Buyer Planner

**Location**:

- Stevenage**Job Summary**:
There is an immediate opportunity for bright, enthusiastic person to join the manufacturing team committed to delivering high quality products for use in Autolus clinical trial programmes. The Buyer Planner will be responsible for generating stock requirements from demand and issuing purchase orders to suppliers to assure sufficient raw material stock for uninterrupted production.

The role will be based from our Cell Manufacturing site in Stevenage but with the opportunity for hybrid working. The successful individual will be needed to be based on site at least 2 or 3 days a week.

Some of the responsibilities include:

- Responsible for running materials requirements planning (MRP) process to assure suitable stock levels for clinical manufacturing. Aligning with agreed safety stock levels and raw material budget.
- Maintain inventory policies at manufacturing sites and third party warehouses in conjunction with planning, manufacturing operations and commercial teams. Including safety stocks, lead times, order quantities and projects. Expediting overdue orders and working with suppliers where required.
- Managing material forecasts and communicating with suppliers to assure stock availability for future demand.
- Partners with Finance to ensure maintenance of compliance with Autolus Procure to Pay policies and procedures. Quickly and systematically resolving invoice queries with suppliers and finance to assure continuity.
- Partners with Strategic Sourcing and Quality to facilitate sourcing of new materials that may be required.
- Accountable to lead resolution of supply continuity issues for the sites of responsibility, escalating to stakeholders where required.
- Preparation and submission of stock orders with 3PLs, to replenish stock holding in manufacturing sites.
- Working with 3PL Project Managers on a weekly basis to manage materials/ suppliers queries, ensuring materials are available for shipment and use in manufacturing when required.
- Responsible for running Raw Material KPIs and presenting in monthly Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process.
- Lead monthly forecast review meetings with Production and Quality Control, working cross functionally to resolve forecast accuracy issue.