Planning Manager

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking Planning Manager MedTech to join our TEAM located in Switzerland (Zuchwil) / Ireland (Cork) / United States (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts).

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/.?

About J&J MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.

The Manager, Planning – External Operations will:

• The role will lead External Operations planning activities for a portfolio of products to meet DePuy Synthes service level, global inventory and agility objectives. 
• This individual will be accountable to drive service, inventory and agility performance across external supply chains and have direct accountability for planning activities and product flow from external partner manufacturing facilities through to delivery of product into the J&J distribution network. 
• This manager will utilize data to drive continuous improvement of supply chain processes in a systematic manner. 
• This manager will develop and execute a capacity and supply planning strategy that will yield significant results and take the company to the next level of supply chain performance. Also establish and improve key performance metrics
• Areas of responsibility include control tower management, short term exception management (STEM) & issue resolution, capacity planning, inventory management, product deployment, maintaining planning parameters, new product launch management, and coordination of activities across receiving inspection and distribution centers. 
• Act as an “Air-traffic-controller” between external manufacturing integrations teams & Global Plan/Value Stream Leads for escalation of STEM and systemic external manufacturing supply issues.
• Periodically evaluate planning system parameters & settings that influence net requirements planning and inventory targets.
• The manager will lead and develop a process to effectively receive worldwide demand plans from the franchise planning organizations; conduct a formal process to rationalize the demand with available global capacity, service/inventory targets, and output a production plan that is "best fit" for these requirements. 
• The manager will bring to the position an understanding of contemporary best practice in supply chain/planning management with an ability to coach and develop others. 
• The ability to work in a complex matrix manner across J&J and worldwide network of external partners is a key requirement.