Director, Quality & Materials Planning Process Lead

ROLE SUMMARY

Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) is the part of Pfizer that brings approved medicines to patients. Within PGS, the Site Supply Transformation organization ensures that manufacturing sites have the processes and systems they need to plan and execute the flow of materials as efficiently and effectively as possible, driving data accuracy, continuous improvement and innovative ways of working.

A production plan is only as good as the resources it depends on. Materials have to be on site when the plan calls for them, and laboratory capacity has to be available to test and release what the sites make. The Director, Quality & Materials Planning Process Lead owns the global processes, systems and master data behind both: Material Requirements Planning (MRP), procured inventory management and materials management across the manufacturing network, and the standard Lab Scheduling process and scheduling tool across the global laboratories network.

This role turns what are today separate programs into a single operating model. The colleague in this role sets the strategy and multi-year roadmap for materials and quality planning capability, is accountable for the outcomes those processes deliver — material availability, inventory health, laboratory turnaround and release reliability — and ensures the resulting material and laboratory constraints are represented in the production plans and schedules those sites run on, rather than discovered when a plan fails.

This is a global role. It leads a team of global process and system owners, engages site and quality leadership (T2–T3) across the network, and represents materials and quality planning in above-site governance, digital investment decisions and the deployment of new planning capability.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy and Operating Model

• Own the global operating model for materials planning and quality/laboratory planning — the standard processes, the systems that run them, the master data and planning parameters that drive them, and the governance that keeps them standard across the network.
• Define and own the multi-year roadmap and business case for materials and quality planning capability, prioritizing investment across the two domains and sequencing deployment across sites and laboratories.
• Set the degree of standardization and the permitted level of local tailoring, and hold the network to it through a change control and governance process that the sites understand and accept.

Accountability for Outcomes

• Hold accountability for the performance of both domains — material availability and service level, inventory accuracy, days of inventory on hand, reduction of Distressed Inventory, laboratory schedule adherence, testing turnaround and release cycle time — and own the global measurement system and reporting that makes that performance visible and comparable across sites.
• Use cross-site benchmarking to identify where performance differs, establish whether the cause is process, parameter, system or capacity, and direct improvement effort accordingly.

Integration with Production Planning and Scheduling

• Ensure material availability and laboratory capacity are represented as explicit constraints in production planning and scheduling, working with the production scheduling and optimization teams so that plans are built against the resources that will actually be there.
• Own the parameter and master data standards shared across MRP, inventory and laboratory scheduling, and the closed loop that feeds execution actuals back into planning parameters so they stay current.

Deployment and Adoption

• Direct the deployment of standard processes and systems across sites and laboratories, including the first global implementation of production scheduling across Pfizer’s laboratories network, holding delivery against plan and resolving the risks and trade-offs the team escalates.
• Own the sustainment model — the support path, the training and documentation, and the continuous improvement cycle — so that adoption holds after go-live rather than decaying back to local practice.

Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop a team of global process and system owners, setting direction and standards of work across both the materials and the quality planning domains, and build the capability of the planning and laboratory scheduling community across the network.
• Engage site, quality and supply chain leadership (T2–T3) and above-site partners in Procurement, Digital, Global Quality and Global Supply Chain to secure alignment, resources and sponsorship; represent materials and quality planning in strategic and governance forums.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor or BS degree in a technical, engineering, supply chain or business field with 8 or more years of relevant experience, including experience leading teams or global programs.
• Demonstrated ownership of a global or network-level supply chain or quality process, including the systems and master data that support it, not only its local execution.
• Depth in at least one of the two domains — ERP/MRP-driven material planning and inventory management, or laboratory/quality operations planning and scheduling — and credible working knowledge of the other.
• Demonstrated experience deploying process and system change across multiple manufacturing or laboratory sites, and sustaining adoption after go-live.
• Experience setting and governing planning parameters and master data standards across a network.
• Proven ability to define and operate a performance measurement system, and to use data to direct improvement effort rather than to report on it.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing colleagues, including individual contributors operating globally.
• Ability to interact with, build effective relationships with and influence leaders at all levels, including site and quality leadership (T2–T3), in a complex matrix organization with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated consultative, influencing, analytical, strategic thinking and problem solving skills; solid oral and written communication, presentation and project management skills, in English.
• Commitment to Pfizer values: courage, excellence, equity and joy.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a regulated pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing environment, including familiarity with GxP change control.
• Technical experience with SAP (ECC and/or S/4HANA), primarily MM, PP/MRP and LE modules, and with materials or advanced planning systems (for example SAP IBP, APO or Kinaxis).
• Experience with laboratory systems and laboratory scheduling or capacity planning (for example LIMS and scheduling or APS tooling).
• Experience building business cases and securing digital investment for planning capability.
• Experience leading global cross-functional matrixed project teams.
• Experience with planning analytics, KPI reporting and data analytics tools and methodologies.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Travel requirements: approximately 20%, including travel to manufacturing sites and laboratories.
• Ability to communicate across regions, countries, cultures and time zones.
• Due to the global nature of the role, may require periodic early morning or evening meetings to accommodate different time zones.

OTHER INFORMATION

Last Date to Apply: October 28, 2026

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $176,600.00 to $294,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

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