Plan Projects Lead

Job Function

Supply Chain Planning

End-to-End Planning

People Leader

Irvine, California, United States of America
Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson's Surgical Robotics Supply Chain organization is recruiting a Plan Projects Lead! The role is a full‑time, hybrid position located in Santa Clara, CA with an expectation of being in the office 3+ days per week. Irvine, CA may also be considered.
As the Plan Projects Lead, you will be the planning core team member for projects such as New Product Introduction (NPI), Life‑cycle Management (LCM), and other programs. This role is responsible for ensuring appropriate component and finished goods supply planning, phase/in‑out planning, optimizing planning parameters and safety stock levels, and optimizing inventory levels for products impacted by projects in scope. Additional responsibilities include supporting the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process including providing updates as needed in Supply Review, Management Business Review (M ) and other IBP forums.

You will work in close collaboration with R&D, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement.

• Serve as the Plan Project Lead across multiple planning projects (e.g. New Product Introductions, Life‑cycle Management) and programs, owning scope, schedule, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment
• Design and use in‑depth analytical tools to support issue resolution, scenario planning, guide decision making, and execution oversight
• Collaborate with business partners to ensure end‑to‑end variant flow of assigned portfolio in planning system is set up and accurately maintained for Master Production Schedule (MPS) and/or component planning based on manufacturing readiness, regulatory approvals and/or other business assumptions
• Provide last time buy/build, SLOB (slow moving and obsolete), and phase in/out analyses reporting for assigned projects for smooth transition planning and execution
• Maintain planning system parameters for projects such as phase in/phase out inventory management, safety stock transition, and other parameters as needed
• RAD Regulatory Distribution Control System SME, helping with ensuring robust control in place for each country regulatory distribution status
• Lead Windchill PLAN processes, acting as an expert for cross‑system setup and flows for NPIs and new variants
• Drive ECO CR/CN execution for Global Plan and manage and control Multivariant SOP forms and procedures in Windchill
• Oversee ECO Parts Disposition for PLAN
• Support Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process for planning projects including Supply Review and Management Business Review (M ) as needed
• Able to analyze and identify large quantities of data to identify abnormalities, working with a high degree of accuracy and high attention to detail
• Support other duties and projects assigned as needed

• BS/BA degree required, degree in Supply chain or related field is preferred

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Planning, Project Management
• Minimum of 4 years of supply chain planning required especially supply, network, E2E, NPI
• Experience with ERP systems including system‑based MRP planning
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large datasets
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. formulas, pivot tables, etc)
• Strong project management capabilities
• High level of personal initiative and strong sense of urgency, and able to perform autonomously with limited supervision
• Strong time management skills
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills with proven track record to influence leadership is required
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations
• Consistent track record of challenging the "status-quo", visualizing potential opportunities and implementing actions to build value.
• Adaptable to meet constantly evolving priorities.

• SAP experience especially S4/Hana
• Supply Chain Certification (APICS/CSCP)
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI…