Senior Manager Supply Chain

Job Title: Senior Manager Supply Chain

Job Location: Leeds, UK

Job Location Type: Hybrid

Job Contract Type: Full-time

Job Seniority Level:

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 jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function

Business Intelligence

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

DePuy Synthes Supply Chain is recruiting for a Sr Manager, DPS Supply Chain Solutions.

The Sr Manager, DPS Supply Chain Solutions plays a pivotal role in enabling capital-efficient, profitable, and compliant growth for a $9+ Billion per year Orthopaedics business through supporting improved forecast accuracy, effective asset management, and new capability deployment globally. This position will play a key role in deploying the DPS In-market Supply Chain Operating Model across the top markets globally, driving operational performance to support profitable growth. Additionally, it coordinates programs, processes, and organizational capabilities to achieve business objectives related to Planning and Cash Flow Management, collaborating extensively with supply chain, commercial, and finance teams across the globe.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Model Deployment

Lead Improvement Projects for Forecast and Inventory Models: Drive initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy and improve the utility and application of inventory and asset entitlement models. Focus on achieving better service levels and optimizing cash flow.

• Identify and implement innovative solutions to increase forecast accuracy and asset management, improving advanced analytics and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to integrate forecast and inventory technology and solutions to support execution of supply chain strategies.
• Develop and document standard methodologies for forecast and asset management processes to ensure scalability and sustainability across Markets.
• Support the Deployment of New Last Mile Capabilities:
• Enable proactive set management processes to improve asset utilization and align inventory strategies with market demands.
• Facilitate the integration of Business Planning (IBP) and Asset Management capabilities to create robust workflows and enhance decision-making.
• Collaborate with market teams to align new last-mile capabilities with overarching strategic objectives and growth initiatives.

Experience And Skills

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in Supply Chain Planning, S&OP, Demand Planning, or Inventory Management or other Business roles.
• Strong analytical capability to understand sophisticated demand planning topics, identify patterns and drivers, and implement data-driven changes to improve forecast accuracy and reliability.
• Strong communication, advocacy, and decision-making skills with the ability to collaborate across geographies in a complex, matrix environment.
• People leadership skills, including the ability to develop and lead diverse teams while fostering collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
• Proven expertise in process management and leading cross-functional global projects.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification (preferred).
• Demonstrated financial acuity, with the ability to link operational decisions to business financial outcomes, including cost optimization and capital efficiency.

Required Skills

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Business Behavior, Business Intelligence (BI), Controls Compliance, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Data Governance, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Information Security Risk Management, Management Systems Implementation, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Tactical Planning, Team Management, Technical Credibility, Workflow Analysis

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