Sr Analyst Demand Planning - Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is recruiting for a Senior Analyst Global Demand Plan, located in Jacksonville, FL or Limerick, Ireland!

The Senior Analyst Global Demand Plan is responsible for generating the statistical base forecast for their assigned portfolio based on an analysis of history and the application of statistical modeling to project future demand. In collaboration with regional planners, they will aggregate forecast requirements by product and/or geographical hierarchies and lead global demand handover to support the IBP process.

This individual will serve as a leader in the Global Demand Plan organization, partnering with business partners to collect, analyze, consolidate, and report key data and metrics improving the decision-making process and driving opportunities for process maturity and forecast accuracy improvement.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to apply project and personal leadership to optimally achieve project, team, and individual goals.
• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships to support the execution of strategies.
• Ability to communicate information and insights clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.
• Ability to influence others (including senior leaders)
• Ability to drive and apply continuous process improvement tools and improvements with a solution-oriented attitude.
• Demonstrates strong decision-making ability in a multiple-scenario environment.
• Applies business and financial knowledge to drive decisions and key outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to organize and manipulate large amounts of data and convert to clear business information.
• Accelerates statistical forecasting capabilities through demand segmentation, generation of and tuning of statistical forecasts, and regional change management
• Generates statistical forecast for assigned brands/markets including own demand planning master data (discontinuations, NPI), demand history and exceptions, review of models and parameters, and running statistical forecast.
• Makes recommendations to improve forecast quality based on knowledge of forecasting methodologies, statistical modeling, and supply chain practices
• Guides insight to Regional and Global partners, providing rationale for forecast through underlying data and trends
• Provides vital data and analytics to support open discussion and communication of risk and opportunities through the IBP cycle.
• Develops a culture of accountability around maintaining key supply chain inputs (both within the planning and with other key functions) that reflect actual performance as it exists in the current state
• Develops and leads the implementation of supply chain planning process to improve the supply chain further and drive enhanced planning maturity
• Reports critical metrics (MAPE, BIAS, FVA) including rationale for trends/changes
• Conducts analytics to address business problems with an end-to-end mentality

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a University Bachelors Degree is required
• An MBA or equivalent is preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 2-5 years of related experience is required

Preferred:

• Experience with ERP (SAP) & Advanced Planning Systems (JDA S&OP, JDA Demand, APO, OMP) is preferred
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certifications & Supply Chain Certification (CSCPM, APICS, IBF) are preferred
• This position is located in Jacksonville, FL or Limerick, Ireland.

Other:

• English Fluency is required
• The position may require up to 15% travel both domestically and internationally.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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