Manager Strategic Capacity Management

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 .

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Capacity Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech  is recruiting for a Strategic Capacity Manager, located in Jacksonville, FL!

About Vision

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 on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

The Strategic Capacity Manager supports the development and execution of long-range capacity plans that enable business growth, supply continuity, and operational performance across the Vision Care manufacturing network. This role partners with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, Commercial, and Technology teams to evaluate future capacity requirements, identify constraints, and recommend actions that align supply capabilities with business demand.

The position provides analytical support for strategic planning by assessing capacity gaps, evaluating alternatives, and developing insights that support decisions related to utilization, productivity, sourcing, and capital investment. The role also contributes to planning tools, dashboards, and analytical capabilities that improve visibility and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities 

Support strategic capacity planning across short, mid, and long-range planning horizons, including rough-cut capacity assessments and long-range network planning.

Provide capacity, utilization, and supply risk analysis for Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Review, and Long-Range Financial Planning (LRFP) processes.

Identify future capacity gaps, risks, and opportunities, and develop analytical recommendations for sourcing, productivity, technology, and capital alternatives.

Develop and maintain capacity models, scenario analyses, and planning tools that support business decision-making.

Support probabilistic modeling and Monte Carlo simulations used to quantify capacity risk and evaluate potential outcomes.

Assist with capital planning analyses for new manufacturing lines, capacity expansions, and network investments.

Monitor and analyze key performance indicators, including utilization, Lenses Per Shift (LPS), downtime, production attainment, inventory entitlement, and capacity realization.

Support tracking of new manufacturing line qualification (PQ) milestones, ramp-up assumptions, risks, and expected capacity delivery.

Develop dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools that improve visibility to capacity performance, supply risks, and capital readiness.

Partner with Commercial, Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Technology teams to align planning assumptions and support cross-functional planning activities.

Support continuous improvement of capacity planning processes, data quality, analytics, and digital tools.

Qualifications 

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field required.

5 to 8 years of experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, Finance, Analytics, or a related function.

Experience supporting IBP, Supply Review, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), capacity planning, or long-range planning processes.

Strong analytical, quantitative, financial, and problem-solving skills.

Experience with capacity modeling, utilization analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and data visualization tools.

Experience with planning platforms such as OMP, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, or similar systems preferred.

Experience with statistical analysis, simulation modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, or probabilistic forecasting preferred.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and influence stakeholders through data-driven insights.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations.

Role Impact 

This role helps ensure the organization maintains sufficient capacity to support business growth while balancing service, utilization, inventory, flexibility, and capital investment objectives. The Strategic Capacity Manager contributes to long-range planning decisions through analytical rigor, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement of planning capabilities.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Capacity Planning, Cost Management, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Financial Competence, Inventory Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Materials Handling, Organizing, Process Improvements, Procurement Policies, Program Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Supply Planning, Team Management, Technical Credibility, Training People