Position Summary :

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring a Buyer / Planner for the Clinical Development and Supply group. This person will be responsible for purchasing components based on key inputs, including : Customer requirements from the Project Manager, production sequencing from the scheduling team and material components availability based on their own assessment and from the supply chain planner.

This person will also maintain the PO requisition program in JDE for CSS and Service POs, including obtaining vendor quotations and lead-times.

This is a full-time position : Monday Friday, 8 : 00AM-5 : 00PM.

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide.

Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission : to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses.

The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture.

The facility is the commercial manufacturing Center-of-Excellence for accelerated development programs and roller compaction.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.

The Role

• Maintain and manage supplier relationships ensuring lead times are accurate and deadlines are met for Catalent supplier components
• Ensure that sufficient material is available to support production and distribution, while not procuring excessive inventory that will be prone to obsolescence
• Request’s specifications and quotes from suppliers based on departmental needs and Customer requirements for project related purchases
• Evaluate customer commodity specifications for accuracy and completeness and communicates specifications to vendors
• Requests required documentation from suppliers to properly receive purchased materials
• Ensure all required documents are provided to the receiving and inspection teams to onboard and release materials purchased by Catalent
• Update / maintain the Material Tracker (or other designated site), as necessary - includes vendor follow-up for items that do not arrive as scheduled, updated need by dates due to timeline revision, etc.
• Project timeline approval for procured materials
• Schedule vendor deliveries with the Dock
• Help resolve or escalate Accounts Payable and invoicing issues
• All other duties as assigned

The Candidate

• High School Diploma or GED is required; Bachelors degree is strongly preferred
• Requires 4 or more years of relevant experience
• Experience with JDE or a similar Inventory Management System is preferred
• Basic computer proficiency, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, is required
• High level of written and verbal communication skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Experience with blueprints and technical documents
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds.

Why you should join Catalent :

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
• Diverse, inclusive culture
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.
• Competitive salary
• Community engagement and green initiatives
• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
• Tuition Reimbursement Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!
• GymPass program to promote overall physical wellness.
• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world.

Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.

Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety.

The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to .

This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.

S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives : Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and / or search firms for this job posting.

Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and / or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent.

No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers :

Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media.

If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.

com for us to investigate with local authorities.

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CONTRACT-TO-HIRE KCMO BUYER / PLANNER

Shift : Monday to Friday, 8 : 00 AM - 4 : 30 PM

Our Client is seeking a Buyer Planner to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for efficiently planning, purchasing and managing assigned supply points and / or product lines while maintaining high customer service levels.

You will work closely with supervisors to ensure all customer commitment dates are met and release purchase orders for production material as required.

Key Responsibilities :

• Plan, purchase and manage assigned supply points and / or product lines
• Review open customer orders / shop orders and prepare daily production plan
• Release purchase orders for production material as required
• Use inventory replenishment methods to minimize dead or slow moving inventory
• Resolve problems with quality, delivery dates, quantity and invoicing of purchased commodities
• Manage various databases including MRP
• Work with warehouse, manufacturing, customer service, maintenance and shipping teams
• Participate in Quality Improvement Process to resolve problems in the work environment
• Appraise vendors’ performance based on metrics such as on time delivery

Qualifications :

• Minimum Associates Degree (2yr)
• Minimum internship or co-op experience in Purchasing, Material Control or Manufacturing planning
• Strong analytical problem-solving ability
• Customer Service driven
• Good oral and written communications skills
• Experience in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite

Insurance Includes medical, life, pharmacy, vision, dental, and disability. Also flexible spending and health savings accounts.

Retirement A 401K savings plan gives you the option to set aside funds both on a traditional pre-tax and post-tax basis.

The primary role of the demand planner is to develop a demand forecast. This position is a key driver in managing the customer and consumer demand signals to align commercial and supply chain activity.

This is a critical role in the S&OP process as order fulfillment and inventory plans rely on this information. The demand planner will work using the Blue Ridge planning system and data insights to improve forecast accuracy.

