DPS Demand Planner / Analyst
About Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson,?we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a?world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,?where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and?solutions are personal. Through 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 humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.
The Demand Planner / Supply Planning Analyst has a first responsibility to protects quality, customer service and revenue in line with our CREDO through ensuring a smooth inbound flow of material and inventory allocation decisions.
He/She will be responsible for supporting the local demand planning / IBP process ensuring overall alignment with the Regional and Franchise S&OP Process. He/she will be responsible for alignment on an accurate consensus forecast, developing demand scenarios (risks & opportunities), supporting local marketing in developing product portfolio plans as well as overall metric improvement actions. He/she builds collaborative partnerships with both commercial and supply chain partners and ensures that community of Demand Planners are informed and aligned with local strategies supporting consistency in approach through demand reviews process.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver & Monitor End-Customer Service Commitment (OTIF/BO)
- Support IBP meeting aligning communications between Commercial and Supply Chain partner s ensuring connectivity with Business Planning process
- Align on an accurate consensus forecast with commercial, developing demand scenarios.
- Understand market trends and identify forecast strategies to improve forecast accuracy
- Manage inventory levels in local distribution centers by reviewing frequently Demand Plan, Safety Stocks, Lead Times and any other relevant system parameters, propose improvements of the planning processes and parameters, and understand the impact of the required changes
- Facilitate tender talk and coordinate new product introductions / EOL incl. scenario planning
- Work with field inventory supporting inventory optimization strategies
- Participate to STEM and ensure flawless process for allocation providing Available-to-Promise data to our customers considering projected product supply plans
- Liaise with distribution centers and marketing to manage backorders and allocation of products against outstanding customer orders during periods of short supply
- Execute the CAPEX plan and support optimization initiatives that prevent unnecessary cost
- Manage ad-hoc request from the customer such as material enhancement, returns, reparations and new sets or consignments needs/updates