Director, Biosurgery Global Supply Chain Planning - Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Director, Biosurgery Global Supply Chain Planning Lead. This position can be based in Raritan, NJ or Zug, Switzerland.

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

The Director - Biosurgery Global Supply Chain Planning Lead is responsible for leading and driving best-in-class supply chain planning processes for the platform.

This role covers 3 main areas of responsibility: drive transformational change (e.g., advancing digital capabilities), orchestrate E2E planning across functions and platform while demonstrating strong business acumen, and lead the operational/transactional day-to-day foundational planning activities. This includes functional responsibility for demand planning (consolidation regional demand planning at global level), supply planning, global Integrated Planning Process (IBP), capacity planning, inventory management and systems integration for the platform.

This leader reports directly to VP, Ethicon Global Supply Chain Planning, serving in the Business Unit Planning Leadership Team. In the meantime, this leader will also be an active member in Global Biosurgery E2E Supply Chain Leadership Team.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Under limited supervision and in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

Ensure priorities and executions are aligned to the Biosurgery business needs
• Cascade BU planning priority, lead and deliver at platform level to achieve best in class e2e planning capabilities to support the Biosurgery business, aligning to the BU Planning vision.
• Drive and deliver customer connectivity and seamless integration - with speed and agility - through a deep understanding of customer needs across the globe through regular connection and assessment.
• This role also needs to ensure growth priorities are anticipated and planned for, by an organization that has deep product and business understanding.
• External perspectives are critical to embed the latest technology, systems, automation and digital capacities into the ongoing operating model to deliver the business outcome in an efficient and effective manner.

Deliver significantly improved performance in Supply Reliability, and cashflow optimization
• Ensure strong partnership and collaboration with key stakeholders across the Supply Chain and Commercial teams to translate customer needs to product requirements, Make, Source, External Operations, Quality, Deliver, New Product Development teams: Launch management and Scenario planning, the MD SC Planning team and the Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain
• Planning of product needs to meet customer demand in an efficient and effective global operation with strong emphasis on continuous improvement in performance.
• Deliver outstanding Reliable Supply (Service) with appropriate metrics e.g., OTIF@D/S/A.
• Ensure rapid response to events and issues, with analysis to assess root cause
• Orchestrate and ensure optimal cash management of Inventory ($ and DOS), minimize E&O, SLOB both for Biosurgery but also at Business Unit level
• Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy (MAPE / Bias) linked to Sales and Financial forecasts
• Implement strong focus on agility with appropriate metrics to show flexibility and responsiveness, particularly on strategic products.
• Partner with peer plan leaders to share and leverage resource, benchmarks, and best practices
• Ensure planning integration for acquisitions and provide appropriate support in reverse for divestitures/
• Ensure data accuracy and visibility, through robust MDM processes.

Build and deploy "best in class" Processes
• Translate customer needs flawlessly - with speed - to supply points, inclusive of patients, HCP's, hospitals, distributors commercial leadership and sales force.
• Drive process standardization based on best practices and emphasis on the SCOR model.
• Ensure platform focused Service and Inventory management processes to drive e2e accountability with the e2e platform leader on short-, medium- and long-term performance measures
• Ensure clear communication and updates on event management. Be responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to all stake holders from sales force to senior management level as needed
• Deploy and deliver best-in-class IBP/S&OP supporting local needs through to executive engagement and alignment.
• Enable PMR (portfolio management review) and LCM (life cycle management) processes to ensure an optimal product portfolio, with insights to drive GP improvement.
• Ensure strong strategic forecasting, integrated to the LRFP's and updated at least twice annually, is in place for all platforms, built on strong partnership with commercial
• Ensure Long-range-portfolio-planning and Strategic capacity planning to provide appropriate visibility to long term growth to enable sufficient production capacity to fulfill the market requirements over the LRFP
• Plan and deliver the annual BP and subsequent quarterly updates to meet and exceed business requirements
• Partner closely with Deliver on Customer Order Management and effective, efficient demand fulfillments.
• Partner with the platform supply chain functions, Deliver and Commercial to ensure a clear roadmap for inventory management and strong integration with the plan processes.
• Partner with commercial on long term demand planning, strategic forecasts to ensure strategic capacity planning is in place
• Provide strong and timely demand signals to External Operations and Suppliers.
• Ensure robust New Product Launch planning to meet reliability needs and provide flexibility whilst minimizing inventory, in collaboration with the product management team and other functions (Make, Source, Ext Ops,).
• Performs proper inventory and replenishment management in order to balance the level of inventory and reduce obsolete stock, while optimizing service, balanced against uncertainties in the supply chain
• Provide Data and Analytics capability to generate insights on performance and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Strategy, Innovation & Deployment (SI&D) team to ensure BCP, SC resiliency and Network optimization
• Ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition.
• Take responsivity for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures

