Supply Planning Lead

Johnson & Johnson Services; Leeds; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Supply Planning Lead to drive end-to-end supply chain improvements across multiple sites. The role emphasizes demand and supply planning, analytics, and collaboration with external suppliers to optimize scheduling and capacity.

Responsibilities include modeling scenarios, integrating external manufacturing, and reporting progress to leadership while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; minor in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, or Operations preferred.
• Six years of experience in Demand/Supply Planning, Analytics, or SCM required (minimum six years).
• Strong scenario planning background essential.
• Knowledge of MRP and ERP systems (SAP/JDE/APO/OMP) shown.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification/experience preferred.
• APICS CPIM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvements in end-to-end supply chain via value stream mapping and analytics to guide improvements.
• Lead integration of externally manufactured products into S&OP with risk analyses and contingency plans.
• Build and analyze statistical models to support master scheduling, capacity planning, and scenario planning across suppliers.
• Advise External Operations management on project status and business impact.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental guidelines and company policies.

Skills

Trade-off analysis

Data analysis

Strong presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Scenario planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Minor in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, or Operations

Tools

SAP/JDE/APO/OMP

MS Excel (VLOOKUP, pivots, macros)

Alteryx

Job description

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we†re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that†s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

• Drive continuous improvements in the end to end supply chain via value stream mapping and detailed analysis of business information to develop tactical and strategic improvement initiatives.
• Support the process to integrate new externally manufactured products into S&OP process, including conducting scenario-based supply analyses to evaluate risks associated with events and developing contingency plans with external supply chains.
• Demonstrate the ability to build and analyze complex statistical models to support best practices in master scheduling, detailed scheduling, capacity planning, and scenario planning across multiple suppliers and brands. This includes the ability to utilize the planning systems to gather key data needed to drive business decisions.
• Advise External Operations management on business and project status.
• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level
• For those who supervise or manage a staff, responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition, if applicable
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• Performs other duties assigned as needed, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required; minor in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, or Operations is preferred.
• Minimum of six (6) years of working experience and five (5) years of related experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Business Analytics, and/or Supply Chain Management is required.
• Strong scenario planning background is required

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES and AFFILIATIONS

• Understanding of performance trade-offs across supply chain to support decisions on the best use of limited resources is required.
• In depth knowledge of MRP and conceptual knowledge of ERP systems (SAP/JDE/APO/OMP) is required.
• Advance statistical knowledge and experience in building simulations models is preferred.
• Experience and/or certification in Lean or Six Sigma methodology, APICS CPIM certification is preferred.
• Expertise in MS Excel to minimally include v-look up, pivot tables, macros, graphing and simulations is required.
• Expertise in data visualization tools to build dashboards accessing data from multiple sources is required; expertise in Alteryx to build and run complex mathematical models is preferred.
• Ability to apply analytic techniques to interpret data, identify issues, analyze causes, and provide well-reasoned conclusions and solutions is required.
• Must have the ability to build strong relationships and work independently in a matrix environment, with a strong sense of urgency and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all supply chain function areas is required including proficiency preparing and delivering presentations is required. 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. Learn more at jnj.com.
• DePuy is currently recruiting for a Supply Planning Lead to be based at Raritan, NJ, Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL , West Chester, PA or Warsaw, IN.

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., DePuy is currently recruiting for a Supply Planning Lead to be based at Raritan, NJ, Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL , West Chester, PA or Warsaw, IN.