MRP & Inventory Manager

Antwerp - Belgium

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for more at .

As guided by Our Credo Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse Antwerp Belgium Geel Antwerp Belgium Gent East Flanders Belgium

Job Description:

Innovative Medicine Supply Chain Beerse & Olen

The Site Planning team in Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) Beerse & Olen is looking for a MRP & Inventory Manager (M/F/X) to join our team in Beerse.

As an MRP & Inventory Manager your mission is to ensure stable and reliable material availability to enable uninterrupted manufacturing at and supply from the Beerse site supporting the production schedule. You lead the MRP and inventory team support the short and long term production planning govern planning master data such as Economic Order Quantity Safety Stock parameters and control stock levels of raw materials packaging materials and bulk products.

Besides managing the MRP team to work as efficient as possible you collaborate closely with the production planning teams internal site stakeholders such as Quality Control/Assurance Warehouse MSAT and Operations as well as with external stakeholders such as Global Procurement & Supplier Quality.

Key Responsibilities

Material Requirement Planning

End-to-end MRP governance (parameters lead times safety stocks MOQ rounding BOM accuracy).
Drive PO lead-time adherence.
Deliver stable material availability to support the dynamic production and support NPI launches.
Escalate material availability risks and Supplier service level issues to Site Leadership and Global Procurement and drive resolution.

Inventory Management

Support Supply Review Meeting monthly MPC cycle (inventory projections SLOB review)
Manage inventory vs JU/BP/NU targets and proactively deploy corrective actions.
Govern SLOB prevention destruction and reduction initiatives.
Review & maintain safety stock parameters aligned to NPI transfers and strategic programs.
Represent Site Planning in MRP & Inventory Communities of Practice.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

Support Global Planning Excellence initiatives across digital landscape and via active engagement of you/your team in Communities of Practice
Partner with internal & external E2E stakeholders (Suppliers EQ QA QC WarehouseMSAT DSS Procurement IMSC sites).
Lead continuous improvement Lean/Kaizen initiatives and waste elimination across MRP & inventory processes.
Standardize planning processes (SLOB SRM-MRP inputs FTQM release orchestration).
Act as SPOC for Procurement (supplier changes last-buy decisions SS updates).

Success Metrics

90% material availability for next-week production (shared KPI with DSS)
90% inventory health (50% of safety stock target released)
Inventory vs JU/BP/NU target adherence; accurate projections and drive actions where required.
Drive SLOB optimalisation efforts and ensure SLOB is systematically governed.
PO lead time adherence

People Management

Shape & guide the MRP team to align with the changing IMSC Beerse portfolio
Set up the team for success through clear roles & responsibilities
Develop our people capabilities

Qualifications

Education

Masters in Supply Chain (e.g. Commercial Engineering Applied Economics) or
Bachelors degree with significant planning or people leading experience.
510 years of experience in MRP planning or inventory management in GMP/regulated environment.

Required Skills

Role-modelling of patient-centric mindset in your team in line with our Credo values.
Data-driven: strong analytical and problemsolving capabilities with ability to interpret performance data.
Ability to zoom-in/zoom-out between operational detail and broader strategic supply impacts Understand the detail to shape/tackle the process
Excellent communicator who can escalate clearly and concisely.
Strong cross-functional influencing skills; able to collaborate across hierarchical levels and departments.
Resilient agile independent and able to manage multiple priorities.

Experience with performance management via KPIs and continuous improvement.

Preferred

Broad understanding of supply chain finance systems and organisational structure.
Experience in Supply Chain
APICS certification.

Languages: English (essential) & Dutch (preferred)
Systems: Microsoft Office SAP OMP Power BI

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning Business Savvy Capability Development Consulting Demand Forecasting Demand Planning Distribution Management Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing Manufacturing Flow Management Process Improvements Product Design Product Development Production Operations Stakeholder Engagement Supply Planning Tactical Planning Technical Credibility

Required Experience:

Manager