Job Description

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 jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Integrated Business Planning

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Johnson & Johnson Medical is recruiting for a Regional Franchise Planner, located in Pune.

The Regional Planner, EMEA is responsible for carrying out regional demand & deployment planning processes for Medical business in the region. This individual will work in close collaboration with global plan and country/cluster supply chain teams to ensure attainment of aligned business goals and objectives.

This position will be responsible for providing statistical forecast input, coordinating demand -supply handover with clusters Supply Chain teams, ensuring timely product and instrument availability by coordinating with global Plan team and weekly /monthly customer service updates.

Key Responsibilities

– The Planner is responsible for carrying out the demand & deployment planning for Medical business in EMEA region. The position is responsible to

• Provide statistical forecast input for country/cluster demand planning process and manage business forecasts over 12/24 months horizon for strategic planning and manufacturing / capacity planning.
• Coordinate and Lead demand-supply handover with country/cluster plan teams.
• Aggregate country/cluster demand to create regional demand overview and analyze business/financial plans (BP/FP) and demand plans (DP) gaps.
• Coordinate with Global Plan for timely product availability/service levels in the countries and communicate availability information on a weekly basis.
• Ensure business continuity by managing the supply disruptions and demand surges by ensuring timely escalation for significant supply disruptions.
• Manage the inventory and inventory health targets (slow and obsolete inventory).
• Operate and coordinates the entire Network Planning process to ensure the product availability for the franchise-country
• Manage Master and Transactional data for ensuring product availability for franchise-country
• Support product portfolio optimization, asset reconfiguration projects, which has potential impact on product availability and business continuity in the region
• Operates ERP and Advanced Planning Systems and Tools

Leadership Profile

– Integrity & Credo based Actions

– Results & Performance Driven

– Sense of urgency

– Intellectual Curiosity

– Prudent Risk Taking

– Collaboration & Teaming

– Self-Awareness & Adaptability

Education:

Essential:

– Bachelor's degree

Desirable:

– Master in Business Administration

– Green Belt six-sigma certification

– APICS Certification

Knowledge

– 2+ years of relevant experience

– Experienced ERP & Planning Systems user

– Supply chain experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry.

Skills

– Fundamentals of Supply Chain

– Strong analytical skills and an aptitude for planning.

– Ability to use advance statistical techniques

– Accuracy with attention to detail

– Ability to collaborate with virtual teams

– Can drive continuous process improvements.

– Proficient user of MS Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint

– Proficient user of SAP/ APS

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Business Agility, Business Behavior, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Management (BPM), Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Data Gathering and Analysis, Data Savvy, Demand Planning, Facilitation, Industry Analysis, Manufacturing Flow Management, Market Research, Problem Solving, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Strategic Analysis, Supply Planning