Sr. Director Planning Systems and Processes

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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Supply Chain Planning

Planning Strategy & Capabilities

People Leader

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Senior Director, Planning Systems & Processes Locations:
Approved DePuy Synthes Office Locations in USA and Europe 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 Orthopedics? Our Orthopedics 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  Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements.

While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): USA (MA, PA, FL, IN)

- Requisition Number: R-102161 Leeds, UK

- Requisition Number: R-103763 Zuchwil, Switzerland

- Requisition Number: R-103755 Diegem, Belgium and Cork, Ireland

- Requisition Number:

R-103780 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

• Set and own the multi-year global strategy, target architecture, investment roadmap, and value case for Planning Systems & Processes, aligned with the DPS business and Supply Chain strategies.
• Lead the business selection, design, implementation, and adoption of a single enterprise APS, ensuring demand, supply, inventory, distribution, capacity, scenario-planning, exception-management, and analytics capabilities support the future operating model.
• Partner with ERP leadership to define planning requirements and sequence the transition to one ERP, ensuring APS and ERP design decisions, master data, interfaces, controls, and deployment waves operate as an integrated end-to-end solution.
• Provide executive business leadership for Company Separation across all core planning systems and business-developed applications; own readiness criteria, risk escalation, contingency planning, cutover governance, and business sign-off for Day 1 and subsequent transition milestones.
• Establish global process ownership and governance for demand planning, supply planning, production planning, distribution requirements planning, inventory planning, capacity planning, and associated planning master data.
• Standardize, simplify, and document end-to-end planning processes across platforms, regions,…