Production Planner - Biotech (a)

As Production Planner (a), you will be responsible for developing and maintaining manufacturing schedules to support clinical and commercial production activities within a GMP-regulated environment. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Management, Engineering, Validation, and Site Leadership to ensure production plans are executed efficiently while proactively managing constraints and risks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain daily manufacturing production schedules for clinical and commercial programs.
• Support medium- and long-term production planning activities to meet manufacturing demand.
• Manage and coordinate product changeover schedules and timelines.
• Monitor production progress and work closely with manufacturing teams to track completion status and update schedules as needed.
• Ensure accurate planning of resources, capacity, and operational requirements.
• Proactively identify scheduling constraints, risks, and bottlenecks, and propose alternative solutions.
• Support facility readiness activities, including commissioning, qualification/validation (CQV), shutdowns, and changeovers.
• Plan and track maintenance activities (routine and non-routine) to minimize impact on production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Validation, and Plant Management.
• Drive issue resolution to support project and production success.
• Communicate planning, scheduling, and operational updates to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Report project and scheduling status to management and relevant teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning systems and processes and recommend solutions.