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The Role

Bristol-Myers Squibb operates a state-of-the-art multi-product biologics manufacturing facility in Cruiserath, Dublin 15. The facility forms a significant part of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s biologics manufacturing capacity and plays a central role in its global manufacturing network.

BMS Multi-Product Cell Culture (MPCC) Facility Cruiserath is seeking to recruit a permanent Manufacturing Planner to join our team on a permanent basis. This role is critical to ensure the safe and timely delivery of drug substance products through effective planning and scheduling of multiproduct manufacturing operations. The Manufacturing Planner will lead a team of Detailed Manufacturing Schedulers and cultivate strong cross-functional partnerships with key stakeholders, including—but not limited to—Supply Chain, Engineering, and Project Management teams.

Key responsibilities will include:

Leading and overseeing a team of Detailed Manufacturing Schedulers to ensure effective coordination and execution of production plans.
Own and facilitate the daily production meeting, ensuring effective coordination among all attending stakeholders and alignment on operational priorities in the MPCC.
Collaborate with all stakeholders including the Supply Chain organization, Maintenance Planning, New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, the Manufacturing Project Support Team, and Sustaining Manufacturing to ensure comprehensive alignment of batch planning activities with the overarching production schedule.
Develop comprehensive scheduling scenarios for manufacturing operations, New Product Introductions (NPIs), and strategic projects to proactively manage equipment utilization conflicts and address operational capacity constraints.
Take ownership of annual costing and spend tracking for Kanban materials used within the MPCC facility and provide weekly updates to stakeholders during the Manufacturing Tier 2 meeting.
Partner directly with the Upstream Operations Manager, Downstream Operations Manager, and Manufacturing Projects Manager to validate and endorse planning scenarios for integration into the high-level production schedule.
Collaborate closely with Shift Manufacturing Leads to plan, assign, and adjust scheduling scenarios as needed to support dynamic production requirements.
Ensure that Detailed Manufacturing Schedulers coordinate effectively with the Supply Chain team to verify the availability of raw materials and consumables for all scheduled production activities.
Partner with the Manufacturing Technical Training team and shift managers to ensure smooth and effective onboarding experiences, including comprehensive 'door-to-floor' training for new hires
Ensure that Detailed Manufacturing Schedulers maintain close coordination with the Reliability Maintenance team to confirm equipment readiness for all scheduled production activities.
Review, prioritize, and assign stakeholder activities within the manufacturing schedule to optimize operational efficiency and maximize plant uptime.
Maintain a strong understanding of both short-term priorities and long-term business objectives through consistent engagement with leadership and cross-functional teams.
Demonstrate proficiency in all scheduling software utilized on site, including Excel, Bio-G, Kinaxis, and other relevant planning tools, to support efficient and accurate production scheduling.
Coach and mentor the Detailed Manufacturing Scheduling team to foster continuous development, ensure future success, and support succession planning initiatives.

Requirements include:

A degree qualification in Science /Engineering or related discipline is preferred.
At least 5 years’ experience in biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical or medical device facility is required.
Strong communication, organizational and analytical skills are essential.
Intermediate or advanced user skill of standard software applications e.g. MS Word, MS Excel, SharePoint.
Proficiency or working knowledge of scheduling software systems would be an advantage.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Why you should apply

You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical allowance, 27 days of annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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Manager, Manufacturing Scheduler Planner

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