Demand Planner

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Johnson & Johnson MedTech a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Demand Planner. This position is located in Markham, ON Canada.

This is a fixed-term position for fifteen (15) months.

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

Are you interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team that is helping improve patient care and drive innovation? Apply today!

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has been working to make surgery better for more than a century. With substantial breadth and depth in surgical technologies, orthopedic and interventional solutions, we aspire to improve and enhance medical care for people worldwide. Together, we are working to shape the future of health through differentiated products and services.

As a Senior Demand Planner, you will play a key role in the Sales & Operations Planning Process to drive the alignment among Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial functions for the reliable demand forecast. You will drive the monthly cadence of the S&OP Cycle (Demand Review, Supply Review) and will contribute to the maturity of the Demand Planning process towards IBP (Integrated Business Planning).

You also work closely with the Supply Planning team to deliver the outstanding service level, optimize inventory, and reduce obsolescence. In addition, you are the key linkage point with the Global Planning organizations ensuring End-to-End visibility and synchronicity between global and local supply chain.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Canadian S&OP process for the assigned portfolio of products aiming to align Commercial and Supply Chain plans.
• Own critical metrics related to product portfolio (OTIF, forecast accuracy, NPI on-time launch and Life Cycle Management) and contributes to other supply chain related measurements (Inventory, obsolescence and write-offs)
• Review statistical forecast generated and provide input on changes that may be required. Collaborate with functions such as Sales, Marketing, Commercial Operations, and Finance to identify and incorporate market intelligence (events) into the demand forecast.
• Proactively identify and resolve directly or through business partnership any issue affecting the product flow.
• Collaborate with global supply chain teams on projects affecting the product portfolio and/or the supply network.
• Partner with the Field Assets Management team to find opportunities and implement solutions for field assets optimization - if applicable.
• Ensure positive relationship and end-to-end alignment with key functions: commercial organizations, local and regional supply chain organizations (Plan, Make, Source), Supply Chain Deliver, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Product Management
• Find opportunities of continuous improvement to be implemented in departmental processes.

Qualifications:

Education: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in in Supply Chain, Business Management or Engineering preferred. Advanced degree preferred.

Required:

• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional work experience
• Demand planning experience
• Work experience in supply chain, most of which in a large-scale or global organization.
• Consistent track record in leading S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) for multiple categories; experience owning the discussion with sales, marketing, and finance to align consensus demand plan for short horizon (1-3 months) and long horizon (3-18 months).
• Proficient in developing statistical forecast at multiple levels of aggregation and horizons.
• Experienced on cross-functional project management
• Strong ability to integrate commercial insights and latest business assumptions to refine forecast to reflect the latest business assumptions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to collaborate and engage with multiple partners and at different levels of the organization.
• Highly developed organizational skills – able to handle multiple high priority tasks/projects concurrently.

Preferred:

• Experience in Healthcare, CPG or Pharmaceutical.
• SAP/APO experience
• An APICS certification such as CSCP or CPIM
• Sophisticated analytics and data visualization skills and proficient using tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Possesses a self-starter and problem-solving attitude

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation.