Minneapolis, MN, US
75 days ago
Planner

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.

Position Summary:

The responsibilities of this position are to plan and track the manufacturing of components and kit assemblies based on information from the ERP/MRP system, to successfully meet our customer requirements. 

Essential Functions: 

Manage product lines with special requirements of varying complexity for OEM customers and distributors (i.e., lead-times, lot number, expiration dates). Employees expected to make decisions with oversight from management. Determine the start date, due date, and quantity of each item to be manufactured based on Master Production Schedule. Using planning principles, effectively manage customer requirements and inventory value, without increasing scrap.  May be required to collaborate with other departments and manager to troubleshoot and complete projects. Monitor and manage production orders using Bio-Techne software. Ability to troubleshoot issues of limited/moderate complexity independently and escalating high-complexity issues to supervisor and team. Identify opportunities for process improvement. Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels using historical sales data. Manage open production orders, past due production orders, past due planned orders. Communicate expectations with relevant manufacturing, quality, and customer care teams. Monitor and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI), including daily review of customer backorders Identify expired items, salvage useable components, and re-work when possible. Assist in launch of new kits. Follows company policies and practices as outlined in the Handbook and follows guidelines regarding safety as outlined in the AWAIR, Chemical Hygiene and Exposure Control manuals in accordance to the job. Demonstrates EPIC values in daily work. Performs additional duties as assigned.
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