Head of Supply Chain Planning, Surgery Americas

Johnson & Johnson•Raritan, NJ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is a critical leadership position overseeing U.S., Canada and LATAM with main responsibility to optimize supply chain and planning performance, consistently meet customer expectations and manage regional critical processes such as Integrated Business Planning (IBP), S&OE and Business Policy & Standard (BP&S). This role will be the primary Supply Chain liaison with the regional commercial leadership, integrating with Global BU Plan and orchestrating across End-to-End Supply Chain to ensure achievement of aligned business goals and objectives. With expertise in End-to-End Supply Chain and Planning process improvement, this role will proactively coordinate cross-functional resources focusing on: Customer-centricity: Global Reach and Local Focus - work with a Global mindset to improve Supply Chain agility while increasing our ability to respond to our Customer needs in local markets across the Americas. Excellence in Execution: Reduce complexity and drive significant improvement in the predictable, reliable supply of quality products that meet / exceed customer expectations. Strategic Management: Work with commercial partners / teams and the Global End-to-End organization to support strategic business plans by aligning supply chain & Business Unit strategies and tactics to drive profitable growth.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, business or supply chain discipline is required
A minimum twelve (12) years of experience in a complex Supply Chain environment and a proven leadership track record in at least 2 of the following functional areas within a global and international organization: manufacturing, planning, distribution and/or quality is required
Ability to drive innovation, prioritize and collaborate in a heavily matrix environment is required
Experience in creating Customer Centric End-to-End Supply Chain strategies is required
Ability to influence and gain cross-functional support to deliver strategy is required
Delivering ‘best in class’ business results through innovative customer focused solutions is required
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, domestic and/or international is required

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree in science, business, engineering, finance or organizational management or equivalent experience is preferred
Ability to create operational improvement using process excellence tools and leadership is preferred
Experience in healthcare / regulatory dependent sector is preferred
APICS / CSCP / LEAN / Six Sigma certifications are preferred

Responsibilities

As the primary Supply Chain DRI interfacing with Regional Commercial Leadership Team, lead and drive critical process across End-to-end Supply Chain within the region such as Integrated Business Planning (IBP), S&OE, Business Policy & Standard (BP&S)
Drive cross-functional collaboration to understand customer needs and translate external customer requirements into supply chain strategies across the Americas region
Integrate with Global BU planning to deliver Supply Chain (SC) Performance Goals (i.e. OTIF-D, MAPE/Bias, inventory), ensures initiation of corrective action and improvement projects as required
Lead regional Supply Chain Planning Team by driving demand planning excellence and champion regional IBP process and meetings – drive balancing demand vs. supply decisions + eventual product allocations and coordinate resolution of major supply chain issues for respective franchise
Partner with Commercial, Quality and Franchise Supply Chain for continuous improvement of New Product Implementation (NPI) capability
Identify and prioritize customer centric end-to-end supply chain solutions, while simplifying and standardizing for impact (Fewer, Bigger, Better, Faster)
Ensure End-to-End supply chain processes are supporting customer and business needs. When / where not, work with functional leads to drive improvements
Improve overall supply network agility to increase our ability to respond to Customer needs in local markets across the US, Canada, and LATAM.
Ensures initiation of corrective actions with the functional organizations when performance varies to target.
Collaborate with the Surgery End-to-end Supply Chain to develop and implement a product supply strategy to effectively meet market requirements (labeling; late-stage customization, lead-times, service levels)
Work closely with the Functional Leads (QUALITY, PLAN, SOURCE, MAKE, DELIVER, IM/IT, etc) to drive change and new ways of thinking, introducing, and leveraging best practices, learning models and LEAN principles; all in the pursuit of end-to-end supply chain excellence
Establish and consistently use FPX methodology to drive Execution Excellence, delivering cross-functional end-to-end initiatives
Shared accountability on metrics that drive MedTech value creation (Growth, Compliance & Quality, Customer Service, Cashflow & Margin Expansion) and business unit performance
Support / own talent development of supply chain functions to build capabilities in the region and create a strong pipeline of leaders
Work with Global Tech OPS (GTO) on efficient product life-cycle management and ensures continuous complexity reduction and NPI/NPD execution with shared accountability for the business unit impact such as gross profit, inventory, CIP attainment.