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    LGC Group

    Life Sciences

    Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning

    Petaluma, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time7+ yrs experience$130k / yearPosted 11h ago
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    Job description

    The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning is a leadership position accountable for managing the planning process for supply, inventory, and capacity within the Petaluma site in the D&G Business Unit. This role ensures continuous product availability by balancing service levels, costs, regulatory requirements, and operational performance. The Senior Manager works closely with teams in Demand Planning, Manufacturing, R&D, QA/RA, Commercial, Product Management, Finance, and Procurement to synchronize supply chain plans with organizational objectives.

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential functions:

    Planning for long-term goals & Leadership

    • Lead the development of local supply chain planning strategies, aligning with commercial demand, Demand Planning forecast, manufacturing capabilities, corporate and departmental objectives.
    • Build, mentor, and lead high-performing planning teams across supply planning.
    • Serve as a key contributor to enterprise strategy, new product launches, network build, and capacity expansion initiatives.

    Demand & Supply Planning

    • Collaborate with the Demand Planning team to understand forecasts that will feed into ERP. Understand what is both captured and absent, whether forecasts are growing, decreasing, or remain unchanged and how that will affect the onward supply plan. Support cooperation between Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and commercial teams to ensure accurate, aligned forecasts.
    • Translate demand signals into executable supply plans across internal and external manufacturing sites.
    • Ensure robust scenario planning to manage variability, constraints, and risk (e.g., demand volatility, capacity limitations, supply disruptions).
    • Collaborate with Procurement to ensure they have insight into key supply changes that have a raw material impact.
    • Own benchmark analysis and improvement for sites within remit. OTIF (On Time in Full), Backorders, IQR (Inventory Quality Ratio), and TAT (Turnaround Time).

    Inventory & Capacity Management

    • Lead and facilitate local SIOP Process, feeding blocking issues into Executive review.
    • Optimize inventory levels to meet service targets while minimizing working capital and obsolescence risk.
    • Build robust Capacity Planning processes to track and report on bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities, which balance short- and long-term needs across the business.

    Master Data

    • Establish proficiency in localized Master Data requirements, ensuring processes are adhered to.
    • Support Global Master Data development initiatives where required.

    Compliance & Risk Management

    • Ensure planning processes align with GMP, GDP, and other regulatory requirements.
    • Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to support audits, inspections, and change management activities.
    • Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks.

    Operational Excellence

    • Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
    • Develop Planning functionality both within ERP and applying non-ERP tools.
    • Lead data-driven decision-making, benchmark development, and performance management.
    • Support digital transformation and automation of planning processes.

    Other

    • Perform other duties as required, or assigned by management, to meet business needs.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or another related field, or equivalent experience.
    • Minimum of 7 years in a planning management role.
    • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning software procurement modules.
    • Effective negotiation and communication skills.
    • Experience working in a matrixed interpersonal structure.
    • Experience with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc).

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Masters in Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent experience.
    • APICS or similar certification.
    • Experience with IFS ERP system.
    • Life Science, Medical Device, or Biotech experience.
    • Experience in a regulated environment (e.g. ISO13485) with knowledge of related GMP/QA/RA requirements.
    • Professional licenses/certifications.
    • Technology/Equipment Knowledge (e.g. Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Excel).

    The customary salary range for this position is:

    Minimum pay rate: $130,000 USD

    Maximum pay rate: $200,000 USD

    The salary range provided covers the minimum and maximum amounts projected for this role. The base salary will be influenced by factors like experience, skills, and location.

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

    Join LGC and become part of a team that values collaboration, integrity, and brilliance in all we do. We are committed to encouraging a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our mission.

    Our values:

    • PASSION
    • CURIOSITY
    • INTEGRITY
    • BRILLIANCE
    • RESPECT

    Equal opportunities 

    LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, parental responsibilities, religion, or belief. Shortlisting, interviewing, and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

    For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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    About the company

    LGC Group

    LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ) is an international life sciences company working with customers in the government, academic, pharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology, food, environment, security and sports sectors. LGC’s Grant Management Group (GMG) manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of government departments and other large national health bodies, to improve NHS patient health and care. At the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) we enable and deliver world-class research that transforms people’s lives, promotes economic growth and advances science. We manage public investment in excess of £550 million per annum and provide bespoke expertise to charitable and commercial organisations to get the most out of their research funding. The NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) in Twickenham, based at LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ), is one of NIHR’s Coordinating Centres and manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of NIHR and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). This role is based in the Systems Team at Twickenham.

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