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Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning
Job Sub Function:
Demand Planning
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Irvine, California, United States of America, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Job Description:
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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/
About MedTech
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
The Regional Demand Planner is responsible for the demand planning process for their regional business, supporting the monthly forecasting cycle and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process with the required collaboration and metrics to develop an accurate monthly consensus forecast. The Demand Planner will maintain close relationships with customer facing functions to understand underlying demand trends and insights around market intelligence. They will drive alignment to the monthly forecast through market demand review and support communication of the demand plan and insights through the Organization.
This individual will serve as a leader in the Americas Planning organization, partnering with business partners to collect, analyze, consolidate, and report data and insights to improve the decision-making process and drive process maturity and forecast accuracy improvement.
Knowledge Skills and Capabilities:
- Ability to develop, coach, and lead strong collaborative teams in the execution, strategies, and realization of departmental and company goals.
- Ability to communicate information and insights clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.
- Ability to influence Director and VP Levels within the organization (Commercial, Finance, and Supply Chain).
- Demonstrates strong decision-making ability in a multiple scenario environment.
- Has strong business acumen, understand the business; portfolio, markets, customers, challenges and demands.
- Applies business and financial knowledge to drive decisions and key outcomes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to handle and manipulate large amounts of data and convert to clear business insights.
Supply Chain Demand Planning – Forecasting, Analytics, and Insights
- Leads demand planning teams to achieve expected forecast accuracy (MAPE, BIAS) through demand sensing and shaping, considering statistical models and market intelligence (customer events, market events, and lifecycle management) and Forecast Value Add (FVA) performance.
- Supports SKU disaggregation through review and collaboration on SKU proportions.
- Measures, tracks, and reports forecast accuracy and corrective actions to drive improved outputs based on knowledge of forecasting methodologies, statistical modeling, and best practices.
Demand Validation and Handover
- Partners and plays the role of gatekeeper with marketing/commercial partners to have the most accurate Demand information available as input to the IBP process.
- Consolidate and aggregates demand plan to support transparency of demand signals with key stakeholders including leading market demand handover. Understand key drivers of month-to-month changes, significant trends, upcoming events (NPIs, discontinuation), and performance to plan.
- Provides necessary data and analytics to support clear discussion and communication of risk and opportunities through the IBP cycle.
- Responsible for maintaining senior leader engagement in IBP to ensure timely decision making.
Demand Planning Maturity
- Develops a culture of accountability around maintaining key supply chain inputs (both within planning and with other key functions) that reflect actual performance as it exists in the current state
- Develops and leads implementation of supply chain planning process to further improve the supply chain and drive enhanced planning maturity
- Conducts analytics to address business problems with an end-to-end mentality.
Qualifications
Education:
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree is required. MBA or equivalent preferred. Green Belt Six Sigma Certifications & Supply Chain Certification (APICS/IBF) preferred.
Required
- A minimum of 4 years of professional work experience
- Experience with Supply Chain, Commercial/Marketing or Finance
- Demand Planning experience
Preferred
- Experience with ERP (SAP) & Advanced Planning Systems (OMP) is preferred.
Other:
- May require up to 20% 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 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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$94,000.00 - $151,800.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
