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Production Scheduler

GlaxoSmithKline
United States, North Carolina, Zebulon
1011 North Arendell Avenue (Show on map)
Apr 08, 2025
Site Name: USA - North Carolina - Zebulon
Posted Date: Apr 7 2025

Are you looking for a pivotal role in production planning where you can build business partnerships, enhance efficiency, and accelerate production processes? If so, the Production Planner position at GSK could be an exciting opportunity for you to explore.

As a Production Planner at GSK, you will be responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the supply chain activities at our site. This role involves overseeing demand and supply management, order fulfillment, production scheduling, raw material planning, material management operations, and customer interface.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

  • Maintenance of an accurate Open Order Book so systems can be used to identify when product shipments are scheduled to occur.

  • Execution of a level-loaded and Fixed Frequency Repeating Schedule (FFRS) methodology to ensure order fulfillment.

  • Measurement of Conformance to Schedule (CTS), Schedule Stability (SS), and Cycle Time for all assigned work centers.

  • Facilitation of daily supply chain performance management session (i.e. Flow Meeting) to represent select work centers.

  • Maintenance of an up-to-date capacity definition for select production work centers, based on demonstrated output.

  • Execution of a pre-defined Performance Management process to ensure order fulfillment, whilst maintaining strict adherence to the FFRS methodology and intent.

  • Accommodation of the Production Scheduling requirements for non-standard activity (such as New Product Introduction or Artwork/Pack Change), whilst maintaining strict adherence to the FFRS methodology and intent.

  • Constant monitoring, maintenance and complete accuracy of all Supply critical fields within all data systems related to the select work centers for which the Production Scheduler is responsible.

  • Identification and mitigation of stock at risk and working with key support functions in processing any inventory write off requests.

Why you? Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • High School Diploma and some College Coursework

  • 3+ years' experience in a logistics/ production related role.

  • SAP experience

  • Scheduler or Planner experience

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

  • Qualification in a Commerce / Business / supply chain related discipline, logistics, supply management, demand management, operational management desirable.

  • Bachelor's degree

  • Highly numerate with knowledge of planning/scheduling systems

  • Time management and prioritization skills

  • Ability to assimilate information from different sources to generate achievable plans

  • Good Communicator

  • Attention to detail with ability to work under pressure

  • Influence key stakeholder

  • Ability to learn new systems

  • Prior Pharmaceutical experience

About the Zebulon Site

GSK's Zebulon site is a global supplier of Respiratory and Solid Dose medicines to patients around the globe and the largest GSK Pharmaceutical secondary manufacturing site in North America. The site is located less than 30 minutes from downtown Raleigh, Wendell, Knightdale, Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Wake Forest.

Key differentiators about GSK and Zebulon:

  • Our commitment to inclusion and diversity - we see diversity as a critical advantage of ours

  • Our focus on cultivating a positive work environment that cares for our employees

  • Demonstrated opportunities for continued career growth driven by individual ambition

  • Leaders that care about their teams and growth of both individuals and the company

  • A priority focuses on Safety and Quality

  • Clean and GMP compliant work environment

  • Onsite cafeteria

  • Onsite gym

  • Temperature-controlled climate

  • Licensed, onsite Health & Wellness clinic

#LI-GSK

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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