This person is a hands-on worker who will drive the creation of a demand forecast and work with other functional teams to develop a consensus forecast plan.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities :

• Work with commercial teams to develop and manage depletion forecasts for the prescribed future horizon
• Maintain forecasts and all demand planning data, and provide end user training to commercial teams where applicable
• Lead monthly Demand Planning reviews, using all appropriate tools and data with Commercial and Supply Planning, to ensure the forecast is realistic and deliverable
• Coordinate the execution of the forecast plan with Commercial and Customer Services teams, effectively managing any exceptions due to limited supply
• Communicate ongoing forecast changes to stakeholders in the Commercial, Supply Chain and Finance organizations, and, where appropriate, Suppliers’ teams
• Identify and report significant promotional activity; ensuring events and exceptions are reviewed with Commercial, Supply Planning and Customer Services in a timely fashion
• Review and publish forecast accuracy reporting, and identify areas for improvement
• Facilitate training and improvement plans for business users
• Manage the system generated exception reports, to ensure the most up-to-date demand is visible to all stakeholders
• Manage the execution of specific allocations; ensuring these are aligned to Commercial and Finance guidelines
• Participate in the monthly Sales and Operations Planning process by leading the Demand Review and reporting on key metrics and insights
• Publish metric reports according to needs of the business and functional groups
• Create and publish ad-hoc reports as needed
• Participate in the creation of joint supply chain action plans with targeted suppliers
• Participate in the development and implementation of initiatives to improve forecasting performance
• Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Mathematics, or Finance or related field desirable
• Formal training in statistical models and their application is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in purchasing, logistics, or similar position
• Analytical experience required with knowledge or experience in modeling and / or simulation preferred
• Proficient PC skills using MS Office and other various computer programs including presentation software
• Must be a results-oriented professional with verbal / written communication skills using diplomacy and discretion as well as customer service skills
• Ability to multi-task, work independently and / or within a team, pay attention to detail and meet deadlines
• Analytic and Reporting skills
• Utilize sound judgement and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume, team environment

Preferred Qualifications :

Inventory replenishment and transportation industry experience

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone

Competencies :

• May help coordinate the work of junior members of the team.
• Resolves issues which are often varied and non-routine. Undertakes analysis and investigation to solve issues.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of this position, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks and duties.

Responsibilities, tasks, and duties of individual jobholders may vary from the above description.

Event Representative

Job Classification

Pay grade level : N / A

Compensation : $15.00 per hour

Employee category : Part-Time Staff

Position Type : Part-Time

FLSA status : Non-Exempt

Position Details

Job Code : AA028PTNEVR

Department : Events and Scheduling

Division : Academic Affairs

Reports to : Events and Scheduling Specialist II

Positions Supervised : None

Job Purpose

In collaboration with the Events & Scheduling Specialists, this position serves as a host for non-College sponsored events held at Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) campus locations. Multiple positions.

Position Description

• Represent and maintain the standards, rules, and general practices of Events and Scheduling as defined by supervisor.
• Work with clients to fulfill their requests within the parameters of the rental agreement (during the event).
• Serves as a point of contact for inquiries during events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
• Positive working attitude with internal / external customers, and community members.
• Must demonstrate great interpersonal and communication skills.

Position Qualifications and / or Education

Minimum Qualifications and / or Education

High school diploma and / or GED equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications and / or Education

Experience in the customer service or hospitality sector.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and occasionally push or lift items.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional requirements include :

• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Occasionally set up and move chairs, tables, podiums etc.
• Ability to hear instructions in a low controlled volume environment.
• Ability to see in low light environment.

Work Schedule

The hours will be 7 : 00AM 11 : 00PM and based on the individual event. Must be able to work a variable schedule / hour to meet operational needs.

Requires evening and weekend hours.

To Apply

Visit www.kckcc.edu and click on CAREERS for a list of available positions.

Read the job announcement carefully noting the initial screening date, minimum qualifications, and required information.

Note that information contained in your application materials will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

Make sure you complete / submit all the documents listed as required.

• If the position lists a required transcript (during the application process) unofficial transcripts may be submitted. However, please note that upon selection for hire, you will be required to submit official transcripts.
• Ensure that your transcripts show that a degree was awarded or conferred if you are stating that it is your highest level of education completed.

If you certify your level of education and it cannot be verified from your transcript(s), your application may not be referred to the selection committee.

• Foreign degrees are acceptable provided they have been translated and / or shown to have equivalency to a United States : Associate, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level degree.
• Documentation verifying completion of a degree, course work within a discipline, or other educational criteria should be electronically attached (uploaded) to your application.
• Three (3) professional references with phone number and email addresses are required.
• A college selection committee is responsible for application review and interviews. The final candidate(s) selected to be hired will be made by the hiring manager.
• Successful completion of a background check on all persons recommended for employment is required Individual hiring departments may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection / hiring process.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.

Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.

KCKCC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Educational Institution