Material Planner Sr Analyst

Materials Requirements Planner

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.

Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:
Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

The Materials Requirements Planner is responsible for co-ordination and execution of all activities related to the planning and procurement of raw materials and components, converting the output of the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and the Detailed Schedule (DS) into material requirements to ensure availability of the right quantity of components to the production lines when needed. Presenting the plan to the different suppliers within the agreed lead times.

Be a key integral part of a team which optimizes the flow of materials, while considering the plants warehouse capacity and inventory targets in order to eliminate potential disruptions in the storage, storage costs and avoiding material scrap (SLOB) both at site level which rolls up to API Large Molecule Platform Level.

• Develop, maintain, publish and communicate Materials Requirements Plans (MRP) to ensure that patients and customers requirements are met.
• Maintain inventory levels within our goal, while minimizing excess, obsolete and expired materials. Contribute to the global balancing effort of Materials and Components ensuring efficient and effective procurement & inventory practices and optimizing the balance between quality, service, reliability and cost.
• Ensure that all material delivery schedules are communicated to the suppliers on time to meet plan requirements.
• Partner with Global Procurement to drive Supplier performance improvement including quality and timely delivery in line with master production schedule.
• Tracks and reports site / platform level supplier service performance, communicating the information to the relevant parties.
• Collaborate with Quality and Warehouse staff regarding rejected / defective materials, making the physical arrangements with the supplier to ensure a timely return of goods or disposal.
• Focuses and encourages continuous improvements (CI) of the process supported!
• Supports material and component Phase in and Phase Out processes.

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required. An advanced degree is preferred

Required:

• A minimum 2 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience (Planning, Purchasing, Logistics or Manufacturing) in a multinational environment
• Ensure department and personnel goals and objectives are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ability to demonstrate the drive, eagerness and capabilities to be successful in this role with a view to developing and progressing to leadership level within Johnson & Johnson.
• Understanding of development of an efficient and effective Material planning supply chain management processes and systems.
• Ability to ensuring that customer requirements are clearly planned for and communicated within the organization.
• Strong customer focused oriented
• Ability to collaborate and cross-functional with all other departments within the company and to align across JSC and other J&J organizations.

• Experience in Pharmaceutical and/or Biopharmaceutical industry preferable.
• Knowledge of SAP/OMP is…