Production Planner

Jnjmedtech; Raynham (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Production Planner for their Raynham site, focusing on the entire Manufacturing Planning & Control process. This 18-month role involves production scheduling, analyzing demand, and improving inventory management. Ideal candidates should possess relevant supply chain expertise and experience in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-5 years of related experience in supply chain.
• Experience with MPS/MRP in a manufacturing environment required.
• Proficiency in MS Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, and coordinates production resources.
• Analyzes product demand and resolves manufacturing resource issues.
• Monitors production planning system and data integrity.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Project Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

MS Office

ERP (SAP/APO/SNP)

Job description

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At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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

Job Function

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function

Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Production Planner to join our team in Raynham, MA. This is an 18 month duration based role.

About Orthopaedics

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 Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics 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

Position Summary

Production Planners are responsible for the entire Manufacturing Planning & Control process for the site product portfolio. This inclusive of support S&OP Process, Master Production Schedule (MPS), Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Capacity Planning & Production Sequencing. Communicating status, projecting inventory position, and updating customers and suppliers of changes to forecast are integral parts of this role. The Production Planner will also be the value stream (VS) primary point-of-contact for operations and will ensure proactive communication to all relevant stakeholders.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, and coordinates production resources for a range of products with low to moderate complexity and/or number to meet the Master Production Schedule and/or customer orders.
• Analyzes product demand, sales patterns/forecasts, production specifications and plant capacity data.
• Resolves manufacturing resource and material availability issues affecting schedule.
• Generates work orders and allocate associated materials.
• Monitors planning modules or production planning system and related master data information (Inventory, Safety Stock, Lot size, Lead Time, Work Orders, etc).
• Monitors and identify opportunities for improving lead time improvement.
• Establishes effective communication with various groups such as customers, sales offices, operations, site and/or production departments as required. Monitors work orders from start to ensure the on-time delivery of products.
• Understand and meet Planning main KPI’s such as Attainment to Schedule (ATS), Schedule Attainment (SA) and Master Plan Attainment (MPS), failure mode analysis with corrections.
• Reviews capacity loads and identifies possible manufacturing constraints. Monitors and anticipates production issues due to capacity and new product launches.
• Ensures various systems data integrity and accuracy of signals.
• Generates purchase requisitions/Purchase Orders as needed.
• Participates in new product launch meetings and assist in developing new product forecasts and production schedules.
• Lead and identifies improvement opportunities for plant or manufacturing unit supply S&OPs as required.
• Identify and drives opportunities to improve inventory investment through inventory entitlement model for applicable production line. Including reviewing “Excess & Obsolete” inventory.
• Drives Lean / Six Sigma Improvement Kaizens or Opportunities.
• Back-up to other planners and/or coaches Junior Planners which includes 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.
• Know and follow all laws and policies that apply to one's job, and maintain the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and compliance always.
• Responsible for communicating business related issues and/or opportunities to next management level.
• Additional duties as assigned.
  
  

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION*

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. A focused degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field is preferred.
• A minimum of 2-5 years of related experience in supply chain or process excellence is required.
• 2+ years of experience working with MPS/MRP in a manufacturing environment is required.
• Experience with ERP (SAP/APO/SNP) & Advanced Planning Systems (OMP) is preferred
• Planning, Purchasing or Manufacturing experience in a Medical/ Pharmaceutical or Consumer industry preferred.
• Familiarity with relevant legislation (e.g. GMP, ISO requirements) preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office, specifically MS Excel, is required.
• Ability to read and comprehend procedures and process instructions on drawings is required.
• SAP, Alteryx, Windchill Doc experience desired/ plus.
  
  

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

Knowledge, Skills, And Capabilities

• Ability to apply project and personal leadership to successfully achieve project, team, and individual goals.
• Ability to share knowledge and personal experience with peers. Coach others when appropriate.
• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships, considering diverse perspectives and styles.
• Ability to target their communications as appropriate for the audience and make presentations to a small to medium sized audience.
• Ability to influence others in a matrix environment.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and evaluate processes to determine if refinements would enhance speed of results and productivity or quality &/or Ability to work with Continuous Improvement tools.
• Ability to analyze data to identify and resolve exceptions aiming to minimize supply disruptions.
• Ability to work with multiple scenarios, identify costs/benefit trade-offs and make recommendations supported on data and insights.
• Ability to translate complex situations into simple working solutions.
• Able to work with limited supervision.
• Able to execute in an ERP systems/concept required.
  
  

Certifications/Licenses

• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing Certifications desirable.
• Supply Chain Certifications (APICS/ IBF) desirable.
  
  

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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