Planning Manager - Orthopaedics

Overview

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 Med Tech, 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.

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Job Function: Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function: Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category: People Leader

All Job Posting Locations: Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom;
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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

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.

Lead and transform the finished goods and direct material planning functions across the Leeds, Blackpool and Oberdorf sites. The manager will own site-level supply planning, inventory strategy and replenishment to sustainably deliver customer service targets while reducing cost and lead time. This role drives continuous improvement, digital enablement of planning processes, and cross-site alignment with the Global Supply Chain to mitigate supply risk and accelerate new product introductions.

Long-term planning & performance

• Develop and implement a consolidated supply planning process for Leeds, Blackpool and Oberdorf that aligns with global Plan objectives and site manufacturing plans.
• Own planning performance and continuous improvement targets; translate global targets into site-level plans and actions.

Operational delivery

• Ensure end-to-end planning and replenishment (finished goods and direct materials) deliver required schedule attainment and OTIF for customers.
• Proactively identify supply risks and put in place contingency plans to protect service levels.
• Optimize inventory across raw material, WIP and finished goods to balance service and working capital.

Cost, lead time & supplier performance

• Lead initiatives to reduce material cost (COGS) and supplier/manufacturing lead times; implement demand-focused and lean replenishment practices.
• Own intercompany replenishment and lead-time management; implement mitigations for constrained supply.

New Product Introduction & Transfer Projects

• Lead planning activities for new product launches and/or product transfers, ensuring readiness of supply, validated lead times and inventory build plans to meet launch achievements.

Systems & data-driven improvement

• Drive deployment and adoption of planning systems (ERP/MRP enhancements,…