Regional Franchise Planner

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Johnson & Johnson Medical is recruiting for a Regional Franchise Planner located in Pune.

The Regional Planner EMEA is responsible for carrying out regional demand & deployment planning processes for Medical business in the region. This individual will work in close collaboration with global plan and country/cluster supply chain teams to ensure attainment of aligned business goals and objectives.

This position will be responsible for providing statistical forecast input coordinating demand -supply handover with clusters Supply Chain teams ensuring timely product and instrument availability by coordinating with global Plan team and weekly /monthly customer service updates.

The Planner is responsible for carrying out the demand & deployment planning for Medical business in EMEA region. The position is responsible to

• Provide statistical forecast input for country/cluster demand planning process and manage business forecasts over 12/24 months horizon for strategic planning and manufacturing / capacity planning.
• Coordinate and Lead demand-supply handover with country/cluster plan teams.
• Aggregate country/cluster demand to create regional demand overview and analyze business/financial plans (BP/FP) and demand plans (DP) gaps.
• Coordinate with Global Plan for timely product availability/service levels in the countries and communicate availability information on a weekly basis.
• Ensure business continuity by managing the supply disruptions and demand surges by ensuring timely escalation for significant supply disruptions.
• Manage the inventory and inventory health targets (slow and obsolete inventory).
• Operate and coordinates the entire Network Planning process to ensure the product availability for the franchise-country
• Manage Master and Transactional data for ensuring product availability for franchise-country
• Support product portfolio optimization asset reconfiguration projects which has potential impact on product availability and business continuity in the region
• Operates ERP and Advanced Planning Systems and Tools

Integrity & Credo based Actions

Results & Performance Driven

Sense of urgency

Intellectual Curiosity

Prudent Risk Taking

Collaboration & Teaming

Self-Awareness & Adaptability

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Bachelors degree

Desirable:

Master in Business Administration

Green Belt six-sigma certification

APICS Certification

Knowledge

2 years of relevant experience

Supply chain experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry.

Fundamentals of Supply Chain

Strong analytical skills and an aptitude for planning.

Accuracy with attention to detail

Can drive continuous process improvements.

Proficient user of SAP/ APS

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