Mgr Demand Planning Statistical leader

Johnson Johnson; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Manager of Demand Planning Statistical Process & Capabilities to govern statistical forecasting across MedTech demand planning. The role leads Anaplan-based forecasting performance, ensures compliance with data and process requirements, and coordinates weekly to monthly reviews with regional teams.

The incumbent will drive continuous improvements in forecasting accuracy, partner with system owners, and deliver training to enhance user adoption of statistical planning

Qualifications

• Experience leading statistical forecasting governance across planning processes.
• Proficiency in Anaplan and statistical forecast methodologies.
• Strong collaboration with regional teams and business units.

Responsibilities

• Govern statistical forecasting governance for Demand Planning.
• Run monthly statistical forecasting cycle aligned with Anaplan calendar.
• Validate forecasts meet data completeness and non-negative output requirements.
• Coordinate incidents, enhancements, and user requirements with IT/anaplan team.
• Produce monthly reviews with regional Demand Planning teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Anaplan

Statistical methods

Stakeholder management

Tools

Anaplan

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:

Demand Planning

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Job Description:

Manager, Demand Planning Statistical Process & Capabilities

DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY

This position supports the Demand Planning Process & Capabilities Lead in governing statistical forecasting across J&J MedTech. The Manager has full operational accountability for maximizing Anaplan statistical forecasting performance and ensuring the solution consistently meets approved business, process, data and system requirements. The Manager will also lead monthly statistical performance reviews with Business Unit and Regional teams and coordinate user requirements, enhancements and incidents with the Anaplan system team.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Demand Planning Manager is responsible to:

• Operational statistical forecasting governance
• Run the monthly statistical forecasting operating cycle in alignment with the Anaplan calendar, agreed controls and Demand Planning standards.
• Validate that statistical forecasts meet approved requirements for data completeness, forecast generation, demand-pattern classification, algorithm selection, parameter settings, outlier treatment, non-negative output and forecast release.
• Identify exceptions and performance gaps, coordinate root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions with the appropriate business or system owner.

Monthly statistical review and stakeholder coordination

• Organize and facilitate a monthly statistical review with Regional Demand Planning teams, including agenda, pre-read, data preparation, decisions, minutes and action tracking.
• Review MAPE, Bias, Forecast Value Add, statistical adherence, forecast stability, segmentation performance and key product or market exceptions.
• Translate review findings into prioritized actions with clear owners and due dates, and escal...

Statistical performance and continuous improvement

• Monitor statistical forecast performance across Business Units, Regions, markets and products, with an exception-based focus on the highest-impact gaps.
• Support reviews of corrected history, outliers, forecast history windows, algorithm and parameter choices, segmentation and touch-policy alignment.
• Recommend practical improvements that increase forecast accuracy and stability, reduce non-value-added touches and strengthen confidence in the statistical baseline.

Demand segmentation and statistical adherence

• Support periodic validation of demand segmentation and confirm that statistical models and review cadence align with smooth, intermittent, erratic and lumpy demand patterns.
• Monitor adherence to Stat-Led, High Touch and No Touch policies, distinguishing justified business events from non-value-added baseline overrides.
• Partner with Regional teams to confirm that the right products are assigned to the right segments and that actions are completed within the agreed planning cycle.

User requirements, incidents and enhancements

• Own the operational intake and central register for user-reported statistical forecasting requirements, Anaplan incidents, defects and enhancement requests.
• Clarify the business need, document the problem statement, impact, priority, expected outcome and acceptance criteria, and remove duplicate or incomplete requests.
• Coordinate triage, prioritization, testing, release readiness and user communication with the Anaplan system team; maintain status visibility through closure and confirm that delivered solutions meet requirements.
• Deliver targeted training, office hours or knowledge-sharing sessions that improve user capability and adoption of agreed statistical planning ways of working.

Reporting, controls and collaboration

• Maintain clear, accurate and timely performance reporting for operational and leadership reviews, using approved data sources and definitions.
• Track actions, decisions, risks, incidents and enhancement progress, and provide transparent status updates to stakeholders.
• Build effective working relationships across Global, Business Unit, Reg