Supply Planning Manager

Supply Planning Manager

DePuy Synthes, a member of Johnson & Johnson MedTech is hiring for a Supply Planning Manager in Zuchwil, Switzerland, (with potential consideration for Cork, Ireland).

About the company

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.

DePuy Synthes, part of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Companies, provides one of the most comprehensive orthopedics portfolios in the world. DePuy Synthes solutions, in specialties including joint reconstruction, trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, are designed to advance patient care while delivering clinical and economic value to health care systems worldwide. For more information, visit www.jnj.com and www.depuysynthes.com.

Job Description

As a Supply Planning Manager, and as part of the Global planning team, you will support the supply network planning and inventory optimization processes from supply sources to Primary hubs. You will be responsible for leading a team of individual contributors, and developing tactical and operational plans to achieve our supply goals. Your work will directly contribute to our business goals, ensuring optimized inventory levels, net requirements handover to supply sources, supply S&OP and event management process (STEM) management. It will as well support the continuous advancement of our SNP capabilities through analytical capabilities in order to provide increasingly sophisticated data-based decision support for global supply chain.

In addition, this role will be instrumental in supporting the strategic and cross-functional projects from a planning point of view (Spartan, Reset, MDR, System improvements).

Key responsibilities

• Develop plans to achieve supply goals, and communicate plans and associated risks through STEM & Supply S&OP processes.


• Secure optimized inventory levels to achieve cash flow objectives.


• Collaborate with other supply chain functions (E2E planning, Value Stream Leads, Planning excellence, Master data, etc.) to build working relationships across all teams that directly or indirectly impact business performance and project deployment


• Resolve issues/barriers for cross-functional projects with corresponding project business partners


• Own global metrics (backorders, OTIF, Sets deployment, Inventory targets, Volume/Mix MPS Attainment, Excess & Obsolete, Order Management, Team Efficiency metrics)


• Build the continuous advancement of our Supply Network Planning capabilities.


• Represent the planning function, build scenario planning to contribute to the success of the strategic projects (Spartan, Reset, MDR, System improvements).


• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures to achieve our organization's goals and objectives for the Supply Chain function.


• Integrate Johnson & Johnson's Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals, decision making and culture