Senior Material Requirements Planner - Pilot Plant

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Beerse; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Materials Requirements Planner for its Beerse site. You will convert master production schedules into material requirements, drive MRP process maturation, and coordinate with Development, QA, and Procurement to ensure timely, compliant material availability for Pilot Plant production.

You will lead material planning, manage supplier commitments, and optimize inventory while coordinating with Solid and Parenteral Development teams to support accelerated timelines

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Master Production Schedule, detailed schedules, and development demand into material requirements for the assigned Pilot Plant.
• Take an active leadership role in fully establishing and maturing the MRP processes, as no formal process currently exists for Synth DP Pilot Plant.
• Review purchase requisitions and MRP exception messages; confirm order quantities, dates, purchase orders, supplier acknowledgements, and committed delivery dates.
• Balance supplier lead times, clinical flexibility, service, inventory, obsolescence risk, and budget targets.
• Expedite critical materials and ensure delivery and release in time to execute the production plan, including accelerated first-in-human timelines.
• Collaborate closely with Material Managers and Development Teams across both Solids Development and Parenteral Development to ensure the timely availability of materials.
• Assess material feasibility, model supply scenarios, identify constraints and trade-offs, and recommend resolution options to the end-to-end planning team.
• Manage abrupt plan changes with suppliers; promptly escape risks that cannot be resolved within required timelines.
• Design and maintain raw-material and component inventory processes, parameters, targets, and budget controls.
• Partner with warehouse teams to manage storage constraints and communicate future inventory impacts.
• Coordinate with Quality and warehouse teams on rejected or defective materials, including supplier returns or disposal.
• Support system design and implementation initiatives that enable fully system-driven MRP.
• Support introduction of new materials, including master data, planning parameters, qualification, ordering, and stakeholder communication.
• Drive continuous improvement of MRP processes, tools, data quality, and ways of working.
• Maintain effective relationships with New Products Introduction coordinator, Pilot Plant Operations, Detailed Scheduling, Quality, Warehouse, Procurement teams and Supply Network Planning.
• Track supplier service performance, investigate recurring issues, and coordinate corrective actions with Procurement, Pilot Plant Operations, Quality and Supply Network Planning.

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, life sciences, or equivalent experience

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Materials Requirements Planner for its Beerse site. You will convert master production schedules into material requirements, drive MRP process maturation, and coordinate with Development, QA, and Procurement to ensure timely, compliant material availability for Pilot Plant production.

You will lead material planning, manage supplier commitments, and optimize inventory while coordinating with Solid and Parenteral Development teams to support accelerated timelines