In this role you will lead the investment planning activities for the TECA franchise within the MedTech Function of Johnson & Johnson. This specifically involves the demand planning of implant and instrument kits for consignment in line with business plans, capital expenditure & inventory budgets, as well as the coordination of the supply execution activities through the Global supply network, out to our end-customers. The role also involves supporting Final Consensus Forecast of sales replenishment demand with Regional Supply Chain & Local Commercial Teams. This is a key leadership role with Day-to-day management and leadership responsibility for at least 2 Supply Chain Analysts. Key areas of responsibility:

• Collaborate with partners to ensure capital expenditure & inventory aligns with platform targets and saving expected.
• Monthly engagement with in-field sales teams to determine a set of capital investment demand plans that are aligned to capex budgets and business plans, and netted off against under-utilised working capital already available.
• Conversion of local investment plans into an upstream set of demand signals that are effectively transferred into the Regional Demand Planning systems.
• Network capacity planning through collaboration with the UK and EMEA Warehouses and Kitting Branch Plants to ensure on-time consignment shipments to hospitals that are the aligned to the IBP Plan.
• Collaboration with Regional SC to submit the Final Consensus Forecast through the MagicTool forecasting and event management process, ensuring that the value output is in line with Financial Business Plans.
• Key business partner to the commercial organisation, ensuring customer and commercial investment needs are optimally planned and delivered through the end-to-end supply chain.
• Coordinating and further enhancing the UK Product Life Cycle process for a particular Sub-Franchise.
• Optimising consignment stock levels as part of the deployment planning process in support of inventory optimisation initiatives and targets.
• Effective order book management of consignment sets on order, identifying supply gaps and collaborating closely with the International Deployment Group to expedite and resolve issues.
• Effective management of consignment sets that are available in Orthokit, UK Kit Build and/or BEK, particularly those sets that are under-utilised, ageing and/or on hold.
• Lead the IBP alignment meetings for specific Sub-Franchise with the relevant Business Unit Director and their team.
• Drive process improvements by challenging the status quo & advancing and leveraging Technology
• Cross functional role - strong links with Customer Services, Commercial, Deliver, Global/Regional Plan.
  
  Educated to Degree level, ideally in a Supply Chain or commercially orientated subject.
• Minimum 3 - 5 years' experience in planning, sourcing or general supply chain/ S&OP management is required.
Experience and Skills: Required:
• Solid understanding of latest relevant technology & tools including advanced analytics to enable the continued digital transformation of modern supply chain
• A Can Do - Growth Mindset
• Ability to gain deep customer & commercial understanding of areas patterning with
• Committed to a Continuous Improvement Culture - applying data driven decision making
• Adaptable and open to take risks to challenge the status quo and drive change
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment & prioritize multiple projects
• Proactive Approach to Stakeholder Management
• Ability to target communications as appropriate across hierarchies/functions and make presentations to diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to optimally work with and empower partners and colleagues to contribute ideas, find opportunities, and contribute to positive outcomes.
• Strong decision-making ability and ability to give clear directions
• Prepared to hold self and others accountable to delivering & maintaining high standards as required in all areas
• Some previous experience in people management; the ability to lead a small team of professionals in a sophisticated environment and a demonstrated history of developing others for success.
• Inclusive leadership style
• Ability to direct a team of professionals in a complex environment
• Proven history of developing others for success
• Outstanding Coaching Skills to develop team & self
• Committed to Leading & Role Modelling a Continuous Improvement Culture
Preferred:
• End-to-end Supply Chain background / interest desirable.
• Able to solve complex business problems & present recommendations to management effectively
• Able to define, shape, and drive projects to completion while effectively collaborating strategically with others with little supervision
• Certification from an accredited Logistics program preferred (PMAC, APICS or Professional Logistician) is an asset
• Experience from within the Medical Devices industry
• Previous working with sophisticated business processes, and validated understanding of DP and/or ERP systems such as JDE 8.12 and/or SAP would be looked on favourably
• Experience in scenario planning is preferred
  
  J&J Family of Companies IBP Lead in Leeds, United Kingdom
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, 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/.