Hybrid Material Requirements Planner – Pilot Plant

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Geel; Hybrid; EUR 81,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Vacation days

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Well-being reimbursement

Insurance plans

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Material Requirements Planner to ensure timely and cost-effective availability of raw materials for Pilot Plant production. You will translate the Master Production Schedule into detailed material requirements, manage supplier commitments, and guide the transition toward fully system-driven MRP.

Responsibilities include optimizing inventory, coordinating with Development Teams, and driving continuous improvement of MRP processes across Solids and Parenteral

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, life sciences, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant supply chain, planning, procurement, or manufacturing experience.
• APICS or equivalent supply chain certification is desirable.
• Knowledge of clinical trials, clinical supply chains, material requirements planning, inventory management, and production scheduling.
• Understanding of relevant manufacturing environments; experience across synthetics, proteins, or cell and gene modalities is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and operational skills, with the ability to interpret exceptions, assess cost-benefit trade-offs, manage complexity, and make data-supported recommendations.
• Results-oriented, adaptable, detail-focused, and able to operate with urgency in a volatile clinical environment.
• Effective communicator and collaborator who can influence across functions and cultures, tailor messages to the audience, and challenge existing processes constructively.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning and advanced planning systems; SAP and OMP experience is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with applicable GMP, GCP, GDP, and quality-management processes.
• Requires proficiency in English to communicate effectively and professionally; on-site minimum three days a week with two remote days.

Responsibilities

• Material planning and execution: Translate the Master Production Schedule into material requirements for the Pilot Plant; establish MRP processes and review purchase requisitions and MRP messages.
• Balance lead times, flexibility, service, inventory, obsolescence risk, and budget targets; expedite critical materials to align with production plans.
• Coordinate with Quality and warehouse teams on rejected or defective materials and supplier returns.
• Support system-driven MRP design and implementation, including new materials, master data, planning parameters, qualification, and stakeholder communication.

Skills

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field

APICS certification desirable

Tools

SAP

OMP

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Material Requirements Planner to ensure timely and cost-effective availability of raw materials for Pilot Plant production. You will translate the Master Production Schedule into detailed material requirements, manage supplier commitments, and guide the transition toward fully system-driven MRP.

Responsibilities include optimizing inventory, coordinating with Development Teams, and driving continuous improvement of MRP processes across Solids and Parenteral