Advance and leverage the latest Technology
• Ensure the latest understanding of technology and how it can be implemented to drive improved customer performance.
• Translate planning capability needs, working with the Digital Transformation team to ensure a clear strategy and roadmap for ERP systems, advanced planning systems (OMP), and other support systems and digital capabilities.
• Implement roadmap for digital solutions to accelerate capability partnering with the MDSC strategy and customer solutions teams.
• Drive automation of processes, where possible, using the latest digital technologies
• Partner with commercial to drive innovation in business models and customer connectivity.
• Ensure strong external focus and benchmarking to bring new perspectives and insights - working with peer groups to leverage wherever possible.
• Define key planning functionality requirements and manage the interface with the IT organization to ensure correct priority is given for key IT developments within the planning area.
• Advance technology to improve visibility and asset performance end to end where applicable

Ensure a holistic, impactful organization that delivers value
• Enable an outstanding customer centric, performance driven, plan capability
• Ensure the highest levels of E2E teamwork and collaboration with the customer at the center
• Assess and optimize planning resources and capabilities to support growth or scale back and leverage as needed.
• Drive cross country, region and sector sharing of best practices.

Recruit and develop outstanding Talent
• Ensure the recruitment and development of outstanding talent
• Ensure robust succession planning process and build strong talent pipelines, with clarity and relentless focus on development plans to accelerate talent capabilities
• Accelerate diverse talent representation, with a stronger pipeline to represent the populations we serve
• Put emphasis health and wellbeing and support with ongoing education to deliver work life harmony, to maximize energy levels across the team
• Ensure strong training and education processes for all e2e planning, management and support capabilities
• Enable talent leverage across the Business Unit

Build a customer focused winning Culture
• Build a credo focused culture, with the customer at the center
• Ensure a culture of inclusivity to enable all talent to bring their whole self to work and engage fully with their best energy
• Ensure teamwork that emphasizes the value of diversity in building the best capability
• Instill a winning spirit to serve customers and grow products and solutions that improve the health of humanity.
• Value servant leadership and instill those principles across the organizationEducation & Experiences:
• Bachelors degree or equivalent required, Master's Degree or equivalent highly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in a complex Supply Chain environment, with robust planning foundation plus diverse experience in multiple of the following functional areas: production, deliver, quality, procurement, new products, supply chain strategy, value stream management
• Advanced understanding of end-to-end supply chain, preferably in Medical Device Industry with advanced financial understanding
• Experienced people leader in leading Global organizations with deep regional/market insights
• Understanding of statutory and regulatory requirements (e.g., GMP, GDP practices...)
• Driving long-term, profitable, and sustainable growth in multiple functions, businesses, sectors and markets
• Leading people through organizational uncertainty or key change initiative such as merger, acquisition, divesture, or restructuring
• Creating and sustaining a culture of quality and compliance that encourages open communication, reporting noncompliant actions, taking corrective action and holding self/others accountable

Knowledge & Skills:
• Knowledge with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/Advanced Planning Systems required.
• Strong business and financial acumen are required
• The ability to collaborate with all levels of management and influence decision-making across a matrix environment is required.
• Ability to translate complex situation/data into crispy insights, strong executive communication skills are required
• Expertise in change leadership.
• Knowledge of Process Excellence tools (Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.
• APICS Certification preferred.
• Project management experience is preferred.

Travel
• This position will require 15% - 30% domestic and international travel.

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.

The anticipated US base pay range for this position is 142,000 to 244,950.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.