External Planning Lead

Job Function

Supply Chain Planning

Production Planning & Scheduling

Professional

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America;
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

We are searching for the best talent for an External Planning Lead to join our team! The Planning Lead is responsible for strategic liaising between the Internal JSC customers and external manufacturing sites. They ensure global site planning management of biologic products manufactured in external suppliers at multiple nodes, define, measure, analyze, and implement planning controls and processes to ensure base business, launches, long term, and individual's goals are aligned with JSC strategic objectives.

The success of this role is measured by timely deliveries of orders, which meet target inventory levels and maintain continuity of supply to our patients.

• Set up and run business plan considering operations efficiency, inventory analysis, SLOB risk and customer service while maintaining accurate stock levels across the network of distribution centers and external sites.
• Meet supply agreement terms and communicate forecast and priorities to the external sites, including event planning while ensuring accurate set up to support NPIs and other initiatives.
• Follow global monthly planning routines to deliver plans to plants in OMP and support integrated business planning by allowing plants to interpret demand and inventory requirements and respond with the right capacity, products, and schedules.
• Proactive identification of issues that may impact supply, handle short- and long-term planning activities/processes and day‑to‑day planning, QA, and customer issues, as well as support events and escalations.
• Track and report key performance indicators and ensure action plans in place for business improvement purposes.
• Represent Planning on Virtual Management teams and on joint forums with external partners and cultivate partnership and a collaborative culture by living into our Credo.

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent University degree.

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in Planning, Operations, Supply Chain, or related function.
• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in MS Excel (VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables).
• Ability to prioritize initiatives/issues, effectively communicate across organizational boundaries through leadership by influence & negotiation skills to build and cultivate internal and external relationships.

• Experience with master production schedule process, inventory management, scenario analysis, sales and operations planning, and/or Planning Systems (SAP, APO/OMP).
• Supply Chain Certification (APICS) and/or Lean Certification.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical or Biopharmaceutical industry.
• Knowledge/exposure to advanced digital capabilities (Power
  
  BI, Tableau).

• Requires the ability and flexibility to accommodate global work schedules when needed.
• Requires ability to travel up to 10% domestically.

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  , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

$94,000.00 - $

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