Senior Manager, Production Planning

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Johnson & Johnsons Surgical Robotics Supply Chain organization is recruiting a Senior Manager Production Planning! The role is a full-time position located in Santa Clara CA with an expectation of being in the office 3 days per week.

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Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the worlds most prevalent conditions such as obesity cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at Senior Manager Production Planning will be accountable for development of a feasible the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and Materials Requirement Plan (MRP) to drive production planning and scheduling. This role is responsible for delivering key metrics such as plan attainment material availability On-time-in-full (OTIF) and inventory. Additional responsibilities includes facilitating the Supply Review forum(s) part of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to recommend mid to long term supply to optimize customer service cost and inventory. The Production Planning manager works in close collaboration with Manufacturing Sourcing Value Stream/Product Management Quality Engineering and R&D. This individual will report to the Surgical Robotics Global Planning leader.

Key Responsibilities:

Production Planning

• Working with planners and schedulers to create a realistic Master Production Schedules (MPS) and Material Requirements Plan (MRP) for finished goods sub-assemblies and components.
• Directing and managing activities of the site(s) as it pertains to production planning & scheduling impacting the manufacturing facility.
• Own performance and continuous improvement plans for metrics such as net requirement attainment production plan attainment material availability On-time-in-full (OTIF) backorder and inventory (net and DOS).
• Leverage APS ERP/MRP and MES systems to deploy high-maturity system-based planning processes including maintaining planning parameters and ensuring data integrity.
• Lead team to identify issues and assess impact of Short Term Escalation Management (STEM) issues; partners cross-functionally to mitigate impacts
• Partner with Manufacturing Product Management Sourcing Engineering Quality and R&D to define and implement improvement projects to drive E2E optimization.
• Provides clear leadership for site team. Develops coached and guides team of planners and team leads in the execution and realization of departmental and company goals optimizing overall group effectiveness and business impact.

Site Capacity Planning / Supply Review / IBP

• Manages capacity planning requirements for the site(s) including business supply needs new product introduction (NPI) builds and other plant project work.
• Lead the Site Supply Review(s) to recommend the optimal plan to achieve the demand in the mid to long term (IBP horizon of 24 months) balancing Customer Service Inventory and Cost. Partner with Make Engineering and Sourcing to develop actions to change capacity to balance demand supply and inventory.
• Partners with E2E Planning in order to balance supply and demand and bring transparency of risks and opportunities to the IBP process. Participate in other IBP forums as applicable.
• Evaluate scenarios and recommend the best plan balancing trade-offs between customer service inventory and cost.

Qualifications

Education:

• University bachelors degree required. Advanced degree preferred.

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Required:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with at least 4 years in a leadership role.
• Minimum of 4 years of people management experience
• Experience in Production / Supply Planning including MRP especially new product launches and optimizing supply to support service cost and inventory goals.
• Experience deploying or leading a team using system-based planning with Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Consistent track record of challenging the status-quo visualizing potential opportunities and implementing actions to build value.
• Ability to work effectively and implement solutions in a cross-functional team environment.
• Analytical/quantitative skills with high proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to develop coach and lead a team of planners and team leads in the execution strategies and realization of departmental and company goals.
• Adaptable to meet constantly evolving priorities.
• Strong project management capabilities
• Ability to communicate clearly making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.
• Demonstrates strong decision-making ability in a multiple scenario environment.
• Uses business and financial acumen to drive E2E decisions & key outcomes.

Preferred:

• SAP experience especially S4/Hana
• Supply Chain Certification (APICS/ CSCP)
• Experience in healthcare / regulatory dependent sector
• Capital equipment planning experience
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certifications
• PMP / FPX

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• Travel Requirements: This position may require up to 15% travel domestically and internationally.

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Senior Manager