Senior Associate Production Planner

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative medicines for patients with serious diseases. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company has a diverse portfolio, including treatments for sleep disorders, epilepsy, and cancer. They are seeking a Supply Chain professional to support logistics and production scheduling, ensuring efficient operations and collaboration across departments. Candidates should possess a minimum of five years' experience in a similar role, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in ERP systems. Jazz is committed to equal opportunity employment and offers various benefits to successful applicants.

If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to
transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing
life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no
therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading
therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments.
Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development
advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and
neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development
laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to
serving patients worldwide. Please visit

for more information.

Reporting to the Logistics Associate Director, this role is to support the end-to-end Supply Chain activities ensuring efficient and smooth operation, and to support the link between GW commercial activities and onward distribution to our partners.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Production Scheduling.
• Schedule adherence and KPI performance measures.
• Support New Product Introductions (NPI).
• Analyse reporting data to identify and define Supply Chain process opportunities and system improvements.
• Provide analytical data in support of S & OP.
• Maintain Long Term Planning and Capacity data.
• To participate and help facilitate, as needed, appropriate supply chain operational and continuous improvement projects.
• To deputise for senior production planner where appropriate and where required.
• The job holder is responsible for maintaining appropriate standards of cGxP and Health and Safety applicable to the job.
• Work closely with management to continuously prioritise business information needs.

Detailed Functions/Responsibilities

Scheduling and S&OP:

• Develop and maintain a detailed production schedule based on sales forecasts, customer orders, and inventory levels.
• Collaborate with relevant departments to gather information on upcoming promotions, new product launches, or changes in demand.
• Anticipate potential disruptions to the production schedule and develop contingency plans.
• Execute the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and MRP to ensure seamless supply to all internal customer groups.
• Align short- and long-term plan with all relevant stakeholders, communicate plans to all relevant parties and maintain a record of the different plans over time.
• Materials management and allocations for all key company materials and supplies.
• Effectively plan and collaborate around business changes, new product introductions and projects affecting the supply chain.

Capacity Planning and Inventory:

• Assess production capacity and identify constraints to ensure optimal utilization of resources.
• Work closely with production teams to balance workload and address any capacity issues proactively.
• Monitor inventory levels and adjust production schedules to maintain optimal stock levels.
• Implement inventory control measures to minimize excess or obsolete inventory.

KPI’s:

• Develop and maintain up-to-date data for all relevant areas including daily/weekly/monthly reporting and managing the development and maintenance of Dashboards.
• Track lag and lead metrics such as schedule adherence, SLAs and in process indicators.

• Utilise data analytics tools to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and make data-driven decisions.
• Generate regular reports on production performance, highlighting areas for improvement.

Continuous Improvement:

• Develop a working environment that promotes continuous improvement, the elimination of operational waste within the supply chain and efficient and customer orientated ways of working.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains within the production planning process.
• Implement best practices to enhance overall production planning effectiveness.

cGxP and Health & Safety:

• To help ensure appropriate standards of cGMP, cGDP and Health and Safety are maintained within the department. Carry out work in a way that will not affect their own or others health, safety and security or the environment and reports any shortcomings in GW arrangements.

ERP System Management:

• Proficiently use the company’s ERP (SAP) system to input and extract relevant production data.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity within the ERP systems (MM, orders, no past dues, etc).

General:

• Identify issues and escalate to Supply Chain Management Team as required.
• Undertake such duties as deemed reasonable and necessary to support changing needs of the business.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar Supply Chain position.
• Knowledge of a broad base of Supply Chain functions and disciplines.
• The nature of the position requires high levels of self-motivation and exceptional commitment to the success of team members and the company as a whole.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal to internal and external stakeholders.
• Confident and capable in detailed data manipulation and analysis using many different applications including: MS Office, relational databases and ERP software (SAP).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Flexibility to work in a demanding environment.
• Confident and articulate in dealing with senior managers, demonstrating credibility when answering questions regarding the data set, analysis and assumptions.
• Able to work independently and driven to deliver results.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as the role will usually require collaboration with larger teams on various projects.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Experience in lean and CI tools and techniques.
• Ability to change direction and handle multiple responsibilities and tasks on a regular basis.
• Experience in controlled drug management and requirements.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: