Synthetics API MRP Planner

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Sourcing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Geel, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

The Synthetics API planning team is recruiting for a Materials Requirement Planner (MRP).

Are you interested in joining a team that is positively impacting patients' lives by ensuring material availability and planning process readiness for our Innovative Medicine products? In this role, you will work in a truly global environment, supporting the API manufacturing sites in Geel (Belgium) and Cork (Ireland) while collaborating closely with suppliers and Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) worldwide. You will play a key role in ensuring reliable supply while contributing to exciting brands and strategic launches, including Icotyde and Milvexian. Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

The Materials Requirement Planner is responsible for the supply of pharmaceutical products for our patients. The MRP planner owns the inventory management of raw materials ensuring product availability while optimizing cost, including Slow Moving and Obsolete (SLOB) inventory. The planner defines, measures, analyzes, implements improvements and planning control processes to ensure base business performance, launch readiness and long-term preparedness are aligned with J&J IM Supply Chain 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 internal network & customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop, maintain, publish and communicate Materials Requirements Plans (MRP) to ensure that patients and customers’ requirements are met.

Set up a balanced master plan optimizing operations efficiency, inventory cost and reliable supply for the horizon of 0-36 months.

Maintain healthy inventory levels, while minimizing excess, obsolete and expired materials. Contribute to the global balancing effort of Materials and Components ensuring efficient and effective procurement & inventory practices and optimizing the balance between quality, service, reliability and cost.

Maintain accurate purchase orders, inventory parameters, and demand forecasts across planning systems (OMP, SAP, and One Network) and communicate to our suppliers & CMO’s accordingly to ensure material availability and a reliable supply plan

Proactively identify issues that may impact supply, drive short- and long-term planning activities/processes and day-to-day planning

Lead improvement projects, participate in IMT and critical issue discussions

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

Collaborate across a diverse stakeholder network, including SMEDS, Procurement, API manufacturing sites in Geel and Cork, External Quality, and EPLs to ensure alignment on supply, planning, and operational priorities

Partner with Global Procurement and SMEDS to drive Supplier performance improvement including quality and timely delivery.

Manage relationships with CMOs, including the onboarding and integration of new external manufacturing partners to support business growth and supply continuity.

Drive S&OP maturity with CMOs by strengthening planning processes, improving demand and supply visibility, and fostering data-driven decision-making across the external manufacturing network.

Tracks and reports site / platform level supplier service performance, communicating the information to the relevant parties.

Collaborate with (External) Quality and Warehouse staff regarding rejected / defective materials, making the physical arrangements with the supplier to ensure a timely return of goods or disposal.

Focuses on and encourage continuous improvements (CI) within the synthetics planning team.

Serve as a role model for Credo based decision-making and represent MRP Planning on Global Planning and cross team initiatives

Qualifications

Education:

Degree in Supply Chain Management or other related Business field is needed.

Supply Chain Certification is preferred e.g., APICS.

Lean Certification is desirable.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

Minimum of 5 years relevant Supply Chain Management experience (Planning, Logistics or Manufacturing) is required.

Experience in Planning/Purchasing in a multi-national environment.

Experience in Pharmaceutical and/or Biopharmaceutical industry preferable.

Experience in the use of SAP is Required.

Experience in the use of OMP, One Network and PowerBI is preferred.

Fluent in Dutch and English

Proficient in Excel, Analytical mindset

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Business Behavior, Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliance Management, Consulting, Cost Management, Detail-Oriented, Due Diligence, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Purchase Orders, Relationship Building, RFx Management, Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Vendor Selection

The anticipated pay range for this position, in the primary posting location, is:

€60 000,00 - €96 255,00

The anticipated pay ranges for additional locations are:

Belgium – The anticipated base pay range for this position is [71 145,00 – 96 255,00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.