Substance, Drug Product and Packaging operations.
• Coordinate with external partners and internal teams to schedule deliveries efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Track and coordinate incoming and outgoing shipments to ensure raw materials/inbound product and finished goods are delivered correctly.
• Support inventory management and cycle counting activities.
• Participate and support inventory optimization that helps create a strong value proposition for future investment.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports, planning schedules, and other required documentation.
• Planning of daily material operations activities for Warehouse Technicians, Biotechnicians and Shift Leads.
• Support Shift Leads and Biotechnicians on materials operations processes, use of operational excellence tools, and high-performance team behaviors.
• Support daily material operations under cGMP conditions.
• Support business process excellence implementation within Supply Chain Operations (e.g. Daily Management System (DMS), 5S, SMED, Leader Standard Work, Cross training, PPM & Standard work).
• Strong focus of visibility boards for Supply Chain Operations metrics and daily operations.
• Ensure schedule adherence, assist in troubleshooting and facilitate appropriate escalation.
• Support and partner closely with the Supply Chain Operations Managers, Team Lead, shift leads and biotechnicians, Drug Substance, Drug Product and Packaging colleagues.
• Participate in cross-functional teams, as applicable, to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues using root cause analysis tools.
• Develop and demonstrate an active approach to safety, industrial hygiene, environmental and regulatory compliance.
• Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives and productivity and value enhancement projects for Supply Chain Operations.
• Lead the execution of Supply Chain Operations readiness plans for manufacturing campaigns for new and existing products.
• Own, investigate, write and approve associated deviations as well as supporting and coaching Biotechnicians in these functions as required.
• Supervise, and perform as needed, employee training in Warehouse Operations.
• Coach, mentor and train team members on area processes, procedures, use of operational excellence tools, and high-performance team behaviours.

Skills

• Demonstrated planning and scheduling experience working with device assembly, secondary packaging and manufacturing operations in a cGMP environment
• Experience with 3PL operations including material management and storage, 3PL inventory management and fulfilment of inventory requirements
• Experience and demonstrated ability to successfully influence team performance in a high-performance team is preferred
• Strong demonstrated ability in communication and strong ability to interact across cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to train and coach colleagues in processing, operational excellence, team interactions and delivering results.
• Strong process knowledge of supply chain operations and SAP S4 Hana
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven ability to lead and deliver on multiple and agile and flexible to work on multiple initiatives
• Strong continuous improvement focus
• Strong collaboration skills
• Demonstrated ability to train and coach colleagues in processing, operational excellence, team interactions and delivering results
• Experience with regulatory inspections 

Equipment

• Should be proficient in the operation of all equipment used in the respective functional area of responsibility.

Education

• Degree in science/engineering, operations management or industrial engineering required.
• Other continuing education initiatives highly desirable (e.g. Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, industry specific coursework)

Experience

• At least 3 years planning/scheduling experience in a regulated manufacturing warehouse environment with excellent knowledge of material operations.
• Excellent knowledge of ERP and WHMS systems, preferably SAP (SAP S4 Hana)
• Demonstrated ability to partner with other functional groups to achieve business objectives
• Strong knowledge of cGMPs (US & EU), OSHA, ISO, and other regulatory agency standards and requirements applicable to material operations in a pharmaceutical production facility.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills – oral, written and formal presentation skills

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.