DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Asset Manager & Comm SC Excellence Lead, located in Prague, Czechia, or Warsaw, Poland

The  Asset Manager & Comm SC Excellence Lead is the  central integrator (“glue”) between Commercial and Supply Chain, ensuring alignment between  commercial strategy, demand signals, asset deployment, and supply capabilities

The role owns the  end-to-end economic steering of assets and consignment structures across Hip, Knee, and Shoulder, while  driving IBP execution from a commercial perspective to enable  sustainable, capital-efficient, profitable growth

Key outcomes:

• Growth, Profitability, and Cash Flow balance

• Commercial-plan-aligned forecasting and deployment

• Process stability, transparency, and compliance

Key partners: Commercial Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance

Strategic Accountability Areas

1. Commercial Asset & Consignment Management

(Evolution of the current Asset Manager role)

• Full ownership of the  economic performance of consignment and asset structures (Hip, Knee, Shoulder)

• Analysis of  customer contribution, revenue, profitability, and capital efficiency

• Definition of priorities to optimize:

• Asset footprint

• Inventory levels and turn rates

• CAPEX and SLOB exposure

• Steering  Pull Back initiatives, including dashboard-based monthly reporting to BUD

• Ensuring full  HCC and Code of Conduct compliance

2. Commercial Supply Chain Excellence (IBP-driven)

This person is the  commercial owner of IBP execution and the  interface to Supply Chain

Demand, Forecasting & Deployment

• Own  commercial demand alignment across:

• Revenue forecasting (direct vs trade)

• Non-revenue forecasting (>6-month horizon)

• Ensure  demand signals are accurate, complete, and actionable

• Align  baseline, Risks & Opportunities (R&O) at CEE level

• Drive  commercial prioritization and deployment decisions, especially under constrained supply

FOL & Opportunity Capturing

• Commercial lead for  FOL governance and execution

• Ensure:

• FOL IDs capture implant & instrument needs in standard BOMs

• Brand-level accuracy and completeness

• Timely input, approval, and escalation

• Translate commercial opportunities into  executable supply signals

3. IBP Governance & Process Integration

• Act as  Commercial Process Owner for key IBP interfaces:

• Commercial Strategy & Opportunity Capturing

• Non-Revenue Forecasting & Deployment

• Revenue Forecasting

• Drive  CEE-wide process clarity, including:

• R&R definitions

• Standardized documentation

• Tool usage (ILTIS, FOL, Pull Back, dashboards, etc.)

• Ensure  transparency, discipline, and follow-through across markets

4. Cross-Functional Leadership & Change Management

• Operate as the  single point of orchestration between:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Local & Regional Supply Chain

• Finance

• Quality

• Actively  drive behavioral change toward:

• Data-driven decisions

• Forecast accountability

• Asset discipline

• Lead and coordinate  IBP taskforces / workstreams in line with CEE governance

• Elevate issues with clear  commercial impact framing (growth, profitability, cash)

What This Role Balances (from IBP Conclusions)

This role explicitly owns the trade-offs between:

• Growth (opportunity capturing, FOL, deployment)

• Profitability (customer contribution, asset efficiency)

• Cash Flow (turn rate, CAPEX, SLOB, inventory health)

And ensures  commercial ambition is executable by supply chain — not aspirational.

Profile

Experience & Expertise

• 6–10+ years in:

• Orthopaedics / MedTech

• Commercial Operations, Asset Management, or Supply Chain–Commercial interface roles

• Strong understanding of:

• Endoprosthetics (Hip/Knee/Shoulder)

• Consignment & instrument economics

• Forecasting & IBP principles

Core Strengths

• Strong  commercial mindset with supply chain literacy

• Highly structured, analytical, and execution-driven

• Comfortable  challenging both Sales and Supply Chain

• Credible communicator across functions and seniority levels

• Proven ability to run  cross-functional governance without formal authority

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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