In Market Supply Chain Sr. Planner

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Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:
Integrated Business Planning

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Milano, Italy

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine at Johnson & Johnson

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The Regional Demand & Supply organization is a regional team leading the strategy and management of Supply Chain at country and Region level, and acting as strategic partners to regional commercial leaders driving the forecasting and demand planning processes.

Job description: In-Market Supply Chain Senior Planner, Innovative Medicines Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson

Location: Milan, Italy

Contract: full time, permanent

Key Responsibilities

Supply Network Planning: The role encompasses handling forecast and replenishment for the Italian market from the European Distribution Center (EDC) to the local Satellite Distribution Center (SDC) for approximately 130 SKUs.

It includes a weekly check and update of the PCT05 to ensure a balanced level of inventory.

The planner plans timely and cost-effective supply based on the product life cycle stage and market demand variation while also handling, planning, and initiating import and export licenses for the full narcotic portfolio.

This involves monitoring the expiry dates of the licenses as well as managing the new artwork implementation planning and shelf-life planning.

Proactively, the planner alerts the local company and EMEA region about critical issues or potential supply chain disruptions, follows up with corrective actions, and reports and explains stock-outs.

Communication with manufacturing sites is crucial to ensure an uninterrupted supply to the markets.

Weekly shipping schedules are developed, and delivery notes for Italy are created.

Additionally, the role supports, and implements plans for New Product Introduction and collaborates with Distribution and Transportation within the Deliver team to optimize inventory levels at the satellite distribution center.

Support is also provided in proposing and driving plans for product portfo...