Director Site Planning - Beerse

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Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:
Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

The Director Site Planning – Beerse is responsible & accountable for developing a team of managers and professionals across site planning functions, including Master Production Planning, Detailed Scheduling & Materials Requirement Planning, for the Beerse site within the Synthetics Platform of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines Supply Chain.

The selected candidate will also be a member of the Beerse Site Leadership Team in addition to the Synthetics Platform Planning Leadership Team.

This is a position that offers great potential for further career growth within the Supply Chain organization, as it will give a unique experience in a complex production environment within a global context as well as being part of a site leadership team to give you a broader business understanding.

Collaboration across many organizations is required.



* Create, develop, and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) to ensure that customer requirements and inventory targets are met, while facilitating efficient manufacturing operations.


* Develop Detailed Schedules that maximises site efficiency while delivering exceptional service levels.


* Lead the Material Requirements Planning group to ensure material availability on time to avoid production interruption & maintains inventory health across all key materials.


* Create and maintain relationships, internally and externally, that allow the plant to interpret demand and inventory requirements and respond with the right capacity, products and schedules to meet customer requirements.

Proactively identify constraints or potential issues and develop options for resolution.

Lead the escalation process for supply risks (STEM) at site.


* Lead, develop and implement simulations, reports and presentations to support management decisions on asset / product level for the Supply Review Meetings (SRM).


* Provide input to the Integrated Business Process (IBP) process


* Provide inventory projections and analyse actuals versus the projections.


* Lead identification of inventory management opportunities that improve profitability through cost reduction, cost avoidance, and process improvements.


* Drive continuous improvement to improve planning and master data ...