Manager leading External Operations planning for DePuy Synthes division in Johnson & Johnson organization. Ensuring service level, inventory, and global agility metrics are met across supply chains.
Responsibilities
Lead External Operations planning activities for a portfolio of products to meet DePuy Synthes service level, global inventory and agility objectives.
Drive service, inventory and agility performance across external supply chains.
Accountability for planning activities and product flow from external partner manufacturing facilities through to delivery of product into the J&J distribution network.
Utilize data to drive continuous improvement of supply chain processes in a systematic manner.
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.
Establish and improve key performance metrics.
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.
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.
Bring to the position an understanding of contemporary best practice in supply chain/planning management with an ability to coach and develop others.
Requirements
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience within supply chain is required.
A degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, or Operations is preferred.
Either 8 years of related experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Business Analytics, and/or Supply Chain Management is required or 6 years of related experience with a Master’s degree.
An advanced (MBA) degree is preferred.
Ability to be effective in a global environment with the business acumen to lead change within a complex matrix organization and with external partners.
Ability to build strong relationships, influence others and work independently in a matrix environment, with a strong sense of urgency.
Ability to apply analytic techniques to interpret data, identify issues, analyze root causes, and provide well-reasoned conclusions and solutions.
Understanding of performance trade-offs across supply chain to support decisions on the best use of limited resources.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all levels of the company and across the global supply chain.
In depth knowledge of MRP and conceptual knowledge of ERP systems (SAP/JDE/APO/OMP).
Demonstrated capability in scenario planning.
Demonstrated experience with Sales & Operations Planning, New Product Introduction planning and control tower process.
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