Production Planner

Johnson & Johnson Worksense (via Randstad Sourceright) is responsible for finding, engaging and contracting talent for the Johnson & Johnson contingent workforce

Overall responsibilities

The Senior Planner role is providing guidance and support for project driven supply planning and product variant introduction through the supply chain with a focus on the cutover strategy. Ensures a strong alignment with business partners and drives process improvements. Supports the Planning Professionals in the operational process of the Product Version phase-in, phase-out activities of medical device products. 

Position duties and responsibilities:
- Coordinator for project specific variant introduction within Supply Chain.
- Monitor implementation and owing the execution to ensure smooth transition of variant codes into Supply Chain
- Prepare inputs for Demand Planning and cutover plan for Supply Network Planning
- Contribute to project teams through the variant implementation process
- Lead process improvements of the end to end cutover process in collaboration with affected departments
- Handle the impact of license expiry on end to end supply chain planning activity
- Provide relevant analytics and important metric reporting
- Train users and partners on cutover processes and systems
- Know and follow all laws and policies to apply the job and maintain the highest level of integrity, ethics and compliance at all time

Extended duties:
- Additional tasks and projects may be assigned by the Manager
Education Requirements:
- Higher technical or business education or equivalent further education in supply chain management like APICS certification
- Lean knowledge is an added bonus
 

Experience:
- At least 4-6 years professional work experience in strategic supply and demand planning
- Good knowledge of supply chain principles and methods
- Strong MS office skills & good understanding of ERP systems (SAP) as well as planning System prefered (OMP)
- Proven ability to learn complex end to end processes 
- Strong communication in English (spoken and written), German a benefit
- Project management experience is required
- Regulatory and compliance knowledge is preferred
 

Interpersonal skills / characteristics:
- Ability for cross-departmental thinking and collaborative work in teams
- Ability to work independently in a structured and determined way. Handling priorities and providing reliable results.
- Ability to network with business partners and build strong collaborative teams and relationship
- Proven communication skills, making the complex clear

If you are interested in hearing more about our Production Planner role, please do not hesitate to apply through the provided link today and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch!