Director, Global Supply Planning Process

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Horsham, PA

2d•$150,000 - $258,750•Hybrid

About The Position

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 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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Supply Chain is seeking a Director, Global Supply Planning Process Standards & Improvement to lead the design, standardization, governance, and continuous improvement of critical global planning processes. This role focuses on the process dimension of the organization, working in close partnership with people and technology teams to drive standardization, scalability, operational excellence, and business value across the global PLAN organization. The successful candidate will serve as the global process owner for key planning processes and play a pivotal leadership role in shaping future planning capabilities, advancing process maturity, and ensuring alignment across the end-to-end supply planning network that supports more than $65B in sales, $4.5B in global net inventory, 450+ end users, 18 manufacturing locations, 97 network distribution centers, and 150 countries served.

Requirements

A minimum of a bachelor’s/university degree is required, and advanced degree preferred (master/PhD).
10 years of general business experience in a health care context and a minimum of 8 years direct Supply Chain Planning experience.
A minimum of 5 years supervisory experience.
Good understanding of SCOR model, lean and 6 sigma principles and how to apply it in practice is a must.
Strategic perspective and ability to integrate vision across multiple functions
Proven business acumen in Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance
Clear understanding of external Supply Chain trends
Proven experience as a global (PLAN) business process ownership, driving standardization and scalability
Ability to embed a culture of harmonization and process improvement and value
Collaborates effectively to achieve performance improvement and value creation.
Operational experience with several of the following processes including master production schedule process, inventory management, supply chain management, scenario analysis, change control, integrated business planning, long range demand/capacity planning, planning systems (e.g. SAP, OMP) and other cross-functional business processes common to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry
Establishes effective communications and common goals and objectives
Strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication, and presentation skills.
Strength in interdependent partnering and team management.
Ability to manage multiple initiatives and work in a matrix environment where priorities change rapidly, and tight deadlines exist.
Ability to partner with and influence others without direct authority; build consensus and look for collaboration with people from different departments and all levels
Negotiation skills and the ability to influence without authority are required.
Coaching and mentoring skills
Serves as a role model for Credo based decision making

Nice To Haves

Agility Jumps
Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Business Storytelling
Capability Development
Data Reporting
Demand Planning
Developing Others
Fact-Based Decision Making
Global Market
Green Manufacturing
Inclusive Leadership
Leadership
Lean Manufacturing Principles
Manufacturing Flow Management
Operational Excellence
Organizational Project Management
Process Improvements
Stakeholder Engagement
Supply Planning

Responsibilities

Ensures standard approaches across all different processes in scope from a methodology and documentation perspective.
Standardizes and improves planning processes based on their functional expertise, external best practices, and Planning standards.
Designs and establishes new processes, as required, for new modalities and emerging technologies that warrant deviation / modification of standard processes.
Sets-up a robust infrastructure to support ongoing process governance and integrity, reporting, and data accuracy.
Ensures E2E consistency and process alignment across all PLAN functions including aligned Roles & Responsibilities across different (sub)functions.
Accountable for the regular process performance measurement to track business performance, process adherence, maturity gaps and continuous improvement.
Maintains the improvement roadmaps for the different processes in scope as an input to the overall PLAN roadmap and leads initiatives in scope.
Establishes a network of practitioners, to ensure identification and adoption of best practices and supports business objectives through effective design and implementation of projects, and continuous improvement.
In collaboration with the PLAN Technology pillar, identify opportunities for innovation, develop solutions, project proposals and implementation plans.
Designs and develops holistic set of KPIs, dashboards and reporting cubes in partnership with the Analytics team that reflect the most up to date business needs – ensure accuracy, regionally consistent deployment, user friendly access and regular reviews and updates.
Collaborates with Enterprise Planning, MedTech Planning Excellence, Supply Chain IT, and digital teams to prioritize PLAN technology roadmap.
Improve and maintain PLAN competencies and skills by working closely with the Training team, develop training and certification plans and deploy/facilitate programs on a regular basis.
Actively manage and develop internal talent to build advanced capabilities in PLAN processes to build efficient and highly effective teams.
On demand project support, J&J taskforce participation and leadership presentations.