Materials Manager at Lonza Biologics Inc. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Job Description:

Today, Lonza is one of the world’s largest healthcare manufacturing organizations operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is dedicated people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Materials Manager will be responsible for the planning, scheduling, and inventory levels for Cell Therapy Albacore asset. The Manager will ensure the timely availability of materials to support the Supply Plan. This person will ensure the manufacturing schedule is up to date, the bills of material and material masters are accurate and up to date and ensure the execution of key tasks to support inventory plans and optimization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee scheduling, planning, and buying staff to ensure material availability and inventory targets are within site goals.


• Ensure all routine tasks to convert planned orders into material plans including the creation and management of material planned requirements are complete and accurate.


• Liaison with Supply Planner and Schedulers to ensure all material plans are up to date and responsive to changes in material requirements.


• Creation and maintenance of detailed material planning parameters in ERP.


• Ensure conversion of the material requirements plan (purchase requisitions) into Purchase Orders are completed in a timely manner.


• Execution of key material availability, mobilization or write actions to support optimal management of inventory while reducing scrap/waste.


• Create safety stock and inventory plans to meet production plans.


• Track, report and facilitate on-time material availability including testing and release for production.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years related Supply Chain work experience required.


• High level of proficiency using SAP


• Ability to influence both Supply Chain and functional leaders to support inventory management/ strategy recommendations


• Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to present ideas in a clear and concise manner


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to define metrics and identify issues through root cause analysis


• Competent using MS Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint


• Ability to utilize Business Intelligence systems to extract data and generate reports

Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.