Principal Buyer​/Planner

Job Function

Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Professional

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Principal Buyer/Planner – Shockwave Medical to join our team located in Santa Clara, CA. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease.

Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque.

The Principal Buyer/Planner will play a pivotal role in the development and production of our medical devices. They will be responsible for procuring and planning goods and services for R&D and production to meet and maintain service levels, quality, cost/project budget, and targeted inventory levels. They will also establish and foster relationships with suppliers, communicate with and negotiate with suppliers to ensure delivery schedules are met, best prices are obtained, and compliance with regulatory requirements and Shockwave quality standards is achieved.

• Source, purchase, plan, and schedule the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, and services including subcontract, supplies, finished goods, and related materials through the production and inventory process.
• Review purchase requisitions for completeness; review support documentation, currency, payment terms, alignment of backup documentation to requisition, and clarity of description.
• Create purchase orders and provide monthly forecasts to suppliers based on production planning requirements.
• Identify raw material, components, and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules. Coordinate quality matters and engineering/changes or developments to suppliers.
• Apply various costing and pricing techniques to effectively negotiate the best pricing with suppliers and meet quality, reliability, and delivery objectives.
• Coordinate and follow up with production, warehouse, and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
• Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential issues. Expedite material delivery or explore other possible options with suppliers to avoid parts stock out.
• Resolve issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns, quality issues, and non-conformances with suppliers.
• Support R&D group for early supplier selection and cost negotiation; initiate new supplier set-up process.
• Produce and develop relevant inventory and procurement reports on a regular basis to track and monitor various areas of performance.
• Collaborate with vendors to conduct physical inventory, report, and resolve potential issues on inventory discrepancy.
• Attend daily production meetings, track inventory and production status; resolve and escalat issues that can potentially impact supply; provide receiving inspection and lot release testing priority in response to product demand.
• Conduct weekly meetings with key vendors to ensure that delivery schedules are on‑track and resolve supplier‑related issues.
• Initiate and coordinate shipments of components to sub‑contracted vendors for further processing and perform purchase order returns for parts that need to be returned to the vendor.
• Lead activities related to the MRP/ERP system, including writing and executing work instructions, data collection and input into ERP, master data setup and clean‑up, and reporting. Complete various transactions into the ERP system as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline.
• Master’s degree preferred in…