Senior Pharmaceutical Scheduler - Oracle Primavera P6

SENIOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCHEDULER – ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6

Location: Chicago, IL

💰 Salary: Competitive + Relocation Assistance

🏢 Employment Type: Full-Time

📦 Relocation: Available for qualified candidates

Have extensive Oracle Primavera P6 experience and a strong background in pharmaceutical manufacturing? This opportunity is worth exploring!

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Pharmaceutical Scheduler to lead and optimize complex production scheduling activities within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned scheduling professional who combines advanced Oracle Primavera P6 expertise with deep knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, production planning, and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and managing integrated production schedules, optimizing manufacturing capacity, coordinating cross-functional resources, and ensuring critical production milestones are achieved on schedule.

🔍 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

✅ Extensive hands-on experience with Oracle Primavera P6 – a mandatory requirement.

✅ 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, production planning, or scheduling.

✅ Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, batch production, packaging, testing, and product release.

✅ Knowledge of FDA regulations, GMP standards, QA/QC processes, and pharmaceutical quality requirements.

✅ Expertise in schedule development, maintenance, critical-path analysis, milestone tracking, and schedule recovery planning.

✅ Experience with capacity planning, resource optimization, inventory management, and supply chain coordination.

✅ Familiarity with SAP, Oracle ERP, MRP platforms, and advanced Microsoft Excel.

🎯 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, maintain, and optimize detailed pharmaceutical production schedules using Oracle Primavera P6.

• Coordinate manufacturing batches, packaging operations, testing activities, and finished-product release timelines.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing, QA, QC, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams.

• Monitor schedule performance, identify critical-path constraints, and drive corrective and recovery actions.

• Optimize manufacturing capacity, equipment utilization, workforce allocation, and production sequencing.

• Ensure production schedules align with GMP, FDA regulations, and internal quality requirements.

• Track production KPIs, analyze schedule variances, and communicate progress, risks, and milestones to stakeholders.

📍 LOCATION & RELOCATION

This is a Chicago, Illinois-based opportunity.

Candidates currently residing in Illinois or professionals willing to relocate to Illinois are encouraged to apply.

Relocation assistance is available! Details regarding the relocation package will be shared during the interview process.

If you have extensive Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling experience coupled with pharmaceutical manufacturing expertise, I'd love to hear from you!