Manager, Distribution Planning

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking Distribution Planning Manager join our TEAM. The role is based in Zuchwil or Neuchâtel (CH).

About J&J MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.

Overview

As part of the TECA & Sport global planning department, Manager will assume leadership responsibilities for the planning team and ensure timely supply to the regions.

Scope of Responsibilities

As a single point of contact for regional connectivity and communication, Manager will support the supply network planning and inventory optimization processes from Primary to Secondary Hubs. You will facilitate the balancing of demand with supply to offer the best product availability and optimize inventory levels. The role will drive supply closed loop process robustness to enable supply communication and global allocation through the partnership with cross-functional value stream partners.

To deliver the objectives of the role, this leader will be responsible for building a groundbreaking planning capability, in line with the Supply Chain Planning strategy for DPS. Critical to building these new capabilities will be establishing foundational capabilities in the core planning systems and ERP systems and evolving the planning process from a functional focus to an end-to-end value stream focus with an accelerated evolution towards sophisticated analytics and autonomous planning capabilities.

The manager will manage a team of about 3 staff. A key area of accountability will be to ensure that this team reflects the talent and capabilities required to deliver the overall objectives for the Planning function and the business.

The role will report into the TECA & Sport Senior Manager, Distribution planning and will partner closely with the Global & regional planning leads, DELIVER and cross-functional partners.

Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design, operation, and continued improvement of the distribution planning process.
- Lead & perform the day-to-day distribution Planning activities for global portfolio of products to meet TECA & Sport service levels.
- Translate constrained supply plans into constrained distribution plans, presenting the distribution plan feedback, allocation of inventory in line with allocation guideline, order management and handover to Deliver for global Distribution Centers.
- Act as a liaison between Regional team, Global Plan and DELIVER for short term exception management and systemic supply issues to improve supply reliability and customer satisfaction/service.
- Support the IBP process by leading the distribution plan in IBP with strong connect into Deliver, including long range financial plans and Ops BP.
- Execution of the process so that product is deployed and available at the right place, in the right quantities and at the right time to service our customers.
- Own and drive key supply chain plan-related performance metrics including Service, Backorders, Set Deployments, Inventory, DRP Attainment, Excess & Obsolete and team efficiency metrics, incl. costs per SKU planned.
- Support base entitlement (stock build & level, deployment logics, FIFO, fair share) & define non-base entitlement based on defined guidelines and processes (supply commit, shortage, NPI for pre-markets, allocation opportunity, exclusion management).
- Periodically evaluate planning system parameters & settings that influence Distribution Requirements Planning, service and inventory targets.
- Ensure Planning process alignment with the Supply Chain Planning blueprint and own blueprint for DRP process improvement, with the objective of moving towards autonomous planning, supported by sophisticated analytical capabilities.
- Act as SME representing the department and planning processes in various projects.

**Qualifications**:
Experience
- A minimum of 8 years proven experience in supply chain planning in growing levels of responsibility.
- In depth understanding of end-to-end supply chain principles.
- Good understanding of the product portfolio, the business processes and tools and the specific business challenges.
- In depth knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, APO or equivalent) and information technology.
- Experienced in leading cross-functional projects.
- Good presentation skills and sophisticated skills with Microsoft Excel and Power Point.
- Proven manager skills like communication, organization, people management, organizational change.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to translate sophisticated situati