Specialist Production Planner

US - Rhode Island - West Greenwich JOB ID: R-257738 LOCATION: US - Rhode Island - West Greenwich WORK LOCATION TYPE: On Site DATE POSTED: Oct. 08, 2026 CATEGORY: Operations SALARY RANGE: 98,752.15USD -133,605.85 USD Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Specialist Production Planner What you will do The Specialist Production Planner serves as a key member of the Supply Chain organization responsible for translating business demand into executable manufacturing plans while ensuring effective day-to-day execution within planning and manufacturing systems. This role combines production planning, manufacturing execution support, and data analytics to ensure production plans are accurately translated into SAP and other planning systems and effectively executed across Manufacturing. The position partners closely with Manufacturing, Finite Scheduling, Quality, Procurement, Warehouse, and Global Supply Chain to identify and resolve execution risks, maintain planning and master data integrity, and support supply continuity. The individual will leverage strong analytical and digital capabilities to develop reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and automation that improve planning visibility and decision-making, while supporting the continued digital transformation of Production Planning, including SAP S/4HANA and digital planning capabilities. Responsibilities: Production Planning & Scenario Analysis Develop and maintain executable production plans for commercial and/or pipeline manufacturing platforms within SAP, RapidResponse, and other planning systems. Support production planning activities including campaign sequencing, capacity utilization, inventory requirements, changeovers, and supply commitments. Evaluate planning scenarios and provide data-driven recommendations balancing manufacturing capacity, inventory, customer demand, operational constraints, and business priorities. Support Monthly Planning Cycle (MPC), Long Range Strategy (LRS), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and ad hoc scenario-planning activities. Identify production and supply risks and partner cross-functionally to develop mitigation strategies. Manufacturing Execution & SAP Translate approved production plans and finite schedules into accurate execution within SAP. Create, release, monitor, maintain, and close production/process orders in alignment with approved manufacturing schedules and execution priorities. Serve as a key point of coordination between Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Finite Scheduling to ensure plans are executable and accurately represented within planning and execution systems. Monitor production order status, confirmations, material consumption, inventory movements, and other execution data to proactively identify discrepancies and execution risks. Support short-term production schedule changes by ensuring SAP transactions, orders, and planning systems accurately reflect operational requirements. Support planning-related Master Data accuracy and partner with appropri…

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