External Supply Planning Lead

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About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at are searching for the best talent for an External Planning Lead to join our Team!

Janssen Supply Chain (JSC) is a global organization responsible for supplying medicines to markets around the world. With Quality as their primary focus this group strives to provide access and affordability through innovation and strong collaboration with their R&D and Commercial partners to deliver life changing solutions for patients in need.

Are you interested in joining a team that is positively impacting patients lives by ensuring material availability and planning process readiness to produce our Innovative Medicine products Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

The Planning Lead is responsible for strategic liaising between the Internal JSC customers and external manufacturing sites. They strive for the global site planning management of biologic products manufactured in external suppliers at multiple nodes. They define measure analyze and implement planning controls and processes to ensure base business launches long term and individuals goals are aligned with JSC strategic objectives. The success of this role is measured by timely deliveries of orders which meet target inventory levels and maintain continuity of supply to our patients within strategic open-mind innovative and End to End approach. Excellent opportunity for future career growth!

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and run business plan considering operations efficiency inventory analysis SLOB risk and customer service while maintaining accurate stock levels across the network of distribution centers and external sites.

• Meet supply agreement terms and communicate forecast and priorities to the external sites including event planning while ensuring accurate set up to support NPIs and other initiatives.

• Follow global monthly planning routines to deliver plans to plants in OMP and support integrated business planning by allowing plants to interpret demand and inventory requirements and respond with the right capacity products and schedules.

• Proactive identification of issues that may impact supply handle short- and long-term planning activities/processes and day-to-day planning QA and customer issues as well as support events and escalations.

• Track and report key performance indicators and ensure action plans in place for business improvement purposes.

• Represent Planning on Virtual Management teams and on joint forums with external partners and cultivate partnership and a collaborative culture by living into our Credo.

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• Minimum of a Bachelors degree or equivalent University degree is required.

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• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience

• Experience in Planning Operations Supply Chain or related function

• Strong analytical skills including proficiency in MS Excel (e.g. VLOOKUPS Pivot Tables)

• Ability to prioritize initiatives/issues effectively communicate across organizational boundaries through leadership by influence & negotiation skills to build and cultivate internal and external relationships

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• Experience with one or more of the following processes: master production schedule process inventory management scenario analysis sales and operations planning and/or Planning Systems (e.g. SAP APO/OMP)

• Supply Chain Certification (APICS) and/or Lean Certification

• Experience in Pharmaceutical or Biopharmaceutical industry

• Knowledge/ exposure to advanced digital capabilities (e.g. PowerBI Tableau etc.)

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• Requires the ability and flexibility to accommodate global work schedules when needed

• Requires ability to travel up to 10% domestically

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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