Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While Lonza works in science, there’s no magic formula to how they do it. Their greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, they let their people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work Lonza wants to be part of.

The Production Scheduler is responsible for proactively maintaining and continuously improving the production schedule.

Perform all duties to ensure the departmental schedules are accurate and communicated to all relevant departments to drive short term execution of plans

Ensure all schedules are created respecting existing labour and asset capacities and achievable based on planned material availabilities

Drive timely resolution of all scheduling conflicts with relevant partners.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform all duties to ensure the Materials Requirements Plans are completed to ensure the timely availability of materials to support the product Supply Plan

  Responsible to liaise with all key functions to ensure timely updates to material plans considering changes to plans or material availability issues

  Execution of key tasks to support inventory plans and optimization initiatives

• Perform all routine tasks to convert planned orders into material plans including the creation and management of material planned requirements
• Liaison with Supply Planner and Schedulers to ensure all material plans are up to date and responsive to changes in material requirements
• Creation and maintenance of detailed material planning parameters in Planning systems
• Conversion of the material requirements plan (purchase requisitions) into Purchase Orders
• Expediting material availability through liaison with procurement and teams involved with inbound material processing
• Creation and management of material related KPIs and measures to ensure accurate understanding of material availability
• Execution of key material availability, mobilization or write actions to support optimal management of inventory while reducing scrap/waste
• Liase with key stakeholders (Supply Planner, Scheduler and PM) to develop safety stock and inventory plans to meet production plans
• Track, report and facilitate on-time material availability including testing and release for production

Key requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience in SCM, Procurement or any relevant field
• Experience in SCM, Materials Planning/Scheduling and/or Purchasing
• Good knowledge of SAP and MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint)
• Good communication and presentation skils
• Fluency in German and English is required
• Strong Teammate and able to work across cross-functional teams

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For Lonza, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How they achieve their business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, they respect and protect their people and their environment. Any success Lonza achieves is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, Lonza offers the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.