Position Title: Materials Planning & Supplier Operations Manager
Work Location: Indianapolis, IN 46241
Assignment Duration: 5+ Months
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week with flexibility required as the production site works 7 days a week.
Work Arrangement: Onsite at the manufacturing campus
 
Position Summary:

• The Manager, Materials Planning & Supplier Operations is accountable for ensuring end?to?end material and service availability required to support safe, compliant, and uninterrupted manufacturing operations at the Indianapolis manufacturing campus.
• This role integrates material planning, purchasing execution, supplier performance management, and site procurement for services and capital investments (CAPEX). The position plays a critical role in translating demand and investment needs into executable supply and sourcing strategies, improving planning stability, safeguarding production continuity, and enabling disciplined capital deployment across the site.
• The role is designed to operate effectively in a complex, multi?technology manufacturing environment and to scale with evolving operational scope.

 
Background & Context: This position supports The Organization's manufacturing operations by owning materials planning, procurement execution, and supplier management to maintain uninterrupted, compliant production in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
 
Key Responsibilities:
Materials Planning & MRP Governance

• Own sitelevel materials planning execution, ensuring effective use of MRP logic, parameters, and planning calendars across operations.
• Drive timephased, exception?based material planning to reduce replanning, manual overrides, and reactive purchasing.
• Lead rootcause analysis for material?driven production disruptions, including shortages, supplier constraints, and planning inaccuracies.
• Partner with Production Planning to ensure material feasibility is embedded in executable production schedules.

Procurement Execution – Materials, Services & CAPEX

• Own end to end procurement execution for Direct and indirect production materials, Site based services supporting manufacturing operations, Capital equipment and infrastructure (CAPEX).
• Ensure purchasing activities are compliant with global sourcing strategies, financial controls, and procurement policies.
• Provide governance and prioritization for CAPEX sourcing activities, ensuring alignment with project timelines, technical requirements, and budget constraints.
• Directly manage a dedicated CAPEX buyer, providing oversight, prioritization, and development.

Supplier Performance & Risk Management

• Own site level supplier performance for materials, services, and CAPEX, including delivery reliability, responsiveness, and issue resolution.
• Proactively identify and escalate supply, capacity, or commercial risks impacting production continuity or capital delivery.
• Drive corrective actions with suppliers, Engineering, Quality, and Global Procurement partners.

Inventory Health & Asset Protection

• Actively manage inventory risk, including excess, expired, blocked, slow?moving, and obsolete materials.
• Define coverage strategies and safety stocks aligned with criticality, lead times, and operational risk profiles.
• Support working capital optimization while protecting operational continuity.

Cross Functional & Governance Leadership

• Serve as the site owner for material readiness and procurement performance discussions in execution and escalation forums.
• Provide credible inputs into site S&OP processes, including material, supplier, and capacity risk scenarios.
• Establish and continuously improve planning, procurement, and supplier governance standards, KPIs, and ways of working across the site.
• Act as a capability builder for planners and buyers, reinforcing planning discipline, structured problem solving, and accountability.

Compliance & Data Integrity

• Ensure full compliance with GMP, SOX, financial controls, and procurement governance, including documentation and audit readiness.
• Maintain high data quality in ERP systems (D365, SAP), including material masters, purchasing info records, lead times, and planning parameters.

 
Qualification & Experience:

• Strong mastery of MRP, materials planning, and purchasing execution
• Pharmaceutical industry and GMP environment knowledge
• Proven experience managing services procurement and capital sourcing
• Supplier performance and risk management in regulated manufacturing
• SAP MM / PP proficiency; strong data discipline
• Ability to operate across multiple operational interfaces (Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance)
• Structured decision?making under operational pressure
• Experience managing direct reports with distinct execution scopes (e.g., CAPEX)
• Ownership mindset with bias for prevention over reaction
• Clear, concise communication with technical and senior stakeholders
• Continuous improvement and standardization orientation
• Analytic thinker and problem solver.
• Sense of priorities and capacity to work under pressure
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field. Professional certification (CPIM, CSCP, PMP), or MBA is preferred
• +5 years progressive experience in materials planning and procurement, in pharmaceutical manufacturing supply operations. Knowledge of nuclear medicine industry, including industry-specific supply chain challenges is a plus.
• Proven experience in driving Operational Excellence initiatives, including implementing systems and processes that enhance efficiency, quality, and cost optimization.
• Demonstrated ownership of end?to?end procurement execution, including suppliers, services, and/or capital equipment
• Proven ability to scale processes, governance, and teams as operational scope increases
• Highly proficient in organizational skills, with a strong orientation toward process management and project management to ensure seamless execution of supply chain activities.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Preferred: Exposure to capital project environments; Experience supporting multiple manufacturing technologies or processes; Participation in site transformation or growth initiatives

 
Additional Information: Key Performance Indicators
Supply & Execution

• Production schedule adherence attributable to material readiness
• Number and severity of material? or supplier?driven production disruptions
• Supplier OTIF / delivery confirmation adherence

Planning Stability

• Replanning frequency caused by material or supplier constraints
• MRP exception aging and resolution speed
• Planning parameter adherence (lead times, safety stocks)

Procurement & CAPEX

• CAPEX sourcing cycle time vs. project milestones
• Compliance to procurement and financial controls
• Quality and timeliness of supplier issue resolution

Inventory & Cost

• Inventory value vs. target by material class
• Inventory write?offs / expiry
• Expedite, premium freight, and unplanned procurement costs
• Direct and Indirect Annual Budget managed effectively

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 55.00/hr.