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The Position

And as the world evolves, so do we. For over 125 years, we have taken on some of the most complex challenges in healthcare.

The Materials Management Organization is a cornerstone of the Production Site Kaiseraugst including the management of production planning, detailed scheduling, materials planning and master data. As a Master Production Scheduler, you will be part of Kaiseraugst’s Planning Community reporting directly to a Planning Community Lead.

As Master Production Scheduler, you are responsible for the production plan of the products filled within the Site’s assets. Your role is to resolve all conflicts related to assets or products that rise during your responsible planning horizon. 

In this role, you will coordinate with Global and Site functions in order to tackle short/mid term conflicts to promptly address potential backlog/stockout situations and to optimize the usage of our Site resources.

The Opportunity:

Developing and maintaining efficient integration and cooperation with Manufacturing Units, Local Support Functions and Global Supply Chain Functions

Drive optimization by proactively balancing demand priorities against optimal production and efficient resource utilization (i.e. equipment, staff, materials, etc.) within the respective horizon

Revise and maintain detailed planning and scheduling parameters (i.e. calendars, efficiency, utilization, fixed horizon etc.) in the planning system to allow efficient use of system volume planning and detailed scheduling functionality

Proactively communicate on all levels and resolve conflicts related to equipment capacity, staff capacity, materials requirements to optimally mitigate network capacity risks

Who you are:

A Supply Chain professional with a University Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or a related field and 5 or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry

You are a strong team player with demonstrated abilities to think through the process, considering upstream and downstream stakeholders and using the process optimally to achieve results

You use improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean) to analyze and resolve problems focusing on the efficiency and simplification of processes

You have excellent communications skills in English and German and the ability to optimally communicate and influence across all levels of the organization

You take the initiative, embrace new opportunities, convey sense of urgency and are not afraid to take over or lead new responsibilities and/or challenges

Are you interested in this exciting opportunity? Apply now!

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Kaiseraugst is a cornerstone of Roche's global production and logistics network. It employs some 1900 people out of the 10,700 employees at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site and is Roche's largest and most innovative packaging facility worldwide. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.