Planner External Supply

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

Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:
Inventory Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Planner External Supply is a strategic liaison between the Internal J&J Innovative medicine customers and the external manufacturing sites.

This position is responsible for the global planning and material management of externally manufactured and or packaged products.

This position defines, measures, analyzes and implements improvements and controls planning and material processes to ensure base business, launches, long term, and individual's goals are aligned with J&J Innovative medicine strategic objectives.

The success of this role is measured by timely deliveries of orders, which meet target inventory levels and maintain continuity of supply to our customers.  

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 


* Set up a balanced volume plan, detailed plan and material plan which takes into account operations efficiency, inventory and stock cost, SLOB risk and customer service. 



* Create and maintain Purchase Orders and SAP transactions 



* Lead improvement projects or participate in IMT or critical issue discussions. 



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



* Proactive identification of issues that may impact supply, drive short and long term planning activities/processes and day-to-day planning. 



* Quality Assurance and customer issues such as, retrieve, interpret and supervise demand and sales trends, calculate safety stock, optimize inventory levels, resolve mismatches/payment issues, lead monthly renewal process, collect monthly supplier performance metrics and create/update orders to external suppliers. 



* Follow global monthly planning schedule to deliver plans to downstream plants in OMP. 



* Communicate forecast and priorities to the external sites; including event planning. 



* Collaborate with E2E-planners, master data team, PES, finance, procurement, AP, QA/QC, VSL, Launch Management, Inventory Management and IT. 



* Manage inventory, SLOB process to maintain accurate and target stock levels at DC and EM sites. 



* Day to day supply issue management.  



* Identify and lead process related i...