Inventory Lead

Johnson Johnson; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking an Inventory Lead for our Markham, ON operation. You will optimize total inventory, improve product availability to customers, and positively impact financials.

You will collaborate with Supply Chain Planning, Commercial and Finance teams to align on end-to-end processes and inventory strategy in Canada. This role emphasizes lifecycle management, expiry risk control, and field inventory deployments to support a high-performing medical devices supply chain in

Qualifications

• Minimum four (4) years of relevant professional work experience.
• Strong data and analytics background.
• Solid financial acumen and understanding of Supply Chain impact on profitability.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Optimize inventory across the Canadian network and improve product availability.
• Manage lifecycle and expiry risks; retrieve inventory when obsolete or needed.
• Coordinate deployments and retrievals of field inventory with planning and delivery teams.
• Maintain SOx controls for inventory in consignment and ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Collaborate with commercial, finance and local/regional supply chain teams to improve processes.

Skills

Data analytics

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

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

All Job Posting Locations:
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Job Description:
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

Are you interested in joining a team delivering innovative supply chain capabilities through analytics support and best in class processes? Apply today!

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 https://www.jnj.com/

As an Inventory Lead, you will play a key role in the optimization of our total inventory, including field inventory, improving product availability to customers and positively impacting our financials. You will work in collaboration with our Supply Chain Planning and our Commercial and Finance teams.

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.
• Required:
• 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.
• 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 withou