Material & Supply Chain Planner

About the role

West Pharmaceutical Services is hiring a Material & Supply Chain Planner in Waterford. The role ensures timely availability of raw materials, components, consumables and other production supplies so that production plans and customer requirements are met. It is a hybrid position with about 3 days per week onsite, Monday to Friday, and no relocation assistance is provided.

Key responsibilities

• Review material requirements for the next 24 months and support medium- and longer-term material readiness
• Review MRP outputs, exception messages and supply signals to identify shortages, delays and excess risk, and coordinate follow-up with Procurement, suppliers, warehouse and planning teams
• Coordinate or initiate replenishment requests and monitor days of stock weekly
• Review stock classification weekly using the Runner, Repeater and Stranger method, and run the monthly re-categorization updates
• Own the monthly Packaging Review process and prepare reports such as shortage, open-order, overdue material and expiry-risk reports
• Escalate shortages, late deliveries and supply constraints, and support prioritization decisions when material constraints affect production or OTIF
• Support the deployment of fulfilment strategies and the management of days of stock of semi-finished goods and packaging onsite or at 3PL
• Assist in root-cause analysis of shortages, support COPQ review and action tracking, and maintain KPIs on material availability and shortage resolution

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or third-level qualification in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering or a related discipline
• Preferred: minimum 5 years of experience in material planning or supply chain operations in a manufacturing environment
• Preferred: experience in cross-functional planning and with SAP MM / PP transactions

Required skills

• Preferred: SAP BI, Power BI or similar reporting tools, and Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Preferred: exposure to AI-enabled analytics or decision-support tools is an advantage

What we offer

• Volunteerism through the West without Borders initiative and other charitable programs
• Training, tuition assistance, leadership development and skill certification
• International career opportunities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific
• Performance-based bonuses, service recognition and employee appreciation