What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Solvita?
Solvita comes from "sol" meaning sun and "vita" meaning life. As sunlight nurtures new life, we take the donor gift and transform it into new hope, bringing the light of healing to patients in our local hospitals and to patients around the globe in need of tissue transplants.
Because we believe that everyone deserves more time to live life to its fullest.
The Production Planner will plan and prepare master processing schedules to meet customer needs and to maximize processing efficiencies. Prepares and submits status performance reports. Collaborates with management, quality, and processing staff as needed to ensure smooth operations throughout the processing and distribution life of CTS products.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Develops and maintains master schedule for donor allocation.
- Ensures tissues are processed within acceptable timeframes and that inventory levels are met and maintained.
- Creates and maintains PO fulfillment report cards to track yields, sessions processed vs target, and PO fulfillment.
- Provides feedback on donor pool and makes recommendations on donor types and tissues to recover.
- Evaluates forecasts and POs, and new business opportunities for feasibility and reports back to customers and sales team on whether we are able to meet customer requests.
- Reviews charts for proper documentation and donor suitability.
- Writes donor processing instructions.
- Works with Processing Managers on master scheduling and processing needs.
- Develops positive relationships with staff and customers to meet processing goals.
- Manages inventory by monitoring WIP and finished goods inventory and recommending planning changes/master schedule changes to maintain acceptable inventory levels.
- Collaborates with the sales team to determine customer requirements, the processing team to ensure those requirements are met, and with management to resolve any issues.
- Manages private label and OEM PO graft production to ensure on time delivery.
- Writes and revises standard operating procedures and nonconformance reports.
- Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Experience creating pivot tables and using formulas for data analysis in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience leading /managing projects independently.
- A highly competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental insurance
- 401(k) with employer contribution and match
- Generous paid time off (PTO) - up to 5 weeks in your first year!
- Opportunities to participate in recreational activities such as Battle of the Businesses, special events such as Kings Island Day, Dayton Air Show and opportunities to give back.
- Opportunities to join various employee committees
About Solvita
- We began in Dayton in 1964 as the region's first centralized blood bank. The tissue bank was born in 1986 and is now one of the nation's largest tissue banks. Solvita recovers, processes, and distributes human tissue grafts and is the nation's largest non-profit provider of skin grafts for burn patients.
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When Solvita team members come to work they are helping families make more memories. A patient in need gets another chance on life. Our partners help us find solutions, and blood and tissue recipients have better outcomes. What we do at Solvita directly impact lives around the world.
Drug Free Workplace
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible Employer
- Job Family PRODUCTION
- Job Function ADMIN_BUS_PRODUCTION_QC
- Pay Type Salary
- Travel Required No
- Required Education High School
- 2900 College Dr, Kettering, OH 45420, USA
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities.
