Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When your part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do challenging work, and be part of a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

Working as part of our Microbiology Division (MBD), within the Specialty Diagnostics Group, you’ll play an active part in helping us to achieve our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Microbiology Division discovers microbiological solutions for the diagnosis of infectious disease and detection of bacterial contamination. We serve public health, clinical laboratories, food companies, environmental screening and pharmaceutical laboratories with a portfolio of products that include culture media, antimicrobial susceptibility testing solutions and market-leading molecular solutions for food safety testing.

Position Summary:

The Manufacturing Planner plays a key role in supporting production planning and execution at the Dartford site, ensuring that manufacturing plans are aligned to demand, capacity, and material availability. This role is responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing short- to mid-term production plans for assigned product families, working closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Order Management teams to deliver high service levels, controlled inventory, and stable production execution. The role operates within established planning processes and standards, with clear escalation pathways for risks impacting supply, service, or compliance.

Responsibilities: Production & Supply Planning

• Create and maintain production plans and schedules for assigned product families in line with demand forecasts and capacity constraints.
• Convert demand signals into planned and process orders in SAP, ensuring timely release to production.
• Monitor execution versus plan and support corrective actions to minimize backorders, delays, and schedule instability.
• Support master data accuracy (lead times, lot sizes, safety stock) by identifying exceptions and escalating for correction.

Capacity & Execution Support

• Support weekly capacity and execution reviews, highlighting risks and constraints impacting plan adherence.
• Track production schedule adherence and attainment, identifying root causes for variances.
• Act as an early-warning point for supply risks, escalating issues related to capacity, materials, or quality.

Inventory & Service Performance

• Support inventory management by planning within agreed inventory policies and entitlement targets.
• Contribute to actions to reduce excess and obsolete (E&O) risk, including plan adjustments and rebalancing.
• Support service level improvement through stable planning and proactive issue identification.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Customer Care, and Supply Planning teams to ensure aligned execution.
• Prepare and maintain planning data for tiered meetings, supply reviews, and operational forums.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within planning processes.

Compliance & Standard Work

• Ensure all planning activities comply with health & safety, quality, regulatory, and GMP requirements.
• Follow and execute standard work for manufacturing planning.
• Actively participate in Practical Process Improvement (PPI) initiatives.

Experience, skills & abilities required:

We’re looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates Thermo Fisher’s 4i Values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

• Has experience working in a manufacturing, supply chain, or operations environment.

• Has a working knowledge of SAP (MRP, planned orders, production/process orders).

• Is proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

• Is comfortable working with data to identify trends, risks, and exceptions.

• Communicates clearly and works effectively across teams.

• Shows strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to execution.

• APICS or supply chain certification is desirable but not required.

• Puts the Customer First

• Thinks and acts with a customer-centric attitude to deliver exceptional customer experience.

• Prioritizes customer requirements and is dedicated to meeting or exceeding customer expectations.

• Continuously improves internal processes to bring value for the customer.

• Develops and maintains successful customer relationships (internal and/or external)

• Owns Their Results

• Takes personal accountability for decisions and actions, and always exercises good judgement.

• Does not make excuses for poor performance, is open about what is not working and what needs to be done to fix it.

• Takes personal ownership for adherence to safety, compliance, quality, and cyber security.

• Consistently applies good judgement and maintains commitment to Thermo Fisher Scientific ethics and values.

• Finds a Better Way Every Day

• Is intellectually curious and embraces continuous improvement, challenging the status quo. Introduces and proactively seeks out new ideas and solutions to strengthen performance.

• Role models the use of Practical Process Improvement (PPI) to improve processes.

• Holds self and others accountable to build PPI capability and instil a continuous improvement culture.

• Ensures standard processes and lessons learned are adopted.

About Thermo Fisher:

• Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values
• Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.