Director, Global Supply Planning Process

**_Caring for the world... starting with the individual. _**This guiding principle inspires and unites the people at Johnson & Johnson. The culture of caring is at the heart of our corporate philosophy, which is anchored in the Credo.

**Cilag AG **is an international manufacturing company of the pharmaceutical division of the Johnson & Johnson Group and produces pharmaceutical and medical device products as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for global markets at its production site in Schaffhausen. Thanks to our innovative products, processes and technologies, Cilag AG is today one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland and at the same time a strategic launch and growth site and competence center for sterile production.

We are looking for a highly committed:
**Director Global Supply Planning Process Standards and Improvement**

The Director Global Supply Planning Process Standards and Improvement is focusing on the **process **aspect of the organisation in close collaboration with the people and technology partners.
- The director will be process owner for the following PLAN processes: Supply Network Planning, Production Planning, including Internal and External Manufacturing processes, E2E Planning and Strategic Capacity Management (Long Range Capacity Planning).
- **Realizing value by process standardization and improvement, **in partnership with other functional Excellence teams and by integration across all Planning areas:
Assess **process maturity **on a regular basis to identify opportunities for improvement.

Monitoring **process adherence **and define corrective actions in case of deviations.
- Maintain a set of up-to-date **process documentation **and process charts that reflect the actual process.

This leader will work closely with various internal stakeholders (Make, Plan, Source) and support the peers in the PCM organization to become more efficient and effective.

**Major Duties & 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.
- Accountable for the regular process performance measurement to track business performance, process adherence, maturity gaps and continuous improvement.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collaborates with Enterprise Planning, MedTech Planning Excellence, Supply Chain IT, and digital teams to prioritize Plan technology roadmap for PCM.
- Maintains the improvement roadmaps for the different processes in scope as an input to the overall PCM roadmap and leads initiatives in scope.
- In collaboration with the PLAN Technology pillar, identify opportunities for innovation, develop solutions, project proposals and implementation plans.
- 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.

**Qualifications**:

- A minimum of a bachelor’s/university degree is required, and advanced degree preferred (master/PhD).
- 6 years of general business experience in a health care context and a minimum of 4 years direct Supply Chain Planning experience. A minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
- 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
- Ability to embed a culture of harmonization and process improvement and value.
- Collaborates effectively to achieve performance improvement and value creation.
- Experience with several of the following processes including master production schedule process, inventory management, supply chain management, scenario analysis,