Regional Franchise Planner

Biopharma Asia; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Pune, India is seeking an experienced Demand Planner in Supply Chain to drive country-level forecasts for a product category. You will maintain demand history, build MI-informed forecasts, and coordinate with regional and global teams to align with business plans.

Key duties include LEX and E&O modelling for lifecycle decisions, communicating NPI launch plans, and delivering insights on supply chain metrics to support investments and inventory optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience in demand planning and forecasting across product categories.
• Ability to translate market intelligence into statistically sound forecasts.
• Strong collaboration with regional and global teams to feed investment plans.

Responsibilities

• Demand Planning for a Product Category.
• Develops Country forecasts by appropriate maintenance of demand history and tools provided.
• Ensures MI data added to forecasts is substantiated by business expectations and reconciled to plans.
• Lead LEX (Launch Excellence) and E&O modelling for Product Discontinuation and Lifecycle decisions.
• Provides planning inputs to country and communicates NPI launch plans.
• Validate Regional Demand plan – Affiliate review aggregation by Family & Brand.
• Generate insights for Investments plans in line with Product Lifecycle and Brand strategy; monitor Capex investments and inventory.

Skills

Analytical Reasoning

Business Intelligence

Business Savvy

Coaching

Communication

Data Analysis

Data Savvy

Demand Forecasting

Demand Planning

Inventory Optimization

Manufacturing Flow Mgmt

Marketing Functions

Predictive Modeling

Problem Solving

Process Improvements

Statistics

Supply Planning

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:

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Description:

Demand Planning for a Product Category

Develops Country forecasts by appropriate maintenance of demand history and tools provided

Ensures Market Intelligence (MI) data added to the statistical forecasts is substantiated by business expectations and reconciled to overall business plans

Lead LEX (Launch Excellence) and E&O modelling for Product Discontinuation, Lifecycle decisions and impact. Provides planning inputs to country.

Communicates the NPI launch purchase plan to source companies

Validate Regional Demand plan – Affiliate review aggregation by Family & Brand

Generate all insights required for Investments plans decisions in alignment with Product Lifecycle management, Brand strategy…Monitor Capex investments, amortization, and implants inventory to support product swaps

Commercial Collaboration

Collaborates with Regional Commercial, countries affiliate and Global teams to obtain input from all relevant parties to build an inventory investment plan for execution

Creates initial data input to the business planning exercise

Provide Business insight of key Supply Chain Metrics (MAPE, BIAS), translate into meaningful business decision & action plan

Product and Planning expertise

Understanding of product knowledge and market related areas. Able to guide countries team across portfolio complexity and Life Cycle Management decisions.

Is abreast of current developments and trends within Supply Chain and Information Systems

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Savvy, Coaching, Communication, Data Analysis, Data Savvy, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Marketing Functions, Predictive Modeling, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Statistics, Supply Planning