Inventory Lead

7694-Johnson & Johnson Canada Inc. Legal Entity; Markham; On-site; CAD 87,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson MedTech in Markham, ON, is seeking an Inventory Lead to optimize Canadian inventory, drive lifecycle and expiry management, and support end-to-end supply chain collaboration. The role involves coordinating with commercial and regional teams to improve capital efficiency and inventory turns.

Candidates should hold a bachelor degree or equivalent and have at least four years in supply chain with strong data analytics and financial understanding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent; focus in Supply Chain, Business Management or Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant professional work experience.
• Experience in supply chain.
• Strong background in data and analytics.
• Strong financial competence and understanding of supply chain profitability.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with ability to collaborate with multiple partners at different levels.
• Highly developed organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Working Capital efficiency: optimize inventory across Canadian network and improve turns.
• Lifecycle Management: retrieve inventory as lines become obsolete or updated.
• Expiry Management: establish process to identify expiry risk and retrieve inventory.
• Coordinate field inventory deployments with Supply Planning and Deliver teams.
• Maintain alignment with commercial, local and regional supply chain functions.
• Identify opportunities for continuous process improvements.
• Execute SOx controls for inventory in consignment.

Skills

Data analytics

Financial acumen

Communication

Presentation skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

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: Inventory Management

Job Category: Professional

Job Posting Locations: Markham, Ontario, Canada

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for an Inventory Lead. This position is located in Markham, ON Canada. Johnson & Johnson MedTech has been working to make surgery better for more than a century. With substantial breadth and depth in surgical technologies and interventional solutions, we aspire to improve and enhance medical care for people worldwide. Together, we are working to shape the future of health through differentiated products and services. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Key Responsibilities

• Working Capital efficiency: using sales data, identify and recommend actions to optimize inventory across the Canadian network. Provide recommendations to place inventory where it could increase turns and retrieve inventory when and where it is no longer needed.
• Life Cycle Management: based on Marketing portfolio timelines, retrieve inventory from consignment locations as soon as product lines become obsolete, customer account is closed, or new technology is deployed.
• Expiry Management: establish a process to identify expiry risk and take action to retrieve inventory before it expires.
• Complete deployments and retrievals of field inventory in coordination with the Supply Planning and Deliver teams in accordance with overall consigned inventory strategy.
• Ensure positive relationship and end-to-end alignment with key functions: commercial organizations, local and regional supply chain organizations.
• Find opportunities for continuous improvement to be implemented in functional processes.
• Responsible for the execution of the SOx controls for inventory in consignment.

Qualifications

• Education: A minimum of a Bachelor Degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in Supply Chain, Business Management or Engineering preferred.
• Minimum four (4) years of relevant professional work experience.
• Experience in supply chain.
• Strong background in data and analytics.
• Strong Financial Competence and strong understanding of impact of Supply Chain in the overall profitability of the organization.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to collaborate and engage with multiple partners and at different levels of the organization.
• Highly developed organizational skills – able to handle multiple high priority tasks/projects concurrently.
• Self-starter and problem-solving mentality.

Preferred

• Cross-functional experience in Supply Chain in a Medical Devices or MedTech organization.
• Experience with consignment inventory, preferrably in hospitals or clinics.
• Coaching
• Communication
• Data Savvy
• Demand Planning
• Distribution Resource Planning (DRP)
• Industry Analysis
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Optimization
• Inventory Turnover
• Manufacturing Flow Management
• Organizing
• Problem Solving
• Resource Forecasting
• Supply Planning
• Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
• Warehouse Management

Other

• May require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other sites and locations.

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. Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([e-mail]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $87,000.00 - $140,300